• Genres

    Murder at Keyhaven Castle

    Clara McKenna

    "Unable to bear the stench of bananas, horse dung, smoke, and salty air, Jesse James Prescott pulled the red bandanna up over his nose."

    July 13, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Sweden's Crime Writers and the Case of The Unregistered, Prepaid Cell Phone

    New legislation brings an uncertain future for Scandinavian detective fiction's favorite plotting device.

    July 13, 2021  By Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom
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    Why Dolores Hitchens' Less-Than-Glamorous Detective Is the Quiet Hero We Need

    "[James Sader] fumbles through both novels without the benefit of any special charisma or genius. What he does have are the plain, well-worn tools of integrity and tenacity..."

    July 12, 2021  By Steph Cha
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    July 12, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    In 1970s America, Bizarre TV Movie Thrillers Were All the Rage

    Terror, horror and noir: they came from the small screen...

    July 12, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    Quentin Tarantino Wrote a "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" Novel—Here's What You Need to Know

    This is not your usual novelization of a movie. It's much stranger.

    July 12, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Strange Story of Orson Welles' Lost Film, Mr. Arkadin

    The 1955 film was supposed to be Welles' masterpiece. Or maybe it was just a lark. Or a KGB-funded money laundering enterprise.

    July 9, 2021  By Craig Pittman
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    The Reimagined Mosquito Coast Is a Hitchcockian Chase Thriller With a Social Critique

    The new Apple TV+ series takes on American exceptionalism but delivers it with a stylish story about a family pursued.

    July 9, 2021  By Harrison Blackman
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    Setting a Murder Mystery in the Real Hollywood Canteen Required Piercing a Veil of Myth and Nostalgia

    The Hollywood canteen was where soldiers went to dance and everyone was equal. That was the story, anyway.

    July 9, 2021  By Susan Elia MacNeal
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    Amnesia in Literature and Film

    Unreliable narrators and mysteries of memory ratchet up the suspense in remarkable ways.

    July 9, 2021  By Liv Constantine
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