Tony Hillerman: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

Tony Hillerman: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

On the Richly Sensory Mystery Novels of the Navajo Tribal Police

By Neil Nyren | June 7, 2019

Learning to Love the Unreliable Narrator

Learning to Love the Unreliable Narrator

Reliable narrators are a myth—it's time we do away with them.

By Jean Kwok | June 7, 2019

Strong Women Have Taken Their Rightful Place in Crime Fiction

Strong Women Have Taken Their Rightful Place in Crime Fiction

A Small Sample of Some of Today's Savviest, Toughest Protagonists

By Shalini Boland | June 7, 2019

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Jacques Futrelle, edited by Graeme Davis

By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 7, 2019

Agatha Christie and the Case of the Unwieldy Adaptation

Agatha Christie and the Case of the Unwieldy Adaptation

Christie knew when to stop writing a detective novel. Today's flashy adaptations over-embellish the source material.

By Radha Vatsal | June 6, 2019

Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne: Sisters and Spies

Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne: Sisters and Spies

How did some of the most highly decorated spies of World War II end up spending decades in quiet obscurity?

By Jennifer Ryan | June 6, 2019

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On Finding Ambiguity in Characters and Figures We Disdain

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June's Best New Crime Novels and Thrillers

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James Ellroy, David Milch and a Dark, Twisted Vision of History

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Two Noir Icons Explore Atrocity and Redemption in America

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Cold War Crime Fiction, Then and Now

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On The Classic & Contemporary Spy Novels Defining (and Redefining) an Era of Espionage

By Timothy Jay Smith | June 4, 2019

The Small Crime Within the Larger Crime

The Small Crime Within the Larger Crime

6 Works That Warn Us To Seek The Roots of Violence In History

By Karen Lord | June 4, 2019

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

Neal Stephenson

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