• Genres

    True Story

    Kate Reed Petty

    "In the fall of our senior year, my buddy Max Platt was arrested for shining a laser pointer at an airplane."

    August 5, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Weird Women: The Forgotten Female Horror Writers of the 19th Century and Beyond

    Women were at the cutting edge of strange and supernatural writing long before Lovecraft came on the scene.

    August 4, 2020  By Lisa Morton and Leslie Klinger
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    How Dashiell Hammett's Contintental Op Became a Depression-Era Icon

    After an era of gentleman detectives, Hammett brought the world a detective grounded in (and ground down by) hard-edged reality.

    August 4, 2020  By Susanna Lee
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    The Joys of Mystery Fiction's Most Enduring Tropes

    Abandoned islands, manor houses, and retired military men. They all serve a purpose in classic detective fiction.

    August 4, 2020  By Alex Pavesi
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    What Scares a Thriller Writer?

    Ten of today's rising and bestselling thriller authors weigh in on the things that chill them to their very cores.

    August 4, 2020  By Megan Collins
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    Sucker Punch

    Laurel K. Hamilton

    "We all shook hands as if there wasn’t another person in the room— well, in the cell."

    August 4, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

    Catherine Ryan Howard explains why we need to stop turning killers into dark magicians and to acknowledge the institutional failures and simple mistakes behind their monstrosities.

    August 3, 2020  By Catherine Ryan Howard
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    10 New Books Coming Out
    This Week

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

    August 3, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Dublin: A City of Books, and a City With a Serious Crime Fiction Tradition

    Few cities in the world can equal Dublin's investment in books and literature. That goes for its crime fiction, too.

    August 3, 2020  By Paul French
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    A Reporter's Tips for Going Undercover

    Sometimes, the only way to see reality is to not let anyone know you're looking.

    August 3, 2020  By Hank Phillippi Ryan
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