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Here's why you Should Set Your Crime Novel in Boston

Here's why you Should Set Your Crime Novel in Boston

Katie Tietjen on the great potential of Beantown for crime fiction.

By Katie Tietjen | September 23, 2025

There's nothing like a twist you don’t see coming

There's nothing like a twist you don’t see coming

Rebecca Kanner on how to surprise everyone with your plotting... even yourself.

By Rebecca Kanner | September 23, 2025

James R. Benn On Operation Halyard and Yugoslavian Resistance to Fascism

James R. Benn On Operation Halyard and Yugoslavian Resistance to Fascism

During WWII, competing groups of nationalists and communists fought fascism and each other to determine the post-war future.

By James R. Benn | September 23, 2025

Gabrielle Sher On <br>Golems, Retellings, and <br>Finding Magic in Words

Gabrielle Sher On
Golems, Retellings, and
Finding Magic in Words

Featuring a cover reveal of Sher's forthcoming novel, "Odessa"

By Gabrielle Sher | September 23, 2025

The Best Movie Genre is One Where a Party at An Estate Goes Horribly Wrong

The Best Movie Genre is One Where a Party at An Estate Goes Horribly Wrong

Cheers... to murder!

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 22, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

By CrimeReads | September 22, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Five Thrillers by Australian and Kiwi (New Zealand) Authors

By Zoe Rankin | September 18, 2025

The Strange Death of Morris Markey

By Mariah Fredericks | September 18, 2025

Leash Law & Order: The Six Best Pet Parents in Crime Fiction

By Zack Budryk | September 18, 2025

Writing a Slasher with Brains and Heart... and Blood

Writing a Slasher with Brains and Heart... and Blood

In other words, how to write a bloodbath. With Depth.

By Brian McAuley | September 17, 2025

Shaping Conflict and Suspense with Trauma Ghosts

Shaping Conflict and Suspense with Trauma Ghosts

"Fiction is the perfect avenue to explore the exceptionalism of the human mind and its ability to evolve, create, survive, and to linger after death."

By S.L. Woeppel | September 17, 2025

Bryn Greenwood On Crime Fiction's Obsession with Kidnapped Women

Bryn Greenwood On Crime Fiction's Obsession with Kidnapped Women

"What stands out..is how starkly gendered these stories of captivity tend to be."

By Bryn Greenwood | September 17, 2025

Nick Medina Looks at 7 Books That

Nick Medina Looks at 7 Books That "Make Use of Folklore, Legend, and Myth to Leave Readers Shaken"

These ancient folktales find new relevancy in contemporary reads.

By Nick Medina | September 16, 2025

True Crime as Myth’s Copycat

True Crime as Myth’s Copycat

Or, Passing Judgment on Ancient Greek Legends of Passion and Rage as Crime Stories

By Julie Berry | September 16, 2025

Why were British Police officers called 'Bobbies?'

Why were British Police officers called 'Bobbies?'

And other old-timey administrative nicknames for the police.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 15, 2025

10 New Books Out This Week

10 New Books Out This Week

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

By CrimeReads | September 15, 2025

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