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Lucas Schaefer Talks Texas, Boxing, and How To Use Crime Fiction to Explore Identity

Lucas Schaefer Talks Texas, Boxing, and How To Use Crime Fiction to Explore Identity

Jenny Staff Johnson interviews the debut novelist about his Austin-set epic

By Jenny Staff Johnson | June 6, 2025

Reading Chester Himes: Who Is the Real Star of His Show?

Reading Chester Himes: Who Is the Real Star of His Show?

Grave Digger and Coffin Ed aren’t the main characters in the ‘Harlem Detectives’ series.

By Thomas E. Ricks | June 5, 2025

5 Essential YA Novels from Canadian Indigenous Authors

5 Essential YA Novels from Canadian Indigenous Authors

Richard Van Camp celebrates a banner moment in young adult literature

By Richard Van Camp | June 5, 2025

Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

In Abbott's new thriller, three sisters in Grosse Pointe get drawn into an 'investment club.'

By Dwyer Murphy | June 5, 2025

Rory Power: In Defense of Murderous Main Characters

Rory Power: In Defense of Murderous Main Characters

'I have very little shock in me anymore. The question of "who would do such a thing?" feels asked and answered.'

By Rory Power | June 5, 2025

Small Town Gothic: <br>11 Story Collections Set in <br>Fictional Locales

Small Town Gothic:
11 Story Collections Set in
Fictional Locales

These fictitious small towns are "simmered in the cast iron Dutch oven of a parochial geography"

By Robert Busby | June 4, 2025

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6 Books Exploring Romantic Obsession

By Olivia Worley | June 4, 2025

Why the Expat Experience Is the Perfect Starting Point for a Thriller

By Kimberly Belle | June 4, 2025

James Lee Burke on the Highs and Lows of American History

By David Masciotra | June 3, 2025

The Art of Doing Nothing, The Craft of Making it Hurt

The Art of Doing Nothing, The Craft of Making it Hurt

Katia Lief on what cult leaders and crime novelists have in common.

By Katia Lief | June 3, 2025

The Psychopath as Narrator

The Psychopath as Narrator

"What crime writer wouldn’t want their psychopath to psychoanalyse themselves, in full view of the reader?"

By Cara Hunter | June 2, 2025

When Victims Become Detectives

When Victims Become Detectives

Dete Meserve on time travel, detective work, and the possibilities envisioned in her new novel, 'The Memory Collectors'

By Dete Meserve | June 2, 2025

The Best Crime Fiction Isn't About Redemption. It's About Endurance.

The Best Crime Fiction Isn't About Redemption. It's About Endurance.

"[O]ne of the reasons we read is to watch others struggle."

By Mark Stevens | June 2, 2025

Deanna Raybourn & Jesse Q. Sutanto On Writing Badass Older Sleuths

Deanna Raybourn & Jesse Q. Sutanto On Writing Badass Older Sleuths

Elders are having a moment in crime fiction, and we are all here for it.

By CrimeReads | May 30, 2025

William Boyle on Jim Thompson’s 'The Getaway'

William Boyle on Jim Thompson’s 'The Getaway'

"It...feels like desperation itself. Bleeds it from around the edges. There’s something about the prose that is panicked, unrelenting.

By William Boyle | May 30, 2025

Outlaw Women In Fiction

Outlaw Women In Fiction

Nova Ren Suma discusses female characters who are in defiance and on the run

By Nova Ren Suma | May 29, 2025

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