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Enough with Manhattan: Crime Fiction Set in The Other Four Boroughs

Enough with Manhattan: Crime Fiction Set in The Other Four Boroughs

Michael Sears highlights some of New York City's many outer-borough-set crime books

By Michael Sears | December 4, 2024

Locked In

Locked In

Jussi Adler-Olsen, Translated by Caroline Waight

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 4, 2024

Adam Hamdy on Antiheroes We Hate to Love

Adam Hamdy on Antiheroes We Hate to Love

"Are we fascinated by the distortion? Do we secretly yearn to be free of the morality that constrains our decisions?"

By Adam Hamdy | December 3, 2024

Understanding the Detective Novel as a Workplace Novel

Understanding the Detective Novel as a Workplace Novel

"[T]he detectives we read about don’t just do their job, they are deeply invested in it."

By Jane Pek | December 3, 2024

How to Write about Spirituality While Crafting a Dynamic Narrative

How to Write about Spirituality While Crafting a Dynamic Narrative

Asking existential questions shouldn't preclude writers from creating a propulsive story with complex characterization

By Cary Groner | December 3, 2024

My 5 Favorite Christmas Cozy Mysteries

My 5 Favorite Christmas Cozy Mysteries

Jacqueline Frost's guide to curling up by the fire with a good cozy mystery.

By Jacqueline Frost | December 2, 2024

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Lyon: A World Capital of Gastronomy and Crime Books

By Paul French | December 2, 2024

8 Books about Women Keeping Secrets

By Midge Raymond | December 2, 2024

Finish Out the Year with These Five International Thrillers

By Molly Odintz | November 29, 2024

A Heady Blend of Murder and the Supernatural: Rediscovering John Dickson Carr's <em>He Who Whispers</em>

A Heady Blend of Murder and the Supernatural: Rediscovering John Dickson Carr's He Who Whispers

Martin Edwards on a 1946 novel that demands new readership

By Martin Edwards | November 27, 2024

Shelley Burr on Small Town Mystery and Australian Crime Fiction

Shelley Burr on Small Town Mystery and Australian Crime Fiction

An interview with the author of 'Murder Town'

By Peter Handel | November 27, 2024

The Most Dangerous Locked Room of All? Space!

The Most Dangerous Locked Room of All? Space!

Five reasons to take the traditional locked-room mystery to the stars

By Lauren A. Forry | November 27, 2024

The Beat Goes On: Michael Connelly on Words, Writers & 'The Waiting'

The Beat Goes On: Michael Connelly on Words, Writers & 'The Waiting'

A new Ballard and Bosch novel examines L.A.'s most notorious unsolved murder: the Black Dahlia case.

By John B. Valeri | November 26, 2024

Is 'The Penguin' the Bloody, Nihilistic Crime Saga We Need Right Now?

Is 'The Penguin' the Bloody, Nihilistic Crime Saga We Need Right Now?

"Like all other virtues, sincerity is a sham in Gotham City–another costume."

By Hector DeJean | November 26, 2024

Digging Deep, Staying with It: James Sallis on Writing, Reality, and the Danger of Creative Work

Digging Deep, Staying with It: James Sallis on Writing, Reality, and the Danger of Creative Work

A new collection spans the career of a modern master.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 25, 2024

The 5 Most Chilling Sherlock Holmes Stories That Are Not 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

The 5 Most Chilling Sherlock Holmes Stories That Are Not 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

These classic stories of the world’s greatest detective are wrapped in fear and foreboding. No spoilers!

By Ryan Britt | November 25, 2024

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