My Heart Is a Chainsaw: <br>Cover Reveal!

My Heart Is a Chainsaw:
Cover Reveal!

Stephen Graham Jones

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 4, 2020

Who gets to be a sympathetic character in <em>The Undoing</em>?

Who gets to be a sympathetic character in The Undoing?

The popular HBO miniseries treats victimhood as a privilege, which it reserves only for its white, female protagonist, and not its "othered" murder victim.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 3, 2020

Why the Serial Killer Novel Is the New Feminist Fiction

Why the Serial Killer Novel Is the New Feminist Fiction

Authors are overturning the prevailing murder model

By Chelsea G. Summers | December 3, 2020

Suffer the Little Children: Why Kids Under Pressure Make for Great Thrillers

Suffer the Little Children: Why Kids Under Pressure Make for Great Thrillers

The literature of gifted schools, swim meets, and ballet recitals.

By Harriet Tyce | December 3, 2020

It Isn't Genre That Matters—It's Story.

It Isn't Genre That Matters—It's Story.

Characters, writing, and tension make or break a book. You can step over the genre fence and still appeal to your readers.

By Clare Mackintosh | December 3, 2020

The Opium Prince

The Opium Prince

Jasmine Aimaq

By CrimeReads Excerpts | December 3, 2020

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Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

By Christina Lane | December 2, 2020

The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

By J. Kingston Pierce | December 2, 2020

Ten Chilling Thrillers to Read During The Coming Storms

By Alice Blanchard | December 1, 2020

Five of the Greatest Ambiguous Endings in Crime Fiction

Five of the Greatest Ambiguous Endings in Crime Fiction

Some mysteries are like life—open-ended (and open to interpretation).

By Caz Frear | December 1, 2020

The 21st Century Slasher Novel: A Primer

The 21st Century Slasher Novel: A Primer

Half a century after the rise of slasher films, the genre is experiencing new life in the form of slasher novels.

By Andrew Shaffer | November 30, 2020

Gilly Macmillan and Susan Lewis on Finding Your Story and the Perfect Setting

Gilly Macmillan and Susan Lewis on Finding Your Story and the Perfect Setting

Two authors discuss their journeys in crime fiction.

By Gilly Macmillan | November 30, 2020

The End of Things: My Favorite Islands in Crime Fiction

The End of Things: My Favorite Islands in Crime Fiction

“Best of an island is once you get there—you can’t go any farther … you’ve come to the end of things."

By Catriona McPherson | November 25, 2020

Phantasmagoria: A Look at Dark Romanticism, Romanticism's Black Mirror

Phantasmagoria: A Look at Dark Romanticism, Romanticism's Black Mirror

"Romanticism explores the world’s and the mind’s potential for the sublime; Dark Romanticism explores their most frightening depths."

By Nicolas Lietzgau | November 23, 2020

The Diabolical Bones

The Diabolical Bones

Bella Ellis

By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 23, 2020

5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | November 20, 2020

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