• Reissue

    Mike Phillips On Colonial Theft, Reparations, and the Genesis of a Classic

    30 years ago, Phillips published a novel about the long shadows of colonialism. Upon its reissue, he reflects on the continuing relevance of his themes.

    August 15, 2025  By Mike Phillips
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    From Out-of-Print to Global Hit: The Surprising Resurgence of Michael McDowell's Blackwater Novels

    25 years after the author’s death, the path-breaking story is more popular than ever—and this time, overseas

    March 7, 2025  By Julia Steiner
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    June's Best International Crime Fiction

    Post-Soviet noir, Egyptian social criticism, Japanese metafiction, and a thriller from France

    June 13, 2024  By Molly Odintz
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    Gary Phillips Reflects on His Reissued Classic Novel of the LA Uprisings

    "A lot has changed from thirty years ago and a lot, it seems, has not. Advances tend to foster backlashes."

    June 3, 2024  By Gary Phillips
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    The Mysterious Mr. Badman Is A Masterpiece of Macabre Humor

    Martin Edwards restores a long-forgotten crime novel to the prominence it deserves

    December 4, 2023  By Martin Edwards
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    On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

    Leslie Klinger on a lesser-known work by S.S. Van Dine and what "The Canary Murder Case" says about its detective and creator

    November 29, 2023  By Leslie S. Klinger
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    The White Priory Murders, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered

    Martin Edwards considers a classic holiday murder mystery from the king of locked room crime novels, John Dickson Carr

    November 28, 2023  By Martin Edwards
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    Martin Edwards On E. C. R. Lorac's Delightful Whodunit, These Names Make Clues

    A traditional "closed circle" mystery, Lorac's novel is her best at capturing the spirit of the Golden Age.

    November 1, 2022  By Martin Edwards
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    Depraved Indifference

    Gary Indiana

    "By the time of this third encounter with Evelyn Carson, Warren had studied a rap sheet Styles Janowski had dug up for him, Styles being a retired Oceanside investigator who owed Warren many favors and creamed his pants sniffing into other people’s business."

    March 6, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Rediscovering Dorothy B. Hughes' Brutal Hollywood Take-Down, Dread Journey

    Sarah Weinman reflects on the outsized contributions and little-known gems of a giant of noir.

    December 3, 2019  By Sarah Weinman
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