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On Domestic Violence and Women in Prison

On Domestic Violence and Women in Prison

When women defend themselves against abusers, they often end up in prison—or find themselves labeled as "insane".

By Carolyn Haines | May 18, 2021

What Can Fiction Do For True Stories That True Crime Can't? In An Answer: Empathy

What Can Fiction Do For True Stories That True Crime Can't? In An Answer: Empathy

"While the "True" with a capital "T" aspect of true crime certainly has its appeal, fiction remains valuable in its ability to magnify reality and delve into the emotional truth."

By Sadie Hoagland | May 17, 2021

Six Medical Nonfiction Books That Read Like Thrillers

Six Medical Nonfiction Books That Read Like Thrillers

These books prove once again that "history is as hair raising as the wildest fiction"

By Audrey Blake | May 14, 2021

The Most Anticipated Crime Books Of 2021: Summer Reading Edition

The Most Anticipated Crime Books Of 2021: Summer Reading Edition

80 crime novels, mysteries, thrillers, and nonfiction books to keep you reading all summer long.

By CrimeReads | May 13, 2021

Karyn Kay: A Life and Death in New York City

Karyn Kay: A Life and Death in New York City

For her students at LaGuardia High School, Karyn Kay was a memorable figure who brought love and passion into the classroom. Outside, life with her son was getting much darker.

By Julien Levy | May 12, 2021

George Blake and the Prison Escape Story Hitchcock Spent The Last Decade of His Life Trying to Make

George Blake and the Prison Escape Story Hitchcock Spent The Last Decade of His Life Trying to Make

The spy who escaped prison and captured popular imagination.

By Simon Kuper | May 11, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

A Reading List For Understanding The Past, Present, and Future of Belfast

By Sharon Dempsey | May 7, 2021

Chester Gillette, Theodore Dreiser, and the Origins of America’s Fascination with True Crime

By L.R. Dorn | May 6, 2021

The Cursed History of San Francisco's Emmanuel Baptist Church

By Bob Calhoun | May 5, 2021

The State of the Crime Novel in 2021: A Roundtable With the Edgar Awards Nominees

The State of the Crime Novel in 2021: A Roundtable With the Edgar Awards Nominees

As the Mystery Writers of America prepare to hand out the year's top honors, nominees discuss the crime fiction world.

By CrimeReads | April 28, 2021

Towards A New Understanding of Psychosis and Violence

Towards A New Understanding of Psychosis and Violence

We live in a world that conditions us to fear mental illness instead of to treat it. The consequences of this approach are deadly.

By Vince Granata | April 28, 2021

On the Dognapping Gangs that Terrorized Victorian London, and the Poet who Fought Back

On the Dognapping Gangs that Terrorized Victorian London, and the Poet who Fought Back

The tale of the most dramatic dognappinng of the 19th century, which sealed a romance and changed literary history.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 27, 2021

How Anti-Catholic Propaganda, Racism, and One Man's Paranoid Obsessions Helped Form Oregon's Founding Myths

How Anti-Catholic Propaganda, Racism, and One Man's Paranoid Obsessions Helped Form Oregon's Founding Myths

Henry Spalding was a sometimes missionary regarded by many as a lunatic. His lies about a frontier killing helped shape a new state.

By Blaine Harden | April 27, 2021

How One Woman's Forced Sterilization Led to a Mayhem Charge and Exposed a Secret World of Medical Atrocities

How One Woman's Forced Sterilization Led to a Mayhem Charge and Exposed a Secret World of Medical Atrocities

In early 20th century California, forced sterilizations were an unnervingly widespread, if mostly secret, practice.

By Audrey Clare Farley | April 20, 2021

Fraud and Spiritualism Between the Wars: A Study of Two Hoaxes

Fraud and Spiritualism Between the Wars: A Study of Two Hoaxes

In the 1930s, famed spiritual investigator and ghost hunter Nandor Fodor found himself disappointed by several hoaxes.

By Kate Summerscale | April 20, 2021

April's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

April's Best Nonfiction Crime Books

A new study of Hitchcock's films, the tragic life of an heiress, and a murder at the mission.

By CrimeReads | April 16, 2021

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