CrimeReads Brief: Week of August 17th
THIS WEEK: In 1964, Ian Fleming died in England. His final words were reportedly spoken to the ambulance drivers: “I am sorry to trouble you chaps. I don’t know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days.”
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“I think the boundaries in fiction are breaking down all the time, which is a great thing.” Tana French talks crime fiction, Ireland, and unreliable narrators with Alexandra Schwartz. | The New Yorker
- “A book about cannibals and serial killers skinning innocent people was a bit of light relief from the reality of that low-lever civil war.” A conversation between Northern Irish crime writers Steve Cavanagh and Adrian McKinty. | Salon
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Howard Michael Gould guides us through the most criminally underappreciated cult classics of 1970s cinema, from The Late Show to Across 110th Street. | CrimeReads
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Cold cases, violent cults, radical movements, and stories of obsession: all the true crime you need to read this August. | CrimeReads
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“Death by misadventure?” Fans aren’t so sure. William Shaw on the untimely death of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones, found dead in a pool 50 years ago. | CrimeReads
- Madeline Stevens on the strange intimacies, unspoken rules, and warped social world of nannying. | CrimeReads
- The doctor is in! Matthew Farrell on five thrillers whose therapist characters give us insight into the complex psychology of characters. | CrimeReads
- From Becky Sharpe to Miss Marple, Louisa Treger celebrates 10 women in literature who make their own way. | CrimeReads
- Murdered suffragettes, incognito hackers, and so much obsession: all the debut crime and mystery novels to pick up this August. | CrimeReads
- In the latest episode of “Criminal Broads,” Tori Telfer looks at the strange story of Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, the Manson girl who wasn’t there. | CrimeReads
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David Handler celebrates the groundbreaking work of Geoffrey Homes, the man behind Out of the Past, and a forgotten godfather of noir. | CrimeReads
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“Even ‘wellness’ simply means the opposite of unwell, which leaves a great deal of room for interpretation and hopefulness.” Sherri Smith on 7 of the wellness industry’s worst criminals. | CrimeReads
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Dana Ridenour, a retired FBI undercover agent and author, breaks down the best books ever written on the subject of working undercover. | CrimeReads
- Elizabeth Macneal on five fictional villains who we can’t help by root for, pity, or identify with, from Tom Ripley to Amy Dunne. | CrimeReads
- Alex Segura talks with Steph Post about his unconventional Miami PI, Pete Fernandez, and the difficult work of wrapping up a beloved series. | CrimeReads
- From traditional mysteries to true crime scandals, Paul French guides us through the crime landscape of Kuala Lumpur. | CrimeReads
- Ursula Buchan on learning to appreciate the work of her grandfather, John Buchan, for more than just his most famous work, The Thirty-Nine Steps. | CrimeReads
- Daneet Steffens on the legal thrillers of Steve Cavanagh, where “the worlds of the con and the court don’t just rub shoulders, they overlap.” | CrimeReads
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