THIS WEEK: In 1980, the first and only National Book Award for Mystery was awarded to John D. MacDonald for The Green Ripper.
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- Reeves Wiedeman on the family whose New Jersey dream home turned into a nightmare when they started receiving cryptic and threatening notes from “The Watcher.” | The Cut
- On the trail for justice with the charismatic lawyers making season two of Making a Murderer just as gripping as the first season. | The New Republic
- On genetic genealogy, and what we lose in privacy when we use genetic databases to investigate cold crimes. | Concord Monitor
- Gabino Iglesias on the 10 weirdest crime novels you probably haven’t read, complete with clown crime families, chicken detectives, and plenty of bizarro noir for your twisted reading pleasure. | CrimeReads
- Crime and the City goes to Edinburgh and celebrates a long and robust crime fiction tradition that’s more than just Rebus, although to be fair there’s also a lot of Rebus. | CrimeReads
- Wondering what to watch after finishingThe Haunting of Hill House? From Black Mirror to Castle Rock, here are 27 creepy shows to keep you binge-watching through the end of the year. | Buzzfeed
- Radha Vatsal on The Woman in White, the sensation novel, and the origins of the modern psychological thriller. | CrimeReads
- “I think your own instincts will tell you when it’s time to run.” And other very good advice from Liane Moriarty, whose latest novel looks at the mysterious side of a swank health resort.| CrimeReads
- “Myth has a way of creeping in alongside murder.” Emily Littlejohn recommends 7 mystery novels that seamlessly blend fairy tales and felonies. | CrimeReads
