THIS WEEK: In 1947, the trial of art forger Han Van Meegeren began in Amsterdam. His defense of forgery would later inspire parts of Patricia Highmith’s second Tom Ripley novel, Ripley Under Ground.
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Author Ivy Pochoda runs down the vibrant contemporary scene of female-centered thrillers. | The New York Times
- Hector DeJean celebrates the 100th anniversary of Christopher Morley’s The Haunted Bookshop with a close read of this bookselling mystery classic. | Criminal Element
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“The morning of our interview, I think about why Isaacs’s work matters so much to me—and how bereft I feel when I talk to other women…who don’t get it.” Sarah Weinman profiles author Susan Isaacs. | Glamour
- Bouchercon 2019 begins…The local magazine takes a look at the massive mystery convention now descending on the city of Dallas. | D Magazine
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Erica Wright on the perks of growing up in a haunted house, and why all writers should spend some time communing with ghosts in a domestic setting.| CrimeReads
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Serial killer leopards, winged doomsday monsters, and murdered headmasters: Zach Vasquez looks at 20 essential films that blur the lines between horror and noir. | CrimeReads
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Lisa Black studies scary movies and draws from them five lessons in suspense every crime writer should keep in mind. | CrimeReads
- Author Abigail Tarttelin calls out seven crime fiction tropes and stereotypes that should soon become extinct. | CrimeReads
- Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan take us inside the plan to turn the Soviet Union’s most dangerous dissident into the West’s least popular defector. | CrimeReads
- “It isn’t so much about what’s possible, but what’s plausible.” Steven James on how to write crime fiction set in the near future. | CrimeReads
- “Sometimes a single act of violence can transform the dumb studs and plasterboard of a house into a haven for the sinister.” J.W. Ocker on his first time cleaning a crime scene. | CrimeReads
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Ahead of this year’s Bouchercon festivities, we gathered the year’s Anthony Award nominees for a discussion on the state of the genre. | CrimeReads
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Olivia Rutigliano makes the case for Dracula as a detective novel—and as a sprawling, radical take on the literature of investigations and the paranormal. | CrimeReads
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From Emily Stein, all the podcasts to listen to during your Halloween commute, tackling scary concepts of all kinds, from ghosts to ghosting. | CrimeReads
- Trucks, beehives, and circuses: behold the best book covers of October. | CrimeReads
- Ryan Steck—aka The Real Book Spy—breaks down an historically good month for action and political thrillers. | CrimeReads
- Charles Willeford’s Miami, Richard Wright’s crime novel, and the cultural legacy of Nancy Drew: CrimeReads staffers recommend their favorite stories of the month. | CrimeReads
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