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The Best Debut Novels Out This MonthCrimeReads editors make their selections for the month’s best debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers. * Jenny Hollander,...
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Death Crowns: A Macabre Part of Death FolkloreLike little wreaths of funeral flowers, death crowns mark the passing of a loved one. But death crowns – seen as comforting to some, ominous and...
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10 Actors Who Should Have Their Own Detective ShowsAs we’ve long been proclaiming on this website, we are in a Whodunnit Renaissance. Smart, clever mystery series are popping up left and...
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Six Novels with a Structure of their OwnWhat really happened? That question lies at the heart of so many crime novels, and yet the answer, that very truth, can often depend on who’s...
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YA Authors Kit Frick and Kara Thomas On Writing Their Debut Adult ThrillersRecently, one of my favorite authors—who I am also lucky to call a friend—published her first work of crime fiction for adults after putting out...
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On Becoming an Accidental Crime NovelistI didn’t realize I’d written a crime novel until after I’d signed a book deal. How does that happen, you might ask? Surely a writer has his or...
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The Power of Neurodiverse Characters in MysteriesThe weather had turned dark and cold; no snow, but a pelting of quick-freezing rain that made roads impassable. Schools everywhere cancelled and...
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Sherlock Holmes, That Enigma We Know So WellThose of us who write series novels generally spend a lot of time thinking about our characters’ background—where do they come from, what is...
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How an Unforgettable Trip to a Thai Resort Turned Into a Terrifying ThrillerHaving traveled fairly extensively in my life, I’ve garnered quite a slew of past tristes with destinations. Some I ditched after the first...
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Hold That Train! Writing a Sliding-Doors ThrillerI first saw Sliding Doors on VHS in 1999, the year after it released in theaters. I was eighteen and seeking my way back from my first...
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The Best Psychological Thrillers of February 2024This month’s psychological thrillers are divided between white-knuckle tension and laugh-out-loud social commentary. Some are close to...
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The Attempted Assassination of Charlie ChaplinMay 1932 Charlie Chaplin was visiting Japan with a group that included his brother Sydney Chaplin, and Chaplin’s Japanese personal...
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6 Books That Elevate the Serial Killer ThrillerI was fifteen when I was introduced to my first serial killer. It was 1991 and I was sneaking into the cinema to watch The Silence of the...
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The Gangsters and the StarMickey Cohen walked under the drooping fronds of a large palm tree toward the Clover Club at 8477 Sunset Boulevard with a shotgun tucked under...
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Breanne McIvor on Beauty, Romance, and the Borderlands of Literature and CrimeAya de Leon interviews Breanne McIvor about her debut novel, The God of Good Looks, which has recently been nominated for an NAACP Image...
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The Importance of Humor in Crime FictionThis isn’t exactly the hottest take you’ll come across today…but crime is bad. Even experiencing a minor crime is pretty terrible. But that...
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On the All-Female Shoplifting Gang Who Reigned Supreme in Turn-of-the-Century LondonImagine yourself stepping back in time a hundred years, traveling to London. North of the Thames, the wealth lived amid the beautiful gardens,...
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Lisa Frankenstein is a Charming Comedy, Even If It’s Missing Some PartsMary Shelley did not grow up with a mother; she grew up with a dead mother. Her mother, the eighteenth-century writer Mary Wollstonecraft, had...
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15 Horror Novels to Look Out For in 2024This year’s crop of excellent upcoming horror novels includes folk horror, wilderness thrillers, slashers in space, serial killers in the...
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How the Research for a New Novel Completely Shifted One Author’s Way of ThinkingResearch is an important part of the writer’s life — especially for writers like me who haven’t worked in any of my characters professions. My...
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Nick Petrie on the Best Boundary Pushing Novels in Beloved Mystery SeriesWriting a long-running series is a challenging undertaking. With each new book, the goal is to stretch the boundaries, to keep expanding the...
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How “True Detective” Is Evolving into Something NewRelaunching a famous series is always a dicey proposition, especially if a new set of creatives are taking over for the original author. Think...
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Crime Scenes from a Marriage: On Mr. and Mrs. SmithI Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2024) opens almost exactly the same way Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) closes, with two cornered spies and lovers deciding...
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Drama King: Hake Talbot and the Art of the ImpossibleDuring his lifetime the American theater director, drama teacher, attorney and amateur magician Henning Cunningham Nelms published but two...
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Laurie R. King: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the ClassicsThirty years ago, the first Mary Russell book (do not call it a Sherlock Holmes book, or, for heaven’s sake, a pastiche), was published....
