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10 Things We Learned in 20 Years of Writing MysteriesAfter two decades of making our living as mystery authors, we thought, hey, we must have done something right. If you think so, too (or you’re...
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The Best Espionage Novels of 2023The CrimeReads editors make their selections for the year’s best espionage fiction. * Javier Marías, Tomás Nevinson...
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The Seeds of a Pharmaceutical Thriller: A Conversation Between Co-AuthorsMany thanks to Jyoti Guptara and Thomas Locke for kindly offering a conversation about their new thriller, Roulette. Jyoti Guptara :...
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What Makes a Novel Unique? On Retellings and PlagiarismMy latest novel, The Fiction Writer, is a modern-day gothic mystery that explore the boundaries of creative freedom. It asks questions about...
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Mr. Monk’s Last Case is a Sweet and Thoughtful Return to the Classic SeriesIt’s been fourteen years since we last saw Adrian Monk. Monk, the anxious, observant detective protagonist of the USA Network series of the...
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Remembering Tim Dorsey and His Wild Florida StoriesI am sad to report that we lost author Tim Dorsey at the end of November. He died at his home in Islamorada in the Florida Keys at age...
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The 15 Best Psychological Thrillers of 2023Wow, this was a hard list to compile–I don’t know that I’ve ever seen as many great new psychological thrillers come out in a single...
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My First Thriller: Patricia Cornwell“There was no call for him to be as unkind as he was,” says famed author Patricia Cornwell, who single handedly created the forensic science...
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The Best Young Adult Mysteries, Thriller and Horror Novels of 2023The young adult mystery continues to thrive, along with plenty of YA horror thrillers, and this year was distinguished by quality storytelling,...
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Historical Mysteries Set in Early AmericaI’ve always been passionate about American history, especially the Revolution and founding of the United States. When I think of what immigrants...
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Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer’s DilemmaEvery story has to start somewhere. And be somewhere. Take Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel, Mystic River. Its setting is so...
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The Many Words for Yakuza“It seems fairly evident that the selection of such simple terms must to a certain extent depend upon the chief interests of a people; and where...
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Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful PlacesConflict lies at the heart of all mystery and suspense, and what could be more conflicting than taking a trip to paradise only to get caught up...
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‘UNSUB’ Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime ProceduralsBack when I was a newspaper reporter, I was hanging around our local prosecutor’s office when an investigator for the prosecutor was fondly...
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The Best Debut Novels of 2023The CrimeReads editors make their selections for the year’s best debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers. Paz Pardo, The...
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The Best Crime TV of 2023Hello everyone. It’s been a hell of a year. I’m exhausted, you’re exhausted. I bet you just want to curl up on your couch and...
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Mystical Threads: Spirit Mediums and Psychics in Crime and Suspense FictionI never met my paternal grandmother. She died before I was born, but from a few family photos, I formed a picture of a smartly turned-out woman...
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A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading ListHave you read Dan Simmons’s The Terror – and are you looking for more reads which combine gruesome survival horror with a creepy...
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Dark Academia: YA EditionIf you’re anything like me, you’ll find the winter evenings perfect for immersing yourself in a little dark academia. Whether you enjoy the...
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The Best Crime Novels of 2023The CrimeReads editors make their picks for the year’s best fiction. * Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women (Simon &...
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Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto’s Seedy Seventies-Era “Sin Strip”In the late 70s my family emigrated to Toronto and stayed for two years. In those days, downtown was notorious for its Sin Strip. Four blocks...
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How the Soldier-Readers of World War II Were Swept Up in the Paperback RevolutionThe Penguin contract with the army for the Forces Book Club was a coup Allen Lane plotted with long-time crony Bill Williams, now comfortably...
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Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller ProblemPeople love to share vacation photos on social media. Some try to act nonchalant about their expensive getaways. Others aim to impress. The more...
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The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable NarratorThere has long been a discussion of whether or not a reliable narrator in fiction is something that truly exists. Since humans are prone to...
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Crime Novels About Cursed FilmsIn 2023, two new novels, and one older title, were published in a niche of the detective/thriller genre concerning, to coin a term of art,...
