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James Ellroy Reveals the Real Reason He Writes“A literature that cannot be vulgarized is no literature at all, and will not last.” Frank O’Connor laid it out. He wrote the words at...
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The Cowboy Detective, Undercover and in Danger Among the Texas DesperadosThe following is an excerpt from Nathan Ward’s new book about Charlie Siringo: Son of the Old West , now available from Atlantic Monthly...
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Island Vacations Can Be MurderSure, island vacations can be fun, relaxing, and restorative. But that’s if you’re reading a book in a different genre. In the world of crime,...
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Joyce Carol Oates on Women and the Roots of Body HorrorOf mythological figures of antiquity, none are more monstrous than harpies, furies, gorgons—Scylla and Charybdis, Lamia, Chimera,...
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The Mother-In-Law From HellI’ve always been fascinated by families and what drives their unique dynamics. I think perhaps it’s because mine is so small; both my parents are...
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In These Thrillers, “Best Friends” Are the Biggest ThreatThere’s a reason domestic thrillers are perennially popular: fearing the person sleeping next to you every night, realizing too late that the...
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Dorothy L Sayers and the Thirty-Foot Drain: Searching for Peter WimseyDorothy L Sayers was my gateway author to the world of crime fiction. I’d read the Sherlock Holmes stories earlier on, but that superlatively...
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The Cowboy as Detective: Finding Charlie Siringo’s WestW hen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid finally came to my boyhood mall, I saw it three times, wondering in the dark about the unnamed...
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From Punchline to Protagonist: Black Horror and the Monsters Who HuntThere’s something fascinating about horror. The darkness that hides darker monsters. The creaks and gore and jump scares. The jokes. The...
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It’s All Relative: Horror’s Worst FamiliesHave you ever seen those Progressive Insurance commercials about becoming your parents? Would you be surprised if I told you they inspired a...
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The Secret History‘s tragic flaw? Those Kids Are No FunI recently reread Donna Tartt’s Dark Academia classic The Secret History —published 30 years ago this month—for the first time since I was...
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The New York City Theater Where True Crime Was All the Rage…in the Early 19th CenturyLong before the doors opened, a crowd gathered outside the theater. Noisily, they bustled in, country folk and urban dandies alike, to find...
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The Writer as MagpieI am not the kind of writer who finds every plot twist, detail of setting, and character description in my imagination. I am like a magpie when...
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The 10 Best Crime Novels Coming Out in SeptemberThe CrimeReads editors make their picks for best new fiction in the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers. * Angie Kim, Happiness...
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The Backlist: Revisiting Vicki Hendricks’ ‘Miami Purity’ with Alex SeguraI didn’t know what to expect from a novel called Miami Purity . Was it about nuns, or one of those creepy abstinence-only pledges for...
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Bigfoot Is in the Woods, Our Hearts and Our NightmaresWhat pop culture figure of the 1970s had his own board game, guest-starred on “The Six Million Dollar Man” and terrorized backwoods campers with...
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A Lovely Place to Die: Favorite Settings for a Charming MurderA twitching curtain conceals a pair of prying eyes. A friendly smile belies a litany of terrible sins. And eventually, someone is going to find...
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Texas: Home to Bizarre True Crimes (And So Many Serial Killers)True crime writers hold the state of Texas in special regard, not so much for the volume, or even variety, of newsworthy crimes committed there,...
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The Best Reviewed Books of Summer 2023A look at the best reviewed fiction from June, July, and August. * Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Doubleday) “...
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Phonies: J.D. Salinger and Wielding Copyright as Self-ProtectionAfter J.D. Salinger published his story “ Hapworth 16, 1924 ” in The New Yorker in 1965, he decided to stop publishing his works. Although he...
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Margot Douaihy on Queering Crime Fiction and Embracing Metaphysical MysteryCrimeReads is pleased to host the cover reveal for Blessed Water, Margot Douaihy’s second novel to feature the chainsmoking, tattooed,...
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Dementia in Crime Fiction: Rage and The Ticking ClockI first noticed something wrong with dad one Sunday during a visit. We were watching a football game. I sat on the couch, and he crooked one leg...
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A Mystery Novelist Feeds His ChickensTwo old friends currently visiting, one from London and the other from Berlin, are making serious inroads into my chicken coop for the...
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7 Great Crime Novels Set in HarlemWhen I sat down to write a murder mystery set in Harlem, from my desk in London, I somehow felt a familiarity with this neighbourhood across the...
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The Strange, Surreal, Visionary Sci-Fi Art of the 1970sComing of age in the 1970s I was an aficionado of all things visual: from comic books on newsstand racks to paintings on museum walls to...
