The State of the Crime Novel, Part 2: The Future of Crime Writing

"Everything's important, everything's on the table, and everything's fair game."

The State of the Crime Novel, Part 1: Writing Life

"You can always edit crap. You can’t edit nothing."

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: April 2024

Featuring a new biography of Ian Fleming and the latest releases from Don Winslow, Dervla McTiernan, and more.

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best International Crime Fiction of April 2024

Swedish conspiracies, Japanese gourmands, and French butchers

The Best Debut Novels of April 2024

Featuring debuts from Sasha Vasilyuk, Sara Koffi, and more.

Michael Dirda on curating stories for a Folio Society anthology of "Weird Tales"

The Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic talks with Olivia Rutigliano about the challenges and delights of assembling a the eerie collection.

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The 81 Best, Worst, and Strangest Dr. Watson Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

An endeavor which was HARDLY "elementary, my dear Watson."

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Psychological Thrillers of April 2024

Social justice thrillers, vengeance plots, and tons of family dysfunction!

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best International Fiction of March 2024

French noir, Japanese mystery, Argentine horror, and more

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: March 2024

New books from Tana French, Colin Barrett, and more.

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2024

Ballet moms, conspiracy theorists, and suburban intrigue

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Debut Novels of March

Featuring first novels from Sophie Wan, Andrew Boryga, Brendan Flaherty, and more.

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

7 Modern Gothics Featuring An Intersectional Feminist Perspective

These books "serve to illustrate the dangers of misogyny while centering the power and resilience of all women."

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: February 2024

Featuring new books from Paul Theroux, Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, and more.

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

15 New and Upcoming Historical Mysteries and Thrillers To Read in 2024

Swashbucklers, Spiritualists, and Swindlers Galore

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Debut Novels Out This Month

Featuring first novels from Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Jenny Hollander, Kobby Ben Ben, and more.

The Best Psychological Thrillers of February 2024

Equestrian fortune tellers, murderous Bookstagrammers, ill-fated reunions, and exploitative tabloid reporters

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

15 Horror Novels to Look Out For in 2024

Slashers, serial killers, supernatural entities, and splatterpunk!

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

An Ode to Newsprint on Screen

For Keith Roysdon, seeing a newspaper on screen is one of life's finest pleasures.

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

Featuring new books by Lea Carpenter, Elizabeth Gonzalez James, and more.

15 Speculative Crime Novels Coming Out in 2024

Scifi and Fantasy Mysteries and Thrillers to Check Out This Year

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

January's Best Debut Novels

Featuring first novels from Vanessa Chan, Nishita Parekh, and more.

Weirding the West: Strange Tales That Complicate the Picture of Texas

Elizabeth Gonzalez James on the weird, wild literature of her home state.

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Psychological Thrillers of January

Sinister doctors, sniping frenemies, scheming sisters, haunting djinns, and dysfunctional families galore

MWA Announces the 2024 Edgar Nominations

The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2024

Buried deeds, international gothics, high-concept noirs, and so many thrillers

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Year's Best International Crime Series

A look back at the global crime scene, much of which is soon headed to US streamers (or already available).

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

The Best Speculative Crime Fiction of 2023

Alternate histories, scifi thrillers, and magical murder mysteries

The Best Horror Fiction of 2023

These novels take you deep into the darkness, only to lead you out with a flickering lantern of hope

The Best Crime and Suspense Anthologies of 2023

Featuring dark indigenous fiction, true crime reckonings, weird westerns, and more.

The Best Historical Fiction of 2023

Spiritualists, Social Climbers, Serial Killers, and Plenty of Pirates

The Best Crime Movies of 2023

Overconfident hitmen, teenage stuntwomen, and mustachioed detectives