2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (199+ words) The Crime Reads editors make their picks for the best debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers. Sara van Os, Decomposition Book (Hanover Square) Another multi-POV drama, Seek Immediate Sheltertakes us into the heart of a close-knit Asian-American suburb, where…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (347+ words) A mystery lover's guide to what's new to streaming this weekend. Article continues after advertisement ___________________________________ New and Returning Mystery and Thriller Series __________________________________ Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (Apple TV) Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, Eastern Promises) says she's just "a regular person," a…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (405+ words) It seems that people have always loved to see and handle small versions of themselves and others, and the objects that furnish their shared world. Four thousand years ago, the first shabti'a carved wooden miniature, typically of a servant'was set…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1199+ words) As a literary theme, surveillance spans genres, expanding into speculative fiction, sci-fi, or dystopian, seemingly by imagining the next software update that could automatically install on your phone at midnight. In my new novel, Salom, the protagonist, Courtney, grapples with…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (338+ words) I spent my junior year abroad in Italy, directly enrolled at the University of Bologna. It's the place where, in many ways, I became an adult: I was living outside of the U. S. for the first time; I was fully responsible…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (219+ words) May brings a particularly solid crop of newly translated mysteries, thrillers, and horror fiction; I would also like to point out how nicely the covers match, and also how nice it is to see so many small presses represented in…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (654+ words) Between the pages, there is a sense of literary audacity that earns every risk it takes. Rodman uses a polyphony of voices to capture the essence of his characters in a way that never feels like you're reading a pastiche....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (364+ words) Story/Mood: More than half a century after it was made, Costa-Gavras's Z is still considered one of the greatest political thrillers of all time. With no extra padding or layers of sentimentality, it unsparingly lays bare the mechanics of…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (929+ words) Rural noir " crime stories set in small American towns, nestled among cornfields and along winding riverbanks " has long been a hugely popular and influential subset of crime movies, TV, books and short stories." We've had rural crime stories for as…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (453+ words) Here are some other novels that explore this theme in surprising, insightful, and interesting ways. Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts Fifteen years later, a writer approaches Marjorie's younger sister, Merry, to get her side of the story, bringing…...