1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1092+ words) For Father's Day, we asked authors Lauren Oliver and Harold Schecter, who happen to be daughter and father, to have a wide-ranging conversation about writing and crime. Happy reading! Lauren Oliver: It's rare for a father and daughter to share…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (566+ words) Why this film: Gorgeously shot, beautifully scripted, and acted, and set in 1600s New England, The Witch follows a devout Puritan family who are banished from their settlement. They set up a farm in a remote location near some woods, and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1118+ words) Crime Reads (A. C. A. G.) All Cops Are Grotesque: Writing the Southern Gothic Police Officer Following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Black Lives Matter protests spread across the United States. Among multi-vocal chants of…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (545+ words) You never forget your first betrayal. I remember rereading the final pages, the words blurring together while my mind tried to reassemble the story in light of what I now knew. It felt less like a "whodunit" and more like…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (228+ words) Writers are like magicians: our sleight of hand is our ideas, and our reveal is the craft needed to keep readers turning the pages. A book really is a long magic trick, one that makes us see ourselves in the…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (1382+ words) Crime Reads 50 Years Later, Reconsidering Norman Mailer's Wild, Bloody Provincetown Noir Scott Adlerberg on 'Tough Guys Don't Dance' If I remember correctly, I first read a review of Norman Mailer's Tough Guys Don't Dance in the New York Times Sunday…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (193+ words) Okay, that's me, but what about other writers? Do the What ifs of their lives inform their stories? This from blockbuster author May Cobb (ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES, THE HUNTING WIVES):" So, I asked multiple NY Times bestselling author Alex…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (596+ 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 __________________________________ Cape Fear (Apple TV) I'll admit to being a little torn on this one. Let me quickly walk…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (643+ words) Here are 15 of the best novels to come out in paperback over the past month, as selected by the Crime Reads editors. Lucy Clarke, The Surf House (Atlantic Crime) "This daring novel sets the warm and comforting refuge of The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (952+ words) So many writers and artists have passed through Cape Cod it was probably inevitable that over time a formidable literature would grow up around the region. Mary Mc Carthy, Denis Johnson, Richard Russo, Stephen L. Carter, Norman Mailer, Geraldine Brooks: they've…...