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CrimeReads@CrimeReads7 Mar 2018

"Readers make the best sleuths." A word from the editors of CrimeReads, your new home for noir, mystery, true crime, spycraft, and thrills. ow.ly/c0MV30iOsXg

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Sarah Weinman and Polly Stewart (@pollystew) discuss Celia Fremlin's 1958 novel "The Hours Before Dawn." crimereads.com/domestic-thri…

The Backlist: Sarah Weinman on a Classic Domestic Thriller, ‘The Hours Before Dawn’

The expression “so many books, so little time” doesn’t seem to apply to the writer and New York Times crime fiction columnist Sarah Weinman. Every time I’ve had the opportunity to talk with her abo…

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The author of "The Chain House" reflects on Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite, and others. crimereads.com/cult-leaders-…

J.H. Markert on the Cult Leaders That Inspired His New Novel

I wasn’t scared easily as a child, but I watched two things early on in my life that certainly managed to do the trick. And they weren’t just “scares” that came and went; they lingered.…

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Wait, what? crimereads.com/theres-a-true…

There’s a “true crime concert documentary” about David Byrne

I love the work of documentarian John Wilson, the wildly observational filmmaker who specializes in discovering strange, whimsical, and poignant aspects of everyday life via capturing the mundane. …

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Keith Roysdon@keithroysdonOct 19

Start off the week with SEVEN crime, mystery and thriller writers talking to me for a @CrimeReads piece about short stories and novels. crimereads.com/7-crime-write…

7 crime writers talk about novels and short stories and what they love writing most

Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen King wrote both novels and short stories, Zora Neale Hurston as well, as did John Steinbeck. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood is a classic, but so is his short sto…

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Here are this week's brand-new books! crimereads.com/10-new-books-…

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * DM Pulley, Stone Mad (Blackstone) “[In this] creepy gothic thriller…Pulley whips up a menacing atmosphere…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReadsOct 16

October debuts!!!!! crimereads.com/the-best-debu…

The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: October 2026

Here are five debut crime novels, thrillers, and mysteries, all worthy of your attention. Enjoy these first forays into the published world; the start, we hope, of many. As always, blurbs are by me…

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Keith Roysdon (@keithroysdon) asks writers: short stories or novels? crimereads.com/7-crime-write…

7 crime writers talk about novels and short stories and what they love writing most

Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen King wrote both novels and short stories, Zora Neale Hurston as well, as did John Steinbeck. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood is a classic, but so is his short sto…

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Desirée de Fez@DesireedeFezOct 16

Here, I chat with the wonderful Lizzie Davis, the translator of Don’t Leave Her Alone. How lucky I was to have had her on board! Thank you @CrimeReads crimereads.com/the-writer-an…

The Writer and her Translator: A Conversation Between Desirée de Fez & Lizzie Davis

The following is a conversation between translator Lizzie Davis and author Desirée de Fez, as the two discuss bringing de Fez’s particular brand of body horror to English-reading audiences, a…

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A creepy classic, a cool French thriller, or a new film from Iran? crimereads.com/which-interna…

Which international thriller should you stream this weekend?

This month, I’m recommending three very different films—Nosferatu, which I first watched ages ago and am planning to see again on the big screen for Halloween; Le Samouraï, the inspiration for the …

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CrimeReads@CrimeReadsOct 16

Bitter Karella rounds up a few favorite entries in a nebulously-defined subgenre. crimereads.com/5-works-of-fo…

5 Works of Folk Horror Not for the Faint-Hearted

Folk Horror is really having a moment right now, because, honestly, what’s scarier than small towns full of small people? Whether it’s a metaphor for the stifling conformity of village life or an e…

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Jason Rekulak on turning a backdrop in children's fiction into a illustration-filled horror career. crimereads.com/picture-this-…

Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated Thrillers

Nothing grabs a reader’s attention faster than an embarrassing personal anecdote, so here’s mine: In the spring of 2018, I quit my day job. I’d made a deal to adapt my first novel, The Impossible F…

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Jason Rekulak on turning a backdrop in children's fiction into a illustration-filled horror career. crimereads.com/picture-this-…

Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated Thrillers

Nothing grabs a reader’s attention faster than an embarrassing personal anecdote, so here’s mine: In the spring of 2018, I quit my day job. I’d made a deal to adapt my first novel, The Impossible F…

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Indonesian noir, Caribbean gothic, Bolivian thrills, Argentine horror, and a psychodrama in Spain: Molly Odintz (@mollsotov89) rounds up the best international fiction of the month! crimereads.com/the-best-inte…

The Best International Fiction of The Month: October 2026

October brings some of the coolest, cruelest, sharpest, nastiest fiction of the year, and the world of translated literature is no exception. The following titles are as brutal as they are beautifu…

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Michael Gonzales (@gonzomike) on the heyday of a subculture. crimereads.com/clubs-new-yor…

Being There: Memories of Danceteria, Pmaradise Garage, and the NYC Club Scene of the 1980s

Nightclubbing, we’re nightclubbing Oh, isn’t it wild? –“Nightclubbing” by David Bowie and Iggy Pop In the summer of 1981 I moved back to New York City after spending three years i…

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Jason Rekulak on turning a backdrop in children's fiction into a illustration-filled horror career. crimereads.com/picture-this-…

Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated Thrillers

Nothing grabs a reader’s attention faster than an embarrassing personal anecdote, so here’s mine: In the spring of 2018, I quit my day job. I’d made a deal to adapt my first novel, The Impossible F…

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Poe Jr. crimereads.com/5-books-for-y…

5 Books for Younger Fans of Edgar Allan Poe

I have an Edgar Allan Poe-themed backpack that I bought at a bookstore and whenever I am wearing it, folks stop me to talk about Poe. Young, old, adult or teen, they share with me their favorite Po…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReadsOct 14

Let's move the horror genre beyond male dominance, yes? crimereads.com/rebekah-faubi…

Rebekah Faubion on the Male Gaze, Patriarchy, and Women Writing Horror

We’ve all used the term male gaze to talk about a piece of media with a male at the helm, usually pointing out ways it fell short in representing anyone who wasn’t a dude. And while I’m always happ…

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John Valeri@OyeJohn52Oct 14

Eriq La Salle has many titles: Actor. Director. Producer. Novelist. But perhaps the one word that encapsulates them all is…storyteller. It was my honor to interview @EriqLaSalle23 about his new thriller, LAWS OF SOLOMON (@PPPress), for @CrimeReads. crimereads.com/eriq-lasalle-…

Eriq LaSalle on Storytelling, TV Scripts, and Shifting the Focus of His New Novel

Eriq La Salle has many titles: Actor. Director. Producer. Novelist. But perhaps the one word that encapsulates them all is…storyteller. “As an actor and a director, you are handed a scr…

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Ten steps to approaching ominous abodes in lit and life from a licensed construction specialist crimereads.com/a-home-inspec…

A Home Inspector’s Guide to Haunted Houses, Courtesy of D.M. Pulley

Stigmatized properties are among the hardest to sell on the open market and do not often come up for full appraisal or inspection. However, given the tremendous increase in the cost of housing acro…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReadsOct 13

Murders those darlings, darling! crimereads.com/pen-as-sword-…

Pen as Sword: Elizabeth Kostova on Killing Off Characters

I’ve never been a violent person, except perhaps in my nearly violent love of literature. In fact, I’m a practicing Buddhist, so I’ve taken vows to try to do as much kindness and as little harm as…

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