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  • Irish Crime Fiction and the Female Gaze
  • 10 Books About African Americans Reclaiming the South
  • State of the Crime Novel, Part 2: Issues and Recommendations

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Irish Crime Fiction and the Female Gaze

Ireland is the cadaver on the dissection table in these murder mysteries by five women writers. Their books are forensic examinations of the country’s social dysfunction; the pasts...

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electricliterature.com /3 days ago

10 Books About African Americans Reclaiming the South

Between 1910 to 1970, millions of African Americans left the South in search of greater opportunities for freedom, rights, and economic mobility. Due to sheer scale, this human mov...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

State of the Crime Novel, Part 2: Issues and Recommendations

Below, you’ll find part two of our roundtable discussion on the state of the crime genre. 40 Edgar nominees and special award winners contributed to the following conversation, for...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

15 LGBTQIA+ Crime Novels To Check Out This Spring

Spring 2026’s queer crime fiction arrives amid storms, secrets, and more than a few bodies turning up where they shouldn’t—from hurricane-battered New Orleans mansions and windswep...

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crimereads.com /5 days ago

Andrea Hairston on Crossing Genres, Science Fiction, and Taking Romance Seriously

When I describe my recent novel, The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays, as a SFF mystery romance, people frequently ask, “Wasn’t it difficult writing a murder mystery?” Yes, i...

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criminalelement.com /1 month ago

Book Review: A Novel Crime by Deborah Levison

Deborah Levison may only be three books into her literary career, but she has already distinguished herself with a talent that transcends genre. Her first release was the award-win...

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texasmonthly.com /1 month ago

This Month, the Texas Book Club Is Going Crime Thriller

In the Texas Book Club, we’re wrapping our discussion of Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club and looking ahead to what we’re grabbing off the shelf next. For our April Texas Book Club sele...

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killzoneblog.com /5 days ago

The Crime Fiction Evolution

By PJ Parrish As many of you regulars know, I have retired from fulltime novel writing. Still keeping my toes in the short fiction waters but the demands of turning out a novel per...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

State of Crime Novel, Part 1: Routines, Problem-Solving, and Faithful Companions

Ahead of the 80th Annual Edgar Award Ceremony, I asked the nominees for the Edgars (along with the special award winners) to contribute to a roundtable discussion on the state of t...

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washingtonmonthly.com /1 month ago

The Mystery of the Joan Little Case

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crimereads.com /2 weeks ago

Frances White on the Power of Casual Representation in Mysteries

A few months after my debut novel, Voyage of the Damned, was released in the U.S., I received a very curious message via my contact form. Without giving away any identifiable detai...

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blackamericaweb.com /2 weeks ago

‘Decoded’: Breaking Down The Myth Of Black Criminality 

Dr. Travis L. Dixon explains how the case of Karmelo Anthony showcases the ways the media fuels stereotypes about Black criminality. 

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thebigthrill.org /2 days ago

Sleight of Crime

What Magicians Taught Me About Murder

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kirkusreviews.com /3 weeks ago

CHERRY BEACH

Following an award-winning memoir, fiction for adults and children, a two-volume history of Canada, and 12 Canadian National Magazine Awards, Gillmor shows he has yet another trick...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

3 Crime Short Story Collections with Interlinked Narratives

One of my greatest joys as a reader of crime fiction is diving into a new adventure featuring a favorite detective, amateur sleuth, or gang of lovable rule-benders. Crime fiction h...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

The Long Dark by Andrew Raymond

The likes of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina have become household names and figureheads for Scottish crime fiction. One of the latest to join this crew is Andrew Raymond,...

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

True Crime To Stream and Read, From Moral Panics to Stolen Children

Learn about stolen children in Georgia and Argentina, femicide in Mexico, the harsh injustice of American prisons, and moral panics.

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

James Sallis: What a Crime Fiction Master Leaves Behind

When the author James Sallis died in January, the first few paragraphs of his obituaries inevitably mentioned “Drive,” the 2011 film based on one of his novellas.  Directed by Nico...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Crime Classics, Back in Print: A Roundup of Reissues

Here are 5 of the best novels to be reissued this spring, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. Len Deighton, Close-Up (Atlantic Crime) “Few authors writing in the rigorous and fi...

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thegrio.com /2 weeks ago

Black authors write bestsellers. So why aren’t they on more lists? BLK Bestsellers founder Troy Johnson has answers

TheGrio teams up with the African American Literature Book Club to shine a brighter light on Black authors and the

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blackamericaweb.com /1 day ago

From Coltrane's Criminal Masterminding To Murder Mysteries, 'The Black Watch' Breaks Down 'Nemesis' & 'DTF St. Louis...

Netflix's Nemesis and HBO Max's DTF St. Louis spark debate among entertainment experts on acting, storytelling, and character depth. The post From Coltrane’s Criminal Masterminding...

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

Genre-Bending BIPOC Romance

These BIPOC romances range from romantasy to adventure romance, to sci-fi romantic suspense.

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thebigthrill.org /1 month ago

The Four Queens of Crime

In 1938 London, DCI Lilian Wyles, the first woman detective chief inspector in the CID, is determined to find a killer with the help of the four queens of crime.

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crimereads.com /3 weeks ago

Charles Ardai on Noir, Comics, and the Ongoing Adventures of Hard Case Crime

Charles Ardai is the editor and publisher behind Hard Case Crime, which since 2004 has published new books and reprinted old books by legendary writers and newcomers and forgotten...

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