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  • Japan’s macabre literati go global
  • The Best International Crime Fiction of July 2026
  • Keigo Higashino (1958-2026) Remembered

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japantimes.co.jp /3 weeks ago

Japan’s macabre literati go global

Japanese crime, mystery and horror have hit their stride with English readers, offering a complement and counterpoint to "healing fiction."

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

The Best International Crime Fiction of July 2026

Here are four novels in translation to check out this month, all excellent for crime lovers. Enjoy! SeichЕЌ Matsumoto, The Quiet Place Translated by Louise Heal Kawaii (Modern Libr...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

Keigo Higashino (1958-2026) Remembered

For readers of crime fiction, Keigo Higashino was much more than the bestselling author of The Devotion of Suspect X. He was a writer who transformed expectations of what a detecti...

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bookriot.com /4 weeks ago

A Huge Loss to the Mystery Genre

One of Japan's greatest mystery writers has passed away, plus summer mystery recs, a podcast about a new heist mystery, and more.

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columbian.com /3 weeks ago

11 crime, mystery, detective novels in translation to read

There’s no mystery here: We all love a good detective novel.

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japantimes.co.jp /3 weeks ago

An unsolved murder leads to despair and salvation in ‘The Brightest Sun’

A pair of private investigators probes the murder of a colleague in Tetsuya Nakashima's challenging but rewarding film.

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Seicho Matsumoto’s A Quiet Place Is a Dark Fairy-Tale of Post-War Japan

Japan, more than anywhere I know, runs along straight and well-determined lines, bringing you to where you need to be as smartly as a bullet-train. When A Quiet Place begins, we’re...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Crime Classics, Back in Print: A Roundup of (Summer) Reissues

Here are 14 of the best books to be reissued this summer, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. * Yukito Ayatsuji, The Clock House Murders Translated by Ho-Ling Wong (Pushkin Vert...

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crimereads.com /1 day ago

7 Crime Novels That Feature Outsiders Who Challenge the Status Quo

One of the most delicious parts of crime fiction is that it’s loaded with tension. Our desire to know what will happen next in a story keeps us racing through the pages. We gather...

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nytimes.com /1 month ago

Keigo Higashino, Best-Selling Japanese Mystery Writer, Dies at 68

His works, which included “The Devotion of Suspect X,” were widely translated and adapted for the screen.

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki

Translated by Jesse Kirkwood — In two months’ time, an asteroid named Telo is due to hit Fukuoka, Japan, with a kinetic energy equivalent to 45 billion megatons of TNT. “It’s the e...

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49thshelf.com /2 weeks ago

4 Crime Novels, and a Bonus Pick

The Queen of Florida is a wickedly entertaining romp featuring retired widow June who delves into the deep underbelly of paradise—Boca—to get everything she knows she deserves. In...

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crimefictionlover.com /2 weeks ago

On the Radar: Scratching the surface

Judging by the amount of submissions we receive for news and reviews, crime fiction is doing very well indeed. They say people are reading less… well they’re not reading less crime...

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kirkusreviews.com /1 month ago

MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD

There are bodies everywhere in Araki’s lively fiction debut: bodies in the trunks of cars, on the side of the road and, most significantly for university student Haru, hanging from...

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crimereads.com /5 days ago

The Best International Fiction of the Month: September 2026

Here are three newly translated works of fiction from across the globe, along with one classic work of true crime (as Capote would say, a “nonfiction novel”). Keep an eye on the si...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

The Best International Fiction of August 2026

Here are five great novels, newly translated. Enjoy! Minyoung Kan, Plant Lady translated by Shanna Tan (Berkley) Easily finished in an afternoon, Plant Lady is a gem of a thriller,...

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crimereads.com /2 weeks ago

The Best Crimey Short Story Collections in Recent Years

I love a short story! And as a new mom, short stories are kind of all I can read right now. I love Jonathan Ames, and I just moved through The Double Life Is Twice as Good. And now...

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asahi.com /2 days ago

詐欺の「かけ子」海外移送しようとした疑い 警察官かたる台本も発見

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crimereads.com /1 week ago

5 Novels That Explore and Expand the Possibilities of Women’s Crime Fiction

The day my editor asked me to write a Women’s Fiction series I immediately said, Yes! Followed by, what’s Women’s Fiction? Isn’t all fiction Women’s Fiction? I mean, I read everyth...

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bookriot.com /3 weeks ago

The Most WTF Thrillers and Crime Novels!

If you can use some WTF premises in your reading life, these books range from crime novels to thrillers, with horror and sci-fi sprinkled in.

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japantimes.co.jp /1 month ago

Japanese author Keigo Higashino, known for penning intricate mystery novels, dies at 68

Higashino, a prolific writer lauded for his creativity, died of cancer, his official X account said.

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asahi.com /1 day ago

黄土色のコートの男は誰か 上智大生殺害30年、残されたA型の血液

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

On the radar: Pure, original crime fiction

Every so often, we have a week where all the authors whose new novels are included here in our news column are brand new to us. That could be because their books are debuts, but of...

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asahi.com /3 days ago

「ホストどう」女性捜査員がついて行くと…見え隠れする摘発逃れの闇

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