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A daily culture site featuring the best crime, mystery, and thriller writing. From the makers of @lithub.

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Bobcats, “Twin Peaks,” deer: What influenced Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes’ new novel crimereads.com/bobcats-twin-…
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Crime and the city: Harbin, China crimereads.com/crime-and-the…

Crime and the city: Harbin, China

Harbin, capital of China’s Heilongjiang Province—what used to be known as Manchuria—China’s “Wild East.” It’s long been China’s most northerly and Russified city—train lines into Russia…

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Why did so many different actors play James Bond's nemesis Blofeld? crimereads.com/a-guide-to-th…

A Guide to the Blofelds

There’s a lot of talk going around lately about the casting of the new James Bond. Who will play him… Callum Turner, Jack Lowden, CrimeReads favorite/dark horse Josh Bowman? This questi…

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Karin Slaughter on Mo Hayder, thrillers by women, and the legacy of “Gone” crimereads.com/karin-slaught…

Karin Slaughter on Mo Hayder, thrillers by women, and the legacy of “Gone”

I clearly remember the first time I read Mo Hayder. Birdman was published in 2000, a year before my own first novel was published, and I felt an intense sense of wonder with every finely crafted se…

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How Alain Delon Got Caught Up in a Murder Investigation at the Height of His Fame crimereads.com/murder-paris-…

How Alain Delon Got Caught Up in a Murder Investigation at the Height of His Fame

Piscine 2 October 1968 – Saint-Tropez The actor lies still. Eyes closed. Waiting for the signal. ‘Silence sur le plateau . . .!’ shouts director Jacques Deray. The crew falls quiet. A silence desce…

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The Best True Crime of the Month: November 2026 crimereads.com/the-best-true…

The Best True Crime of the Month: November 2026

6 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. * Edward Chisholm, Murder in Paris ’68: A True Story of Death and Glamour (Pegasus Crime…

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Wole Talabi on the intersection of first contact stories and mysteries crimereads.com/wole-talabi-o…
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Bobcats, “Twin Peaks,” deer: What influenced Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes’ new novel crimereads.com/bobcats-twin-…

Bobcats, “Twin Peaks,” deer: What influenced Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes’ new novel

I love and often teach the memoir People Who Led to My Plays by Adrienne Kennedy. In the book, Kennedy lists all the diverse people, objects, works of art, images, songs, and events that shaped her…

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James Patterson on dictators, historical fiction, and writing a world war II thriller crimereads.com/james-patters…

James Patterson on dictators, historical fiction, and writing a world war II thriller

James Patterson may be one of the world’s most prolific and bestselling authors but there is no secret to his success. It comes down to curiosity and the asking of a simple question that has sustai…

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Anna Rasche on the Hope diamond and the trope of cursed jewels in literature crimereads.com/anna-rasche-o…

Anna Rasche on the Hope diamond and the trope of cursed jewels in literature

Each year approximately six million people visit the Hall of Minerals in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to jostle for a glimpse of the infamous Hope Diamond. Many are afraid to get too c…

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The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026 crimereads.com/the-best-crim…

The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026

ghbvfgbhvnNovember brings cold winds and chilling adventures, with many of the year’s most intriguing gothics and noirs packed into the month ahead. Most of the following are clear crime and …

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Three Italian Heist Films You Need to See crimereads.com/three-italian…

Three Italian Heist Films You Need to See

Ciao ragazzi! Benvenuti! I love Italian cinema, especially from the 1950s and 60s. I’ve been treating myself to the lighthearted crime films of Dino Risi (more on that soon), lately, but I…

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How Alain Delon Got Caught Up in a Murder Investigation at the Height of His Fame crimereads.com/murder-paris-…

How Alain Delon Got Caught Up in a Murder Investigation at the Height of His Fame

Piscine 2 October 1968 – Saint-Tropez The actor lies still. Eyes closed. Waiting for the signal. ‘Silence sur le plateau . . .!’ shouts director Jacques Deray. The crew falls quiet. A silence desce…

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Debra Webb and Allison Brennan on villains, suspense, and writing standalone thrillers crimereads.com/debra-webb-al…

Debra Webb and Allison Brennan on villains, suspense, and writing standalone thrillers

USA Today Bestselling author Debra Webb began her career writing romantic suspense but by the early 2000s had started to lean into darker suspense. A few years later she was fully immersed in the w…

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James Patterson on dictators, historical fiction, and writing a world war II thriller crimereads.com/james-patters…
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Karin Slaughter on Mo Hayder, thrillers by women, and the legacy of “Gone” crimereads.com/karin-slaught…

Karin Slaughter on Mo Hayder, thrillers by women, and the legacy of “Gone”

I clearly remember the first time I read Mo Hayder. Birdman was published in 2000, a year before my own first novel was published, and I felt an intense sense of wonder with every finely crafted se…

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Anna Rasche on the Hope diamond and the trope of cursed jewels in literature crimereads.com/anna-rasche-o…

Anna Rasche on the Hope diamond and the trope of cursed jewels in literature

Each year approximately six million people visit the Hall of Minerals in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to jostle for a glimpse of the infamous Hope Diamond. Many are afraid to get too c…

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The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026 crimereads.com/the-best-crim…

The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026

ghbvfgbhvnNovember brings cold winds and chilling adventures, with many of the year’s most intriguing gothics and noirs packed into the month ahead. Most of the following are clear crime and …

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Three Italian Heist Films You Need to See crimereads.com/three-italian…

Three Italian Heist Films You Need to See

Ciao ragazzi! Benvenuti! I love Italian cinema, especially from the 1950s and 60s. I’ve been treating myself to the lighthearted crime films of Dino Risi (more on that soon), lately, but I…

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