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CrimeReads is a culture website for people who believe suspense is the essence of storytelling, questions are as important as answers, and nothing beats the thrill of a good book. It’s a single, trusted source where readers can find the best writing from the worlds of crime, mystery, and thrillers—a literary culture that’s more robust than ever, but diffuse. Like its founding website, Literary Hub, CrimeReads is an organizing principle, curating and cultivating a daily slate of high-quality writing, a digital space where readers and writers can gather and engage. With the help of its editorial partners, CrimeReads is a site readers can rely on for smart, entertaining writing about the culture they love. Each day, alongside original content and exclusive excerpts, CrimeReads is proud to showcase an editorial feature from one of its many partners from across the literary crime community, from publishers big and small, bookstores, non-profits, librarians, and more. Source
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Search ArticlesSleepy Crime Movies For Warm Summer Nights
We’re in it now… summer! The middle of summer, the dregs of summer. Whats the best part of summer? For me, it’s the warm nights! I don’t mean nights-so-hot-you-sleep-on-your-fire-escape. I mean those warm, hazy summer nights where you want to fall asleep and stay up at the same time. Nights where you fall asleep on your porch swing, watching the fireflies dance in the meadow beyond.
10 New Books Coming Out This Week
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. Article continues after advertisement Miranda Smith, Scary Movie Night (Bantam) “A dazzling locked-room love letter to Hitchcock, Scary Movie Night is full of genuinely shocking reveals rooted in dark truths about the human heart.
Gary Phillips On Graphic Novels Featuring Robberies
On the psypost.org site, there’s an article about a new study published in the online journal PLOS ONE, where it was stated: “Reading a book involves a complex series of mental tasks. A reader must decode words, interpret pictures, and connect new information to what they already know. To do this efficiently, the human brain builds what scientists call a story schema.
Lucy Burdette on Writing Sleuths Who Are Pregnant or New Mothers
By the end of my fifteenth Key West Food Critic Mystery, The Mango Murders, my food critic sleuth Hayley Snow was pregnant. I hadn’t planned this—and to be fair, neither had she. I suspected that this might be the final book in the series, and if so, what better way to end than with the happy news of an upcoming baby? Article continues after advertisement Except the series didn’t end.
What Should You Watch This Weekend?
A mystery lover’s guide to what’s new to streaming this weekend. Article continues after advertisement ___________________________________ __________________________________ Murder 101 (Prime) So I’ll just admit right up front I have no intention of watching this show. First of all, there’s no Dick Van Dyke; that’s nobody’s fault, exactly, it’s just a fact.
Salvador Dalí made a Tarot Deck for the James Bond film Live and Let Die
Source artwork in featured image: Salvador Dalí, El Mago, courtesy of Taschen, via Another Man Article continues after advertisement In the early 1970s, the producer Albert R. Broccoli commissioned the artist Salvador Dalí to make a tarot deck for the upcoming James Bond film Live and Let Die. Based on Ian Fleming’s 1954 novel of the same name, Live and Let Die was released in 1973—the eighth 007 film and the first to star Roger Moore.
The Best Paperback Releases of the Month: July 2026
Here are 25 of the best novels to come out in paperback this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. Article continues after advertisement * William Kent Krueger, Apostle’s Cove (Atria)Publication Date: July 7 “Krueger’s dialogue has the truthful quality of any small town in America.
26 New and Upcoming Historical Novels To Check Out in the Second Half of 2026
As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary by forgetting its entire history, why not turn away from the parades and dive into a well-researched historical novel instead? Historical fiction is looking more and more to be one of the preserves of real history, as stories continue to remind us of what has occurred, while reafirming the basic humanity of those caught in the harsh currents of the past.
The Saudi Woman Who's Reimagining Filmmaking – and the Murder Mystery
Haifa Al Mansour Interview Article continues after advertisement Haifaa Al Mansour is one of Saudi Arabia’s best-known filmmakers, and one of the country’s first women filmmakers. Her latest film, Unidentified (2025), tells the story of Nawal Al Saffan, a divorcee working a clerical job at a police department in Riyadh.
Laugh-out-loud Lethal: 6 Comedic Crime Novels and Thrillers
Recently, I told an acquaintance that I write comedic crime fiction. Article continues after advertisement This new friend made a quizzical face. “Crime and comedy?” she said. “That’s a strange pairing.” But comedy and crime go together like beans and rice. Don’t believe me? Then step into any cop shop, emergency room, or domestic violence shelter in the country. Listen and you’ll hear it: bleak jokes coming rapid-fire, humor dark and reinvigorating as a double shot of espresso.