CrimeReads

@CrimeReads

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

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Mar 7, 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

CrimeReads's tweet image. "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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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · 7 h

This weekend, GO HANG OUT! crimereads.com/crime-movies-a…

CrimeReads's tweet card. This summer, I’m spending a lot of time on a movie set, hanging out with cool people. This reminded me of my favorite genre of crime movie, which is where a bunch of friends hang out. Is this…

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gonzomike@gonzomike · Jul 24

Freak On: Black Strip Clubs in the 1990s crimereads.com/freak-on-black… via @CrimeReads

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Simon "Si Spurrier" Spurrier@sispurrier · 22 h

I wrote a piece for preeminent hub of Crime Fiction fandoms, @CrimeReads, about why a love for genre should transcend the media divide, and why novel readers should embrace comics. Wherein: 10 great titles to make the jump. #Comics #crime #novels crimereads.com/simon-spurrier…

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gonzomike@gonzomike · 16 h

Clarence Williams III was dope in The Mod Squad, but I loved him as Blood in The Cool World --Rumble in the Urban Jungle: On the Street Gangs of Old NYC crimereads.com/street-gangs-n… via @CrimeReads #TheModSquad #Harlem #Nyc

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · 19 h

Here are July’s best international titles! crimereads.com/julys-best-int…

CrimeReads's tweet card. As temperatures and travel prices soar, it’s time to skip the vacation and dive into an international crime novel instead! This month’s fiction in translation features a South Korean ps…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 23

There is a very minor controversey about the "Thursday Murder Club" casting. Olivia Rutigliano (⁦@oldrutigliano)⁩ weighs in. crimereads.com/let-pierce-bro…

CrimeReads's tweet card. It has come to my attention that the casting of the new Thursday Murder Club adaptation, due on Netflix later this year, has caused some controversy. “Controversy” is a grandiose word, …

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 23

The Queen of Crime loved a good seafaring murder. From Naomi Kaye. crimereads.com/agatha-on-boar…

CrimeReads's tweet card. As many Christie fans may (or may not) know, Agatha Christie spent most of her life living near the water. Born in Torquay, England, she was raised in a seaside town with a harbor and seafront, his…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 22

David Gordon (@DavidGordonX) on a long tradition of entanglement. crimereads.com/the-dirty-work…

CrimeReads's tweet card. From “A Scandal in Bohemia” to The Big Sleep, from the LA of James Ellroy to the Harlem of Chester Himes and far beyond, there has always been a close relationship, a complicity, perhaps even a rom…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 22

Ryan Pote on escapist summer sizzlers. crimereads.com/5-thriller-nov…

CrimeReads's tweet card. There’s something about an immersive summer read. Your tan looks deeper. The drinks are colder. The air smells like flowers. Heck, you even look better reading it. Picture this: you’re sprawled on …

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 22

Christina Dotson raves over these rancid pairings. crimereads.com/buddies-like-s…

CrimeReads's tweet card. The complexities of female friendships will always fascinate me. There’s something about the fragility of these relationships that I find incredibly intriguing, as if the women involved are one mis…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 21

Andrews & Wilson on the responsibility they feel in writing military thrillers: crimereads.com/why-military-s…

CrimeReads's tweet card. Long before we began writing for a living—while still serving as Naval officers on the pointy tip of the spear—we already believed in the power of storytelling. Since the days of early humanity, st…

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John Valeri@OyeJohn52 · Jul 21

Julie Clark's masterfully meta novel of suspense, THE GHOSTWRITER (@Sourcebooks), is easily one of MY favorite books of the year -- and arguably one of THE best books of the year. It was an honor to interview her for @CrimeReads. crimereads.com/julie-clark-in… #WritingCommunity

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 21

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

CrimeReads's tweet card. Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Amran Gowani, Leverage (Atria) “[A] blistering and riveting debut . . . . Funny and full of narrative shocks reminisc…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 20

Tom Mead on the very best of these intricately plotted murder mysteries. crimereads.com/top-10-closed-…

CrimeReads's tweet card. As a reader, I find the most satisfying whodunits to be the ones which take place in a “closed circle.” Typically, this scenario presents the reader with a limited pool of suspects, often isolated …

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 18

Let Gabino Iglesias (⁦@Gabino_Iglesias⁩) expertly guide you through this month’s new releases: crimereads.com/gabino-iglesia…

CrimeReads's tweet card. I have such a fantastic column for you this month! Want to know why? Well, there are half a dozen awesome novels here, but the main reason you’re getting such a lengthy column is that I read …

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 18

Get messy. Get murderous. crimereads.com/jo-piazza-on-t…

CrimeReads's tweet card. I live for unlikeable women. Not everyone agrees with me, and I’ve made my peace with that. A lot of people want their fictional women to be agreeable, attractive and easily digestible. They want t…

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Gabino Iglesias@Gabino_Iglesias · Jul 18

New—and packed!—column is up at @CrimeReads! This time, I talk about novels by Michael Farris Smith, Alex North, Carl Hiaasen, @KairaRouda, Katia Lief, and Rob Hart. crimereads.com/gabino-iglesia…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 18

Sara Ochs on dark books that are perfect to balance out the cheeriness of summer. crimereads.com/dark-books-for…

CrimeReads's tweet card. It seems like most people wait the whole year for summer to roll around, craving the endlessly long days filled with sun and heat and relaxation. I will be the first to admit: I am not one of those…

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 18

Daphne Woolsoncroft on dread and violence. crimereads.com/four-novels-th…

CrimeReads's tweet card. My debut thriller novel, Night Watcher, taps into a lifelong intrigue I’ve had with suspense. As a kid growing up in Los Angeles, I was captivated by the chilling tension of Hitchcock’s Psycho and …

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CrimeReads@CrimeReads · Jul 18

When a long-serving police officer died, he was lauded as a hero. The truth was far darker. crimereads.com/lina-chern-on-…

CrimeReads's tweet card. The morning Joe Gliniewicz died I was picking my son Leo up early from school. He was sick and no one knew why. A nonverbal kid can’t tell you where it hurts so the only solution is to send him hom…

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