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Small Town Horror: Excerpt and Cover Reveal
September 23, 2023
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CrimeReads Excerpts
Matthew Meacham’s body quaked, his mind raced, and his skin burned. He raked overlong fingernails down the tender flesh of his arms, praying for his eyes to adjust to…
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Real Steel: 7 Iconic Crime Movie Car Chases
September 22, 2023
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Nick Kolakowski
In another era, the cinematic car chase was a purely analog affair: stunt performers would strap themselves into modified vehicles, then do their best to violate traffic norms and…
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The Wild, Bizarre, Sometimes Criminal Pleasures of London’s Bartholomew Fair
September 22, 2023
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Laura Shepherd-Robinson
For over a thousand years, the area known as Smithfield, north of St Paul’s, has been home to London’s principal meat market. Live animals were banned from Smithfield in…
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Bloodstock Sales: The Biggest Gambles in Horseracing
September 22, 2023
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Felix Francis
Horse racing and gambling are intertwined – always have been, and always will be. But the biggest gambles in racing are not made at the races or with a…
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Reflections on The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s Classic Biblio-Mystery
September 22, 2023
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Lucia Graves
Like many great novels, the book you are about to read is one whose every page is imbued with the art of storytelling. Its first five words, ‘I still…
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The Best Debut Novels Out This September
September 21, 2023
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The CrimeReads editors select the best debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers. * Laura Picklesimer, Kill For Love (Unnamed Press) The bored college fifth-year narrating Kill For Love has…
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Anjili Babbar On The Rise of Irish Crime Fiction
September 21, 2023
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Molly Odintz
I met Anjili Babbar smoking cigarettes at Bouchercon last year (she has since quit), and thought, this chick is really cool. And also, she knows a lot about Irish…
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Shop Talk: Nina Simon Tells the Incredible Story Behind Her Breakout Debut Novel
September 21, 2023
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Eli Cranor
I met Nina Simon shortly after I read her beautiful, heartfelt debut, Mother Daughter Murder Night. If there were ever an author whose persona perfectly captures the verve of…
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Six Books Featuring Ghosts with Unfinished Business
September 21, 2023
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Meredith R. Lyons
What’s a character without motivation? Even if that character is dead, they need a reason to be in the scene. In my novel Ghost Tamer, one of the ghosts…
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How Subplots and Plot Filaments Lend Texture and Depth to Any Novel
September 21, 2023
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Michael Craft
More than any other variant included under the umbrella of “crime fiction,” mystery novels embody a straightforward setup of the conflict-and-resolution components of storytelling. The conflict is murder. The…