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The Best Traditional Mysteries of 2023
December 22, 2023
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CrimeReads
For me, there are few things more enjoyable than a good, old-fashioned whodunnit. Or a good, new-fashioned whodunnit. I say it a lot on this website, but, to me,…
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The Best Speculative Crime Fiction of 2023
December 22, 2023
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Molly Odintz
This year’s offering of scifi and fantasy crime fiction leans heavily towards alternative history and near-future imaginings, but with plenty of bizarre and magical detours into the just plain…
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The Best Horror Fiction of 2023
December 21, 2023
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Molly Odintz
This year’s top horror novels distinguished themselves not only through quality but with their use of metaphor to approach societal ills obliquely. Through the lens of horror, and the…
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Sherlockian Collaborations and the Joys of Fandom
December 21, 2023
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Bonnie MacBird
Bonnie MacBird is regarded as one of the top Sherlock Holmes writers, and her five Sherlock Holmes Adventures for HarperCollins have developed a following. Frank Cho is a top…
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The Queen of Grit Lit has a New Novel
December 21, 2023
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Chris McGinley
What I told her was this: “Read Once Upon a River.” Let me explain. I was at an event promoting my own new novel, Once These Hills, when a…
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I Can’t Believe I Actually Found 10 More Crime Movies You Probably Forgot Take Place at Christmas
December 20, 2023
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Olivia Rutigliano
I’ll say it again: I actually can’t believe I found another ten crime movies that take place at Christmas. I really, really thought I had scraped the bottom of…
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Ausma Zehanat Khan on Oppression, Rage, and Crafting a Palestinian Detective
December 20, 2023
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Ausma Zehanat Khan
At its heart, Blood Betrayal is a novel about fathers and how they shape our sense of belonging. Two separate police shootings take place in the novel: that of…
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The Best Crime Movies of 2023
December 19, 2023
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Olivia Rutigliano
It was a very good year for movies. It seems like everyone made a movie, this year. We got new movies from veteran auteurs like Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders,…
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Spiritualists and Tarot Readers Are Having A Moment
December 19, 2023
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Molly Odintz
If you like fiction featuring spiritualists and their brethren, then you’re in for a treat, as 2023 has brought a host of new crime novels exploring ghostly visitations and…
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Tony Shalhoub and Andy Breckman on Monk’s Return
December 18, 2023
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Olivia Rutigliano
Monk has returned! That’s right! An original Monk movie, entitled Mr. Monk’s Last Case, has just been released. And to mark this momentous release, our editor Olivia Rutigliano sat…