CrimeReads

CrimeReads is a dedicated website for those who feel that suspense is at the heart of storytelling. It caters to readers who understand that asking questions is just as vital as finding answers, and who enjoy the excitement of a gripping book. This platform serves as a reliable destination for discovering exceptional writing in the realms of crime, mystery, and thrillers—genres that are thriving yet widely spread out. Similar to its sister site, Literary Hub, CrimeReads organizes and highlights a daily selection of top-notch content, creating a digital hub where readers and authors can connect and interact. With the support of its editorial partners, CrimeReads offers a trustworthy source for insightful and entertaining writing about the literary culture that captivates its audience. Each day, readers can explore original articles and exclusive excerpts, as well as featured editorial pieces from various partners within the crime literature community, including publishers, bookstores, non-profits, librarians, and more.

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The Clues, the Clueless, and the Critics: Appreciating Clue

1 day ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

It came to my attention only recently that there isn’t a single essay on this website about the 1985 film Clue—Clue, the ur-text for postmodern whodunnits, the consummate cult classic that gained an enormous throng of exalters in the years since its release and subsequent critical evisceration. Article continues after advertisement“Critical evisceration” is putting it mildly.
The Poker Face Season 2 Trailer is Finally Here!

6 days ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

You already know that Season 2 of Poker Face is coming to Peacock on May 8th! And now we have the full trailer!!Article continues after advertisementMaybe the trailer shows a bit too much. You don’t have to watch it if you already know. But! This trailer reveals the most comprehensive list of guest stars we have so far! Giancarlo Esposito, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho, Melanie Lynskey, GaTa, Haley Joel Osment, Adrienne C.
The Visible and Invisible Women of Killing Eve

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Much has been written about Villanelle, the mischievous, fashionable millennial murderer at the center of BBC America’s beloved series Killing Eve. Villanelle (Jodie Comer) contains multitudes: she is spunky and surly, mischievous and malicious, sardonic and sentimental. Mostly, though, she’s self-obsessed, in constant pursuit of a lifestyle which affords her the maximum amount of enjoyment.
5 New Thrillers (and One Classic Noir) to Read When You’re Done with White Lotus

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Molly Odintz

A resort vacation? Thousands. A novel making fun of one? Less than 30 bucks! And the look on your rich cousin’s face when she realizes you don’t give a shit about her tan and plan to ask her leading questions about labor conditions instead of letting her show you pictures? Priceless. (This is a hypothetical cousin I’m making up here, in case any of my actual family is reading).
Jonathan Ames on Macdonald, Westlake, and Bringing a Touch of Buddhism to the Private Eye Novel

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Tom Nolan

Jonathan Ames was born in 1964 and raised in New Jersey by a traveling-salesman father and a schoolteacher mother. He was educated at Princeton and at Columbia, where his writing teachers included Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Auster. His senior thesis became his first published novel, which bore a blurb from Philip Roth.
A Duty of Care: Barbara Early on Doing Justice to Jessica Fletcher

1 week ago | crimereads.com | John Valeri

Few characters are as beloved in the hearts and minds of audiences as Murder, She Wrote’s Jessica (J.B.) Fletcher. Article continues after advertisementAs portrayed by the iconic Angela Lansbury, Jessica Fletcher—a widowed English teacher turned unwitting mystery novelist and amateur sleuth—was first introduced to television viewers in 1984.
Drop is a Rom Com Psychological Thriller for our Surveillance Age

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

I always think about a particular scene from Her, Spike Jonze’s somewhat-prescient tech romance from 2013. Our protagonist Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) has fallen in love with his new Siri-like operating system “Samantha,” breathily voiced by Scarlett Johansson. She suggests that they try to have sex. He is perplexed, wonders how this would even be possible.
Wes Anderson Has Made a Crime Movie! Possibly!

2 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Ahoy! I am always excited when I hear there’s a new Wes Anderson movie about to hit theaters. I love Anderson’s visually and thematically meticulous, intricate films. It’s been posited, on this site, that all of Anderson’s movies borrow elements from crime movies, and I agree. But this time, he seems to be coming out with a bonafide crime movie. He seems to be. Who knows. With Anderson, inside-outs genre so brilliantly that it’s hard to tell what anything will be before actually seeing it.
Point of Origin: David Handler on Flashing Back to the Beginnings of Hoagy, Lulu & Friends

2 weeks ago | crimereads.com | John Valeri

Just because you think you know your characters doesn’t mean they can’t still surprise you. Article continues after advertisementDavid Handler will tell you as much. A former journalist and television scribe, he’s been writing about dapper if somewhat downtrodden celebrity ghostwriter and occasional PI Stewart Hoag—better known as “Hoagy”—for nearly forty years.
A Quest for a Loyal Dracula Adaptation

2 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Dracula is the most powerful adaptation fad in recent times. He’s sprung alive in incarnation after incarnation for approximately a century, without totally dying out. Article continues after advertisementThe Guinness Book of World Records counts Dracula as the most-played character of all time.