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by Chris Kahn

CRIME FICTION NEWS

We read a lot of great articles about crime fiction. See what others in the media are saying about some of the books, authors, and the publishing industry.

CRIME FICTION NEWS

We read a lot of great articles about crime fiction. See what others in the media are saying about some of the books, authors, and the publishing industry.

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Links published in 11.30.23 issue of firstCLUE

“The Maid’ Author Nita Prose Was Scared to Write a Sequel to Her Best-Selling Novel.

Shondaland ©

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder. Or a list of mysteries in which bookish people must solve crimes at bookish events.

CrimeReads  ©

Fiction writers are learning the tricks of true crime.

Washington Post ©

Links published in 11.16.23 issue of firstCLUE

A former comedian, a serial killer and a classic author feature in these 4 new must-read crime fiction books.

Toronto.com ©

Q&A: Tess Gerritsen, Author of ‘The Spy Coast’.

 

The Nerd Daily ©

Links published in 11.9.23 issue of firstCLUE

Scottish Detective Book Series to Read Right Now.

CrimeReads©

A Taste of Puerto Rican Culture and Food in Cozy Culinary Mystery—Kate Keune

BookTrib ©

Dagger awards adds categories for ‘cosy crime’ and psychological thrillers

The Guardian ©

Links published in 11.2.23 issue of firstCLUE

The Best Debut Novels of October

CrimeReads©

What Are Thriller Writers Truly Afraid Of?—Danielle Trussoni

Literary Hub ©

So Why Are We Hooked on the Notion of Cosy Crime?
—David Wilson

The Herald ©

Links published in 10.26.23 issue of firstCLUE

The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann—Linda Hitchcock

BookTrib ©

Finding Inspiration for Metafictional Murder—Dann McDorman

CrimeReads ©

Taylor Swift Video Sparks Wild Theory—Sophie Lloyd

Newsweek ©

Links published in 10.19.23 issue of firstCLUE

Alexander McCall Smith Brings You a Cabin-In-The-Woods Mystery Unlike Any Other—Linda Hitchcock

BookTrib ©

14 New Mysteries, Thrillers, True Crime For October

CrimeReads ©

New Novels Brimming With Mystery, Mayhem and Quite a Bit of Murder—Sarah Weinman

New York Times ©

Links published in 10.12.23 issue of firstCLUE

How Writing a Mystery Helped Me Rediscover the Joy of Golden Age Detective Novels

criminalelement ©

 

14 New Mysteries, Thrillers, True Crime For October 2023 Sleuthing

BookRiot ©

Top 10 Murder Mystery Movies and Series Adapted From Books—Rupsha Sen

Filmfare.com ©

Links published in 10.5.23 issue of firstCLUE

Sarah Weinman, Suzette Mayr, Ellen Byron-October 2023 Book Recommendations

The Pajiba ©

Jonathan Lethem’s love-hate relationship with Brooklyn—Mark Athitakis

The Washington Post ©

Eliza Clark on Book Twitter, True Crime Junkies, and Her Chilling Sophomore Novel

Interview ©

Links published in 9.28.23 issue of firstCLUE

Gardening Can Be Murder— Marta McDowell

Jacksonville Free Press ©

The Sleuthing Spinster: Why Single Women Rule Cozy Fiction— Gretchen Rue

CrimeReads ©

Book Review and Q&A: ‘The Overnight Guest’— Heather Gudenkauf

Little Village ©

Links published in 9.21.23 issue of firstCLUE

Faux Forensics: 14 Novels Written Like True Crime—Isabelle Popp

Book Riot ©

Step Back in Time with These 4 Crime Fiction Novels—Moira Macdonald

Seattle Times ©

Book Reviews: The Grim Reaper Visits London and Paris in a Trio of Thrillers—Jay Strafford

Richmond-Times Dispatch ©

Links published in 9.14.23 issue of firstCLUE

Mysteries and Thrillers Set in the Wellness Industry.—Jamie Lee Song

CrimeReads ©

Inside Richard Osman’s Mystery Empire.—Sarah Weinman

Esquire ©

Five Authors Who Coined Their Own Sub-Genres—Rey Rowland

Book Riot ©

Links published in 9.7.23 issue of firstCLUE

‘It’s time the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo grew up’: Karin Smirnoff on her shocking sequel.                   Ella Creamer

The Guardian ©

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup.

The Guardian ©

The Last Devil to Die proves Richard Osman is the rightful king of crime – whatever the snobs might say. Moira Redmond

i News ©

Links published in 8.31.23 issue of firstCLUE

What Is Famed Thriller Writer Karin Slaughter Reading, Romance on the Riviera and Femmes Fatale

BookTrib ©

7 Great Crime Novels Set in Harlem—Louise Hare

CrimeReads ©

Stepping Into Raymond Chandler’s Shoes Showed Me the Power of Fiction—Denise Mina

New York Times ©

Links published in 8.24.23 issue of firstCLUE

Is Hercule Poirot autistic? Here are seven clues that he might be.

The Conversation ©

Dead writers like Stieg Larsson, Agatha Christie and Vince Flynn keep churning out books. Shouldn’t they rest in peace?

StarTribune ©

Ruth Ware in Conversation at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival

Yorkshire Magazine ©

Links published in 8.17.23 issue of firstCLUE

Cape Cod: The Perfect Location for a Mystery—Vicki Delany

CrimeReads ©

Bestseller Sandra Brown Tackles One of Society’s Biggest Tragedies in New Thriller—Dawn Ius

BookTrib ©

20 Books Like Only Murders in the Building-—Emily Burack

Town & Country Magazine ©

Links published in 8.10.23 issue of firstCLUE

Mysteries: Buckle up for tales of suspense in the suburbs

Richmond Times Dispatch ©

The Best Recent Crime and Thriller Writing – Review Roundup

The Guardian ©

Historical Mystery Explores Harsh Reality of Japanese Americans in Internment Camps

BookTrib ©

Links published in 8.3.23 issue of firstCLUE

A Murder He Didn’t Commit – A Conspiracy He Couldn’t Imagine.

BookTrib ©

A beautiful confusion, a dreamy mystery: read the book that’s going to get under your skin this summer.

Toronto.com ©

In 1970, a gay detective debuted in ‘Fadeout.’ His creator’s struggle lives on.

Washington Post ©

Links published in 7.27.23 issue of firstCLUE

Masculinity, Queerness, and Hope in Crime Fiction—Ben Crane

CrimeReads ©

Reading Pathways: Aya de León Should Be On Your Shelves

Book Riot ©

Book Review: Charlotte Illes Is Not A Detective by Katie Siegel

Criminal Element ©

Links published in 7.20.23 issue of firstCLUE

The Strand Names the Year’s Best Mystery Fiction Audiobooks

EIN Presswire ©

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

Literary Hub ©

The 50 Best Mysteries of All Time—Gabino Iglesias

Esquire ©

Links published in 7.13.23 issue of firstCLUE

Gabino Iglesias Reviews the Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale

Locus ©

New England Noir: A Brief, Idiosyncratic History of a Literary Region—Dwyer Murphy

Literary Hub ©

New U.S. archives chief: A student of history and (fictitious) homicide

The Washington Post ©

Links published in 6.29.23 issue of firstCLUE

Why You Should Read This: ‘Clark and Division’

Alta  ©

Q&A: Catherine McKenzie, Author of ‘Have You Seen Her’

The Nerd Daily ©

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Guardian ©

Links published in 6.22.23 issue of firstCLUE

Noir thriller Red Team Blues captures the anxious tension of our time—David Moscrop

The Globe and Mail ©

Author Brendan Slocumb on his new novel, ‘Symphony of Secrets’—Molly McCaul

GBH   ©

Author Jeremy P. Bushnell’s new novel understands that weird fiction is right at home in Boston—Michael Patrick Brady

WBUR ©

Links published in 6.15.23 issue of firstCLUE

Top ten books about missing persons

The Guardian ©

Two summer suspense novels delight in overturning the ‘woman-in-trouble’ plot—Maureen Corrgian

NPR ©

Links published in 6.8.23 issue of firstCLUE

Be gay, do crime: 20 must-read LGBTQ+ crime novels—Addison Rizer

Book Riot ©

Newest S.A. Cosby novel shows why he’s among top crime fiction writers—Vick Mickunas

Dayton.com ©

Links published in 6.1.23 issue of firstCLUE

Award-winning crime fiction novel explores Queens and its denizens

QNS.com ©

Suspense roundup: New novels travel from urban Oslo to rural China 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch ©

Murder, They Wrote—Sarah Weinman

New York Times ©

Links published in 5.25.23 issue of firstCLUE

How Author Ivy Pochoda Replaced the Dead Girl Trope with the Song of Female Rage

Los Angeles Times ©

Rebecca Makkai has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes that Critique in Her New Novel)

Literary Hub ©

The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2023

CrimeReads ©

Links published in 5.18.23 issue of firstCLUE

Stepping Into Big Shoes, Anne Hillerman Walked in a New Direction—Elisabeth Egan

New York Times ©

Q&A: Michelle Gagnon, Author of ‘Killing Me’

The Nerd Daily ©

Links published in 5.11.23 issue of firstCLUE

Thriller Master Charlaine Harris, Worldbuilder Extraordinaire

Publishers Weekly ©

Best New Crime Fiction—from Nesbø Noir to Victorian Menance

Financial Times ©

Brave Dames and Melancholy Detectives

Scroll.in ©

Links published in 5.4.23 issue of firstCLUE

What Murder Mysteries Get Wrong (and Right) About Wills—Elisa Shoenberger

Book Riot ©

The Lock-Up—John Banville at His Best—Alex Preston

Financial Times ©

Links published in 4.27.23 issue of firstCLUE

Margot Douaihy: “If I told my 15-year-old self that the author of Gone Girl published my first novel, she’d never believe it”

Hotpress ©

Olivia’s Book Club Podcast: Don Winslow, City of Dreams

AZFamily ©

Brave Dames and Melancholy Detectives —Sarah Weinman

NYTBR ©

Links published in 4.20.23 issue of firstCLUE

The best recent crime and thrillers– review roundup

The Guardian ©

Exciting Finale to Award-Winning Mystery Author’s Ruth Galloway SeriesThe best recent crime and thrillers– review roundup

BookTrib ©

A Death in Tokyo

PS News.com.au ©

Links published in 4.13.23 issue of firstCLUE

Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni. Reviewed by Jeff Ayers

criminal element ©

10 Dark and Twisted Books to Read If You Loved The Secret History. By Danielle Kugler

Early Bird Books ©

5 Key Tips for Writing about the Neurodivergent without Stereotyping. By Harper Kincaid

CrimeReads ©

Links published in 4.6.23 issue of firstCLUE

In Praise of the Cross-Genre Novel, by Jacqueline Winspear

CrimeReads ©

10 Essential Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories by Mark Dawidziak

Publishers Weekly ©

Links published in 3.23.23 issue of firstCLUE

10 Crime Books That Would Make Great HBO Miniseries

CBR ©

5 New Mystery Novels Worth Staying Up to Finish

Washington Post ©

Links published in 3.16.23 issue of firstCLUE

Bartlett, Prose and Alonge Compete for Début Award as CrimeFest Shortlists Revealed

The Bookseller ©

Down the Crime-Fiction Rabbit Hole with Iris Yamashita, Author of City Under One Roof

Reader’s Digest ©

Links published in 3.9.23 issue of firstCLUE

The Interrogation Room: A Q&A with Alex Finlay, author of What Have We Done

criminalelement ©

Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69

The Guardian ©

Links published in 3.2.23 issue of firstCLUE

Whodunnit, Cozies, and More: A Mystery Sub-genres Primer

Book Riot ©

Whodunnit, Cozies, and More: A Mystery Sub-genres Primer

Book Riot ©

5 New Mysteries and Thrillers to Help Get You through Winter

NPR ©

Links published in 2.23.23 issue of firstCLUE

Five Great Crime Novels with Something to Say

The Spinoff ©

Margot Douaihy’s lesbian nun-turned-detective is the star of the first novel from Gillian Flynn’s new imprint

Xtra ©

Why Rebecca Makkai Explores True Crime in I Have Some Questions for You

Orange Country Register ©

Links published in 2.16.23 issue of firstCLUE

A Flicker in the Dark
Stone Maidens

Why Everyone Is So Obsessed With Thrillers, According to a Best-Selling Author

The Everygirl ©

Viral TikTok Boosts Father’s Thriller Book to Bestseller

BBC News ©

Like A Sister

Kellye Garrett and Alex Segura: Two Authors Look Back on a Year of Literary Firsts

CrimeReads ©

Links published in 2.9.23 issue of firstCLUE

Curiosities

Why Everyone Should Read Thriller Writer Louise Penny

Oprah Daily ©

Three Young Girls Went Into the Woods. Two Came Out

New York Times ©

Links published in 2.2.23 issue of firstCLUE

My Darkest Prayer
Scorched Grace

Acclaimed Crime Fiction Author S.A. Cosby on His Debut Novel, My Darkest Prayer

Wisconsin Public Radio ©

A Young, Tatted-Up Nun Takes On Murder

BookTrib.©

Everybody Knows

Classic LA Noir Meets the #MeToo Era in the Suspense Novel Everybody Knows

NPR ©

Links published in 1.26.23 issue of firstCLUE

Inheritance Games

What Are the Most Popular TikTok YA Mystery Books Right Now?

Book Riot ©

Ask a Bookseller: LA Crime Fiction at Its Best

MPR News ©

Links published in 1.19.23 issue of firstCLUE

The Lost Kings
Golden Spoon

Behind the Curtain: Writing Mysteries from Different Points of View

Book Riot ©

Tyrell Johnson on the Art of the Thriller and Writing One of 2022’s Best Crime Novels

Vancouver Sun ©

Reef Road

Claustrophobic Murder Mystery Swerves Between Truths and Lies

Book Trib. ©

Links published in 1.12.23 issue of firstCLUE

Cartographers

Authors Peng Shepard and Anne Tyler show that family is…complicated

NPR ©

True Crime vs. Murder Mysteries: Two Sides of the Same Coin, or Mutually Exclusive?

Book Riot ©

Links published in 1.5.23 issue of firstCLUE

Missing Am
Ag Christ

Golden Age Whodunits Are Back—and a Sign of Our Times

Daily Beast ©

13 Books to Read If You Love the Knives Out Movies

Town & Country ©

Why Do We Love Whodunits Like “Glass Onion”?

Psychology Today ©

Links published in 4.13.23 issue of firstCLUE

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