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Five Speculative Novels Set In Worlds Full of Books ‹ CrimeReads
By Hester Fox, April 12, 2023 The only thing better than getting lost in a library? Reading a book about one, of course. Whether it’s the Library of Alexandria, the British Library, or your favorite local branch, libraries hold a special place in our hearts and imaginations as portals to all sorts of knowledge and different…
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Redemption for Doctor Watson ‹ CrimeReads
Olivia Rutigliano reads the detective duo as a brilliant double-act, designed by Watson himself. Published October 29, 2021 By Olivia Rutigliano Olivia Rutigliano is the Associate Editor of LitHub’s CrimeReads vertical and the Senior Film Writer at LitHub. In addition to Lit Hub, CrimeReads, and Book Marks, her work appears in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lapham’s Quarterly, Public Books,…
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The Birth of an Immortal Literary Character: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ‹ CrimeReads
Leslie S. Klinger on Robert Louis Stevenson’s most enduring – and unsettling – creation. October 18, 2022 By Leslie S. Klinger, VIA MYSTERIOUS PRESS “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” —Italo Calvino What makes a literary character immortal? There are only a handful: instantly recognizable, immeasurably plastic, timeless beings…
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The Magic of Cookbooks in Fiction ‹ CrimeReads
Lucy Burdette on the long tradition of weaving cookbooks into the plots of mystery novels. August 29, 2022, By Lucy Burdette When one of my writing pals sent me a link to a vintage Key West Woman’s Club cookbook published in the 1940’s, the plot for my 12th Key West mystery, A DISH TO DIE FOR, finally…
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Long Live Pantsing ‹ CrimeReads
Chris Offutt discovers the “pantser v. plotter” debate and promptly reevaluates his fifty-six years of writing. By Chris Offutt, June 7th, 2022, via Grove Press I recently left the house and someone asked what kind of writer I was. I told them I was the kind that preferred to stay home. I didn’t tell them why—to avoid…
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Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form ‹ CrimeReads
David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them. By David Gordon, April 26, 2022 I am a lifelong lover and obsessive consumer of all kinds of genre fiction in many mediums, from the original Star Trek series to yakuza and samurai films, from JG Ballard’s…
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Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour ‹ CrimeReads
Or, a look at five great scifi novels that also happen to be pitch-black noirs. April 13, 2022, by Adam Oyebanji “I can’t read science fiction. It’s not real.” I have lost count of the number of times I’ve heard someone say that—or something like that—when I try to explain my love of a genre chock full…
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All The SciFi Noir and Speculative Thrillers You Need to Get Through 2022 | CrimeReads
Even in the future, nothing works… January 20, 2022, By Molly Odintz Maybe it’s just the size of my apartment and my comparative isolation over the past two years, but I’ve rediscovered a love for stories set in tiny spaceships where no one can hear you scream (or cry into your cat’s fur or whatever). We’re also…
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The Mystery Is Holmes: Why We Return to Conan Doyle’s Stories Over and Over Again ‹ CrimeReads
“if Holmes’s thoughts were laid bare, if his methods ever became commonplace, then Holmes would lose his mystery…” January 21, 2021 By Timothy Miller What’s a mystery all about? The ending? Well, of course, you say—the denouement, the unraveling of the clues, the big reveal. If it’s too easy to guess the ending before that very moment, or…
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‘Rebecca’ at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic ‹ CrimeReads
In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier’s masterpiece. She wouldn’t rest until she had the rights to adapt it. October 21, 2020 By Christina LaneVIA Via CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS Source: ‘Rebecca’ at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic ‹ CrimeReads
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If you want to laugh, watch this Mitchell and Webb sketch about two rival actors playing Holmes and Watson ‹ CrimeReads
Holmes and Watson are at it again, this time solving the case of how to make us feel joy again. February 26, 2021 By Olivia Rutigliano Hello chums. This is a very short post whose sole intention is to provide you with access to the following hysterical sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Look, the British sketch show featuring…
