While most people wouldn't commit the crimes they read about, crime fiction allows readers to get familiar with the private, darker sides of human nature.

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Stephen King called this book "the best crime fiction I've read in 20 years," and now it's being adapted into a movie with an A-list star.

Here are five crime novels perfect for a deep dive this summer and which authors they look to for inspiration.

Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading ...

Sarah Weinman, who writes a monthly crime and mystery column for the Book Review, discussed her niche.

Holmes and Watson would be proud. Crime fiction is booming as never before - and with dozens of new titles translated into English for the first time, there’s a detective for every holiday ...

And everyone loves a good story.” Ford said that rural crime fiction revels in the pressures and stresses of the diverse makeup of small towns and their people. “I think where rural and small-town ...

Early crime fiction, to its credit, often viewed law enforcement with skepticism. Justice came at the hands of private investigators.

Kate Flora is the author of 28 books across crime fiction, true crime, memoir and nonfiction.

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES: Academics have long snooped into the foggy world of detective stories and crime fiction. In 1976, for example, the popular-culture studies pioneer John G. Cawelti made the ...

Crime-fiction writers Rachel Howzell Hall, Attica Locke and Ivy Pochoda chat about their latest releases with Times crime reporter James Queally.