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.

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.

He wrote more than 30 novels, including an acclaimed series about Russian detective Arkady Renko. The first volume, "Gorky Park," was made into a 1983 film.

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 ...

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

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A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

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From chilling thrillers to twisty whodunnits and courtroom dramas, crime fiction spans countless sub-genres. With so much choice, it can be tricky deciding which book to devour next. To help, we ...