Ebooks About Crime Fiction
A selection of ebooks about the genre of crime fiction.
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- Sora by OverDrive
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Websites
- Crime ReadsA popular and comprehensive site about crime fiction and relate genres. Writing includes reviews, literary criticism, interviews, "best of" lists, and much more.
- Criminal ElementThe site features everything from excerpts to reviews to author essays and Q&As to various weekly features and original blog posts.
- Crime Writers' AssociationProvides a list of Dagger Award winners, recommended reads and news about crime fiction writing and publishing. Visit their partner site the Crime Readers' Association.
- Time: The 100 Best Mystery & Thriller Books of All TimeWith a panel of celebrated authors—Megan Abbott, Harlan Coben, S.A. Cosby, Gillian Flynn, Tana French, Rachel Howzell Hall, and Sujata Massey—TIME presents the most gripping, twist-filled, satisfying, and influential mystery and thriller books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s
- Stop, You're Killing Me!The first stop for mystery, suspense, and crime fiction fans. Among the many offerings of this site are: lists of winners and nominees of many awards; lists and reviews of new books; indexes to books by geographic setting, historical period, profession of main character, genre, ethinic or other background of main character; and author and category read-alikes.
Literary Criticism in Ejournals & Databases
- Crime Fiction Studies
An innovative journal that provides a much-needed, academically strong publication within the area of Crime Fiction that is both focused, interdisciplinary and international. It draws scholars together through a series of themed and general issues which explore the status of the genre today, its history, social and cultural influences and current popularity.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowSearch by author's name or title of a specific novel to find scholarly criticism and analysis.
- Proquest Central This link opens in a new windowThis database contains full-text access to newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals. Use it mainly to find book reviews about a particular author's work.
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