There’s also a panoply of evil twins, clones, and doubles, not to mention an influx of temps and new mothers, as our identities grow less stable and we find ourselves increasingly subsumed to the labels placed upon us rather than those we choose for ourselves. Some of the trends for the year include: a continuing golden age of women writing spy fiction, a new surge of rural noirs, and a vindication of psychological thrillers in which those who ignore women get their comeuppance. As we settle into the second year of the pandemic, you may be asking yourself, what can I read this year that will utterly distract me while I wait for the vaccine? Crime fans, you’re in luck, as 2021 brings some of the most scintillating, thrilling, and suspenseful crime stories ever published.
