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5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month
New books from Caroline Kepnes, Flynn Berry, Joshilyn Jackson, and more.
April 9, 2021
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The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked
Once you eliminate the least compelling Sherlock Holmes performances, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the best.
April 8, 2021
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How to Balance Worldbuilding and Action in Your Novel
"Worldbuilding without action is boring, and action without worldbuilding is confusing."
April 7, 2021
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The Importance of Food in Fiction
"Food denotes place. Food, from production to preparation to consumption involves all the senses."
April 6, 2021
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
April 5, 2021
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Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?
Spanish avengers, cross-continent serial killers, and a giant ocean liner carrying a locked-door mystery.
April 2, 2021
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10 Novels You Should Read This April
The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.
April 1, 2021
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The Best Reviewed Crime Novels of the Month: March 2021
Gothic fictions, bibliophile mysteries, and modern noirs.
March 30, 2021
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
March 29, 2021
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Seven True Crime Books You Should Read This Month
A look at the month's best new nonfiction crime.
March 26, 2021
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10 Debut Novels You Should Read This Month
The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.
March 25, 2021
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March's Best International Crime Fiction
Featuring Polish Socialites, Parisian Communards, and Nigerian Psychologists
March 24, 2021
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How the Dutch Practice of Blindfolding Teenagers and Leaving Them in the Woods Inspired One Expat Writer To Write a Thriller
Nina Siegal lived in the Netherlands for fifteen years before she learned about the "droppings."
March 23, 2021
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
March 22, 2021
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Betrayal Is Timeless: The Evolution of George Smiley
In 1961, John le Carré's readers were introduced to a new kind of spy, a “breathtakingly ordinary” man.
March 19, 2021
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The Coming-of-Age Thriller: Its Power and Poignance
Eight novels that explore what happens when the road to adulthood is paved with the stuff of nightmares
March 18, 2021
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On Keeping Chickens in the Literary Enclave of Oxford, Mississippi
Melissa Ginsburg contemplates the meaning of community during lockdown, and delivers eggs to her neighbors.
March 16, 2021
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
March 15, 2021
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The Month's Best Psychological Thrillers: March 2021
Disappearances, twisted romances, and cloistered settings.
March 12, 2021
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The Cult of the Campus Thriller
Why are readers obsessed with the super-charged atmospherics of the campus thriller? The answer is as complicated as the novels.
March 11, 2021
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The Invention of Murder: How the Ancient Romans Codified Their Bizarre Views on Murder
The Romans took a pragmatic (and utterly horrifying) approach when it came to determining liability for killing and injury.
March 10, 2021
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Eight Dark Novels of Love and Obsession, Against A Mediterranean Backdrop
"You can’t have a gothic story without an obsession. And what is falling in love but obsession personified? No, deified?"
March 9, 2021
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
March 8, 2021
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A (Big) Dig Into the Roots of Boston Noir
Private eyes, priests, and public corruption. Boston has a noir all its own and a decades-long tradition.
March 5, 2021
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What's the Key To Finishing That Novel Of Yours? Try Working at the Library.
Chris Whitaker wanted to write a book. First he needed to quit his job in finance and go to work at the local library.
March 4, 2021
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10 Novels You Should Read This March
The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.
March 4, 2021
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Five Great Thrillers Set in Wild Places
Author Luanne Rice pays homage to novels that explore the majesty and the suspense of the great outdoors.
March 3, 2021
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Dirty Gold: The Inner Workings of the Immensely Destructive Market for Illegally Mined Gold
An investigation into the human and environmental costs of your gold.
March 2, 2021
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
March 1, 2021
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Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?
Tori Telfer looks at the enduring appeal of women scammers.
February 24, 2021
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Dark Academia: Your Guide to the New Wave of Post-Secret History Campus Thrillers
"We are now living, belatedly, in the age of Tartt."
February 18, 2021
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The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021
89 mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to get you through the year.
January 7, 2021
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The 12 Greatest, Strangest, Most Transfixing Dance Scenes in the History of Crime Movies
Because people may cheat, steal, and kill, but their hips don't lie.
June 26, 2020
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