Celebrating a New Era of Mothers Being Total Badasses in Thrillers

Celebrating a New Era of Mothers Being Total Badasses in Thrillers

Superheroes are celebrated for their heroism. Supermums are celebrated for their drudgery. These books flip the script.

By Anna Downes | April 7, 2022

Investigating the Cold Case That Inspired <em>Twin Peaks</em>

Investigating the Cold Case That Inspired Twin Peaks

A trip to upstate New York, where Mark Frost once heard stories of an unsolved murder from the early 1900s.

By Mark T. Givens and David Bushman | April 6, 2022

On Time Travel and Metafiction

On Time Travel and Metafiction

Every time traveler has something they want to fix – and something they can't help but risk destroying.

By Rachel Barenbaum | April 6, 2022

Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Amanda Eyre Ward explains why keeping secrets is a writer's greatest craft tool.

By Amanda Eyre Ward | April 6, 2022

On The Law of Unintended Consequences

On The Law of Unintended Consequences

From the Streisand Effect to the Cobra Effect, the most interesting are the perverse.

By Jeffrey Siger | April 6, 2022

Forget <em>Frankenstein</em>. It's Time To Read <em>The Mummy!</em>

Forget Frankenstein. It's Time To Read The Mummy!

Lisa Tuttle on The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century, arguably the first novel to use now-common scifi tropes.

By Lisa Tuttle | April 5, 2022

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Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

By Guilllermo Martínez | April 5, 2022

Grace D. Li On Car Chases, Art Heists, and Chinese-American Identity

By Molly Odintz | April 5, 2022

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By Carol Lawrence | April 4, 2022

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | April 4, 2022

A Cold War Journalist's Favorite Russian Spy Novels

A Cold War Journalist's Favorite Russian Spy Novels

'I don’t think we’ll ever stop being fascinated by the country Winston Churchill famously called "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma"'

By Ellen Crosby | April 4, 2022

10 New Novels You Should Read This Month: April 2022

10 New Novels You Should Read This Month: April 2022

The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | April 1, 2022

The Best International True Crime Podcasts for Spring 2022

The Best International True Crime Podcasts for Spring 2022

Paul French rounds up some of the best true crime investigations and stories from around the world.

By Paul French | April 1, 2022

On Cowriting and Mourning

On Cowriting and Mourning

A mother's illness spurred her family to write a novel—together.

By Timothy David Mack | April 1, 2022

The Unknown Man of Shandigor: How a Sixties Spy Spoof Went to the Arthouse

The Unknown Man of Shandigor: How a Sixties Spy Spoof Went to the Arthouse

Spy fiction was all the rage in the late Sixties. Jean-Louis Roy brought to the genre a unique vision.

By Tanner Tafelski | April 1, 2022

Use Yourself

Use Yourself

In Tell Me Everything, Erika Krouse becomes a private investigator and lands in a complex sexual assault case

By Lisa Levy | March 31, 2022

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