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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 | March 28, 2022

Never Mind the Butler, Worry About the Maids

Never Mind the Butler, Worry About the Maids

On The Difficult and Dangerous Lives of 19th Century Domestic Servants

By Kathleen Marple Kalb | March 28, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s <em>West Side Story</em> is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

Olivia Rutigliano on the new adaptation of a classic mid-century musical.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 25, 2022

Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Nick Kolakowksi takes a closer look at fictional portrayals of Billy the Kid through the ages.

By Nick Kolakowski | March 25, 2022

Novels, Screenplays, and the Writers Who Do Both

Novels, Screenplays, and the Writers Who Do Both

Screenwriting teaches you structure and brevity, perfect for reigning in the giant canvas of your imagination.

By Annie Ward | March 24, 2022

How (and Why) I Write Supernatural Historical Fiction

How (and Why) I Write Supernatural Historical Fiction

Brian James Gage on the endless delights of introducing real figures from history to supernatural terrors.

By Brian James Gage | March 24, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: March 2022

By Lisa Levy | March 23, 2022

The Most Successful Madam in America

By Sara A Mueller | March 23, 2022

Preston and Child: The Most Productive Writing Team in Fiction

By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | March 23, 2022

Shop Talk: Eli Cranor Goes Down to the Basement, Looks out at <em>True Grit</em> Country, and Dreams of Elmore Leonard

Shop Talk: Eli Cranor Goes Down to the Basement, Looks out at True Grit Country, and Dreams of Elmore Leonard

It was a long journey from coaching football to his breakout debut novel, but there's no doubting it: Eli Cranor has arrived.

By Dwyer Murphy | March 22, 2022

Black Sunset: New Essential Horror Reads from the American West

Black Sunset: New Essential Horror Reads from the American West

"There’s scares in them thar hills. You just have to know how to find them."

By Matthew Lyons | March 22, 2022

<em>The Conversation</em>: Coppola's Paranoid Classic and the

The Conversation: Coppola's Paranoid Classic and the "Era of the Listening Device"

Brian Hochman on the 1974 wiretap thriller that captured the rise of a surveillance society.

By Brian Hochman | March 22, 2022

Why Do We Love Heists? <br>The Short Answer: <br>Competency Porn

Why Do We Love Heists?
The Short Answer:
Competency Porn

"[H]eists involve people at the top of their skill set—or who used to be—with circumstances that test them strenuously."

By Marion Deeds | March 22, 2022

Books that Smash the Patriarchy

Books that Smash the Patriarchy

Spend Women's History Month with these thrillers that center women's experiences.

By Jayne Cowie | March 22, 2022

<Em>Morbid</em> Podcast Host and Autopsy Technician Alaina Urquhart Talks True Crime and Turning to Fiction

Morbid Podcast Host and Autopsy Technician Alaina Urquhart Talks True Crime and Turning to Fiction

"I do wish the people involved in producing these onscreen autopsies would consult an anatomy book beforehand."

By Molly Odintz | March 22, 2022

The Private Eye As Family Man

The Private Eye As Family Man

How The Long Kiss Goodnight and The Last Boy Scout Brought the PI Film into the ‘90s

By Sam Wiebe | March 21, 2022

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