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    A List of YA Speculative Thrillers That Will Completely Blow Your Mind

    These novels take a "what if" premise and play the scenario through to its full emotional consequences.

    October 19, 2021  By Sacha Wunsch
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    10 New Books Coming This Week

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

    October 18, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    The Weird Intersection of Noir and Plastic Surgery

    A character with a new face is one of noir's oldest, strangest conventions. Nick Kolakowski explores.

    October 18, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Blood in the Desert: Six Books About Crime and Colonialism at the U.S.-Mexico Border

    The history of the borderlands is full of murder, theft, banditry, and violence—starting with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

    October 15, 2021  By Bruce McCandless III
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    What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

    Nothing says "October" like some thrilling, genre-blending films.

    October 15, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Six Thrillers That Use Unusual Structures to Build Suspense

    These authors build suspense through their unique story structures.

    October 15, 2021  By Nicole Mabry and Steph Mullin
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    The Five Most Realistic PIs in Fiction

    Elizabeth Breck, author and licensed private investigator, on the fictional sleuths who do the job right.

    October 15, 2021  By Elizabeth Breck
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    Shop Talk: S.A. Cosby Is Late to This Interview and It's Because of Some Dead Bodies

    Crime writers talking writing routines, putting in the work, and what to do when you get a call in the middle of the night about some bodies.

    October 14, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    Steph Cha On Editing The Best American Mystery Series During An Unprecedented Year

    "2020 was full of desperation and injustice and crime, and if mystery writers are paying attention (and I know we are) it should have a transformative effect on the genre."

    October 14, 2021  By Steph Cha
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    Tony Hillerman and the Invention of Jim Chee

    Joe Leaphorn, older and sophisticated, needed a new foil—one younger, more interested in tradition, and more inquisitive.

    October 14, 2021  By James McGrath Morris
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