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    Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

    Olivia Waite on rewriting the rules of the universe and solving a mystery in space

    March 19, 2025  By Olivia Waite
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    Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

    Three decades into a long and varied writing career, Briscoe's latest reinterprets du Maurier's "Rebecca" for a modern audience

    March 18, 2025  By Karin Slaughter
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    March 17, 2025  By CrimeReads 
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    5 Novels About Government Betrayal, Corruption, and Abuses of Power 

    "How can we convince more people to stand up for the rights of others? Maybe the answer lies in reading stories about all the ways power can be abused."

    March 17, 2025  By Jacqueline Friedland
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    Chekhov's Nail Gun: Lethal Weapon 2 and the Calibration of Expectations

    Olivia Rutigliano on one of the cleverest sequels in action movie history

    March 14, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

    Aggie Blum Thompson on the art of the late chapter reveal.

    March 14, 2025  By Aggie Blum Thompson
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    Jacqueline Faber: Rewriting Kitty Genovese on the 61st Anniversary of Her Murder

    Kitty Genovese's death was framed as the cost of urban callousness. But the true story is far more complicated—and contains far more humanity.

    March 13, 2025  By Jacqueline Faber
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    How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

    On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

    March 13, 2025  By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
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    On Season One of Search Party

    Olivia Rutigliano does a deep dive into one of the great, under-sung mystery pastiches

    March 12, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

    Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

    March 12, 2025  By Kate Maruyama
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