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5 Page-Turning Wilderness Thrillers and Nature Novels

5 Page-Turning Wilderness Thrillers and Nature Novels

Steve Hawk recommends Peter Heller, Charles Portis, and more

By Steve Hawk | August 21, 2026

Liv Constantine on Marriage Thrillers and Crafting Dangerous Relationships in Art

Liv Constantine on Marriage Thrillers and Crafting Dangerous Relationships in Art

The author of Promise Me Never explores the allure of threatened couples in film, folktales, and fiction

By Liv Constantine | August 21, 2026

The Long, Strange, Sometimes Bloody History of Poker in America

The Long, Strange, Sometimes Bloody History of Poker in America

The authors of 'Poker Wars' lay out the story of a game and an obsession.

By Philip Guitar and Jim Martyka | August 20, 2026

Clay McLeod Chapman on Why Horror and Romance Work So Well Together

Clay McLeod Chapman on Why Horror and Romance Work So Well Together

Exploring the thematic intersections of bodice-rippers and chest-bursters

By Clay McLeod Chapman | August 20, 2026

Why is everybody watching <em>The Town</em> all of a sudden?

Why is everybody watching The Town all of a sudden?

Affleck's back!? Kind of.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 19, 2026

The Other Woman’s Name: The Triangular Love Saga of Dorothy L. Sayers, John Cournos and Helen Kestner

The Other Woman’s Name: The Triangular Love Saga of Dorothy L. Sayers, John Cournos and Helen Kestner

Sayers was once madly in love with the high-brow Cournos, who treated her callously and later married another writer. All three wrote detective novels.

By Curtis Evans | August 19, 2026

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The Darker Side of Burbank, California

By James T. Bartlett | August 19, 2026

Twisty Mystery: 6 Crime Novels with Astonishing Narrative Turns

By Gillian McAllister | August 19, 2026

Thomas Kenniff on Writing a Prosecutor After Twenty Years as a Defense Attorney

By Thomas Kenniff | August 19, 2026

6 Humorous Mysteries That Are Actually Funny

6 Humorous Mysteries That Are Actually Funny

The author of A Numbers Game teaches the techniques of amusing noir

By R.J. Dark | August 19, 2026

Murder in Miniature: The Very Best Short Mystery Fiction

Murder in Miniature: The Very Best Short Mystery Fiction

Two modern masters of the locked room mystery choose their favorites of the genre's shorter form.

By Gigi Pandian and Tom Mead | August 18, 2026

Rachel Howzell Hall Is Having a Moment.

The crime fiction favorite is breaking out with a new series just as an old one gets new life in reissue.

By John B. Valeri | August 18, 2026

Jennifer Givhan on Monstrous Mothers, Headless Women, and Writing Symbolic Horror

Jennifer Givhan on Monstrous Mothers, Headless Women, and Writing Symbolic Horror

The author of The Sleeping Sisters analyzes the tale of the girl with the green ribbon

By Jennifer Givhan | August 18, 2026

Max Doty on Concepting, Erasure, and Building a House in His New Novel

Max Doty on Concepting, Erasure, and Building a House in His New Novel

The author of The House That Eats the Dead imagines the narrative possibilities of a destructive setting

By Max Doty | August 18, 2026

Brianna Labuskes on Reckoning and Using Memory as a Tool in Crime Fiction

Brianna Labuskes on Reckoning and Using Memory as a Tool in Crime Fiction

How to capture the fearsomeness and fallibility of memory in mystery novels

By Brianna Labuskes | August 17, 2026

Charles-Henri Lavielle on Toulouse, Settings, and Seeing Cities Anew Through Noir

Charles-Henri Lavielle on Toulouse, Settings, and Seeing Cities Anew Through Noir

From the introduction to Toulouse Noir, edited by Charles-Henri Lavielle

By Charles-Henri Lavielle | August 17, 2026

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