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    Terrifying Literary Horror Set In Beautiful, Familiar Places

    Terrifying Literary Horror Set In Beautiful, Familiar Places

    "No space is safe from ghosts, murders, secrets, injustice, corruption, and other hauntings."

    By Yvonne Battle-Felton | October 25, 2024

    The Best Psychological Thrillers of October 2024

    The Best Psychological Thrillers of October 2024

    Disastrous weddings, stolen manuscripts, and domestic terrors

    By Molly Odintz | October 24, 2024

    Snowed in and SOL: Six Chilly 'And Then There Were None' Inspired Thrillers Perfect for Winter

    Snowed in and SOL: Six Chilly 'And Then There Were None' Inspired Thrillers Perfect for Winter

    Alexa Donne on a favorite mystery formula.

    By Alexa Donne | October 24, 2024

    It Takes a Village (To Solve a Murder)

    It Takes a Village (To Solve a Murder)

     Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson on archetypes, story requirements and people they've met. 

    By Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson | October 24, 2024

    How Writing a Novel Helped One Writer Capture a Changing Dublin

    How Writing a Novel Helped One Writer Capture a Changing Dublin

    30 years after moving to Ireland, Jenny Wilson O'Rallaghallaigh found new understanding of her adopted nation's dramatic evolution

    By Wilson O'Raghallaigh | October 24, 2024

    Lee Child on writing short stories

    Lee Child on writing short stories

    Olivia Rutigliano talks to the legendary thriller writer about his new (or not so new) change of pace

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 23, 2024

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    The Place of Murder

    By Sydney Graves (Kate Christensen) | October 23, 2024

    Argh! True Crime Stories of Porch Piracy

    By Kate Carlisle | October 23, 2024

    In a Bleak Midwestern Noir, an Author Finds Cause for Hope

    By A.F. Carter | October 23, 2024

    Resurrecting Christopher Marlowe As a Queer Icon

    Resurrecting Christopher Marlowe As a Queer Icon

    Hesse Phillips on using historical fiction to commune with the dead and investigate a 400-year-old murder mystery

    By Hesse Phillips | October 22, 2024

    Nick Harkaway on Growing Up with Smiley and Carrying on His Father's Legacy with a new le Carré Novel

    Nick Harkaway on Growing Up with Smiley and Carrying on His Father's Legacy with a new le Carré Novel

    "Part of my fundamental understanding of how language fits together, and particularly written language, comes from listening to Smiley being read in draft."

    By Kevin Canfield | October 22, 2024

    The Birth of Miss Marple—the Perpetual Spinster Detective at the Heart of Agatha Christie's Works

    The Birth of Miss Marple—the Perpetual Spinster Detective at the Heart of Agatha Christie's Works

    Mark Aldridge on the creation of an iconic character.

    By Mark Aldridge | October 22, 2024

    Combatting Stereotypes and Writing About the War on Drugs in Crime Fiction

    Combatting Stereotypes and Writing About the War on Drugs in Crime Fiction

    Stephanie Vasquez on using her novel "as a way to highlight the United States’ role and the politics involved with drug trafficking"

    By Stephanie Vasquez | October 22, 2024

    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 | October 21, 2024

    Danielle Trussoni on Mystery, Thrillers, and the Puzzle of Existence

    Danielle Trussoni on Mystery, Thrillers, and the Puzzle of Existence

    In 'The Puzzle Box,' Trussoni continues a labyrinthine journey to elegant solutions.

    By Nancie Clare | October 21, 2024

    A Life in Haunted Houses

    A Life in Haunted Houses

    "These are the ghosts whispering in the walls of my haunted house book."

    By Lily Anderson | October 21, 2024

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