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    The Unintentional Unreliable Narrator

    These narrators can't be trusted, but that doesn't mean their obfuscations are deliberate

    July 26, 2024  By Sara Driscoll
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    March 31, 1985: The Day That Tore San Diego Apart

    "Two white San Diego Police officers followed a pickup truck with seven young Black men up a long dirt driveway in the Southeast neighborhood of Encanto. Minutes later, something terrible happened."

    July 26, 2024  By Peter Houlahan
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    Queer Horror: YA Edition!

    Jill Baguchinsky recommends 7 great young adult horror novels featuring queer themes and characters

    July 25, 2024  By Jill Baguchinsky
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    Peter Houlahan on Sagon Penn, Policing in California, and the Trial That Changed San Diego

    The author discusses a turning point for San Diego in his new book, 'Reap the Whirldwind'

    July 25, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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    The Literature of Obsession, Addiction, and Disease

    These novels use mental and physical illness and unhealthy behavior to explore the larger toxicity of society itself

    July 25, 2024  By Michael Seidlinger
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    We Need More Crime Fiction By Defense Attorneys

    "[W]hat defenders do is slow, patient, grinding, and infected with uncertainty. We don’t have the whole story, and we never will."

    July 25, 2024  By Joshua Perry
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    6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

    Heather Chavez looks at stories told from the perspectives of wildfires, security cameras, animals, and more

    July 24, 2024  By Heather Chavez
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    Mysteries in the Mile High City

    Robert Justice on crime novels set in his hometown of Denver, Colorado.

    July 24, 2024  By Robert Justice
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    Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

    "[M]etafiction is a great tool for encouraging readers to question everything."

    July 24, 2024  By Lisa Kusel
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    How American Purity Culture Led To a Shocking Affair—and An Even More Shocking Murder

    When Brian Winchester and Denise Williams wanted out of their marriages, murder seemed a more palatable option than divorce.

    July 23, 2024  By Mikita Brottman
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