Eight of the Greatest Campus Novels Ever Written

Eight of the Greatest Campus Novels Ever Written

Elise Juska on the canon of cloistered, dramatic, often quite disturbing literature.

By Elise Juska | May 8, 2024

Five Novels to Transport You to Wild Worlds This Summer

Five Novels to Transport You to Wild Worlds This Summer

On feral domesticity, sublime wilderness, and coming of age

By Stephen Hundley | May 7, 2024

Why Trains Make the Perfect Thriller and Mystery Setting

Why Trains Make the Perfect Thriller and Mystery Setting

Murder and mayhem aboard the Orient Express

By Debbie Babitt | May 7, 2024

Los Angeles as Setting and Character

Los Angeles as Setting and Character

Marjorie McCown on her career as a Hollywood costume designer and how it led her to write mysteries in her adopted home city..

By Marjorie McCown | May 7, 2024

The Damsel in the Mirror: Thrillers Where the Heroine Saves Herself 

The Damsel in the Mirror: Thrillers Where the Heroine Saves Herself 

Sarina Bowen on the new wave of domestic thrillers

By Sarina Bowen | May 7, 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2024

Violent storms, frustrated therapists, bad dates, and terrible corporate retreats

By Molly Odintz | May 6, 2024

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Alaska's Long History of Serial Killers

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Kerri Hakoda on Killers of the Midnight Sun

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A Host of New YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Fiction

A Host of New YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Fiction

Young adult takes on classic tropes continue to be some of the most creative avenues of exploration in genre fiction

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Monster Moms: Finding My Way Back to Horror

Monster Moms: Finding My Way Back to Horror

Katie M. Flynn looks to cinematic terrors for a complex portrait of motherhood

By Katie M. Flynn | May 3, 2024

Walking Through

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Olivia Rutigliano on Louis Malle's famed Paris-set noir

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Exploring Diverse Representation of Women in Historical Mysteries

Exploring Diverse Representation of Women in Historical Mysteries

Ava January on the powerful women taking over historical fiction.

By Ava January | May 2, 2024

The Backlist: C.J. Tudor on the Wild, Inventive Noirs of Michael Marshall Smith

The Backlist: C.J. Tudor on the Wild, Inventive Noirs of Michael Marshall Smith

C.J. Tudor and Polly Stewart revisit Michael Marshall Smith's 'Spares'

By Polly Stewart | May 2, 2024

How a Murder Trial Exposed a Small Town's Growing Division

How a Murder Trial Exposed a Small Town's Growing Division

Sean Patrick Cooper was first drawn to the story of a man defending the tradition of hand fishing. Soon, he was investigating a murder.

By Sean Patrick Cooper | May 2, 2024

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