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    Nine Crime Novels Featuring Found Families

    Nine Crime Novels Featuring Found Families

    These characters choose who they include at their crowded tables.

    By Lori Rader-Day | October 3, 2023

    A Country Road, in the Dead of Night: On The Historical Hauntings of Irish Folklore

    A Country Road, in the Dead of Night: On The Historical Hauntings of Irish Folklore

    "The macabre in Irish folklore is rarely accompanied with screaming. More, a silent acceptance."

    By Neil Sharpson | October 3, 2023

    How to Incorporate Social Justice into Your Cozy Fiction

    How to Incorporate Social Justice into Your Cozy Fiction

    Cozy fiction is developing a sharper edge. But that doesn't mean the genre isn't staying true to its roots.

    By Danielle Arceneaux | October 3, 2023

    When a Dispute Over the Pronunciation of ‘Newfoundland’ Turned Deadly 

    When a Dispute Over the Pronunciation of ‘Newfoundland’ Turned Deadly 

    How Do You Say Murder?

    By Dean Jobb | October 2, 2023

    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 2, 2023

    The 10 Best Bounty Hunter Movies 

    The 10 Best Bounty Hunter Movies 

    "The bounty hunter is the ultimate outsider in law enforcement."

    By Cindy Fazzi | October 2, 2023

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    A Brief History of Circus in Fiction

    By Melanie Golding | September 29, 2023

    Sean Howe on <em>High Times</em> Magazine and Its Enigmatic, Larger-than-Life Editor

    Sean Howe on High Times Magazine and Its Enigmatic, Larger-than-Life Editor

    Thomas King Forçade: counterculture hero, or CIA plant? Onetime High Times Contributor Gregory Daurer interviews author Sean Howe about the peculiar founder of an iconic publication.

    By Gregory Daurer | September 29, 2023

    On Writing an Urbex Thriller and Exploring the Vertical City

    On Writing an Urbex Thriller and Exploring the Vertical City

    "[T]he most thrilling excursion you’ve never taken could be right outside your door some hundred stories straight up—or down."

    By Cody Goodfellow | September 29, 2023

    On the Rise, and Fall, and Uncontainable Rebellion of Cyberpunk

    On the Rise, and Fall, and Uncontainable Rebellion of Cyberpunk

    "Cyberpunk is not about technological supremacy. In fact, the reverse is true: cyberpunk is about the perseverance of humanity."

    By Jared Shurin | September 28, 2023

    Ava Glass: Me and the Spies

    Ava Glass: Me and the Spies

    "I’d only been working for the British government for a few weeks when I met my first spy."

    By Ava Glass | September 28, 2023

    6 Creepy Novels Featuring Murder Houses

    6 Creepy Novels Featuring Murder Houses

    "The right setting only elevates the ugliness."

    By Lisa Matlin | September 28, 2023

    Four Novels About War That Bear Re/Reading

    Four Novels About War That Bear Re/Reading

    Audrey Gale on crime, epic fiction, and the horrors of war.

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    Spenser at 50: The Evolution of Robert B. Parker's Iconic Character

    Spenser at 50: The Evolution of Robert B. Parker's Iconic Character

    Fifty years later, Spenser has been through different hands, but he's still Boston's favorite knight errant.

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