(Un)Safe Harbor: Thrillers Set in Remote Island Locations

(Un)Safe Harbor: Thrillers Set in Remote Island Locations

These novels use their beautiful, wild, windswept settings to build suspense.

By Anna Porter | September 14, 2023

An Appreciation of Gardening Detectives

An Appreciation of Gardening Detectives

From Wilkie Collins to the present day, crime writers have often crafted "horticulturally inclined" sleuths.

By Marta McDowell | September 13, 2023

Cozy Mysteries with Furry Sidekicks

Cozy Mysteries with Furry Sidekicks

Holly Danvers explains a proud cozy mystery tradition...and why she wrote her neighbor, the Siberian Husky, into her latest novel.

By Holly Danvers | September 13, 2023

7 Crime Novels Set in Sin City

7 Crime Novels Set in Sin City

Explore Las Vegas with these delightfully seedy thrillers.

By Robert Swartwood | September 13, 2023

Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller

Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller

On Marrying Life-or-Death Stakes with the Trials of Suburbia

By Lee Kelly | September 13, 2023

On Crime and Its Discontents

On Crime and Its Discontents

By Ben Okri | September 12, 2023

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Some Conspiracy Theories Surrounding the Royal House of Windsor

Some Conspiracy Theories Surrounding the Royal House of Windsor

The scandals of the British royal family have made for excellent fodder for crime fiction.

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The Girl and the Faun: Eden Phillpotts, His Crime Fiction and His Strange Relationship with His Daughter Adelaide

The Girl and the Faun: Eden Phillpotts, His Crime Fiction and His Strange Relationship with His Daughter Adelaide

The prolific and long-lived Phillpotts was Agatha Christie's neighbor and early reader. He was also a monster.

By Curtis Evans | September 11, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Yasmin Angoe on Morally Gray Action Thrillers and the Heroes Nena Knight Can Spar

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Assassins...with a code.

By Yasmin Angoe | September 11, 2023

The Gilded Age: On Invention and Excess

The Gilded Age: On Invention and Excess

Alyssa Maxwell on capturing the technologies of an unequal and rapidly changing era in historical fiction.

By Alyssa Maxwell | September 11, 2023

Land Politics Can Be Murder

Land Politics Can Be Murder

Nina Simon on public lands in California, and how Attica Locke's words inspired her to change the direction of her first novel.

By Nina Simon | September 8, 2023

Mysteries & Thrillers Set in the Wellness Industry

Mysteries & Thrillers Set in the Wellness Industry

"[I]f it’s all about finding enlightenment, why can the wellness industry sometimes feel so… sinister?"

By Jamie Lee Sogn | September 8, 2023

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