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    Five Disturbing Books That Violate Your Sanctuary

    Five Disturbing Books That Violate Your Sanctuary

    These crime novels take place in the innermost sanctum: home.

    By P.J. McIlvaine | October 4, 2023

    Note to Self, and Other True Crime Fans: These Tragedies Are Real

    Note to Self, and Other True Crime Fans: These Tragedies Are Real

    Daniel Sweren-Becker on the cost of immersing yourself in true crime culture.

    By Daniel Sweren-Becker | October 4, 2023

    How a Trip to a Museum Turned into the Perfect Start to a Mystery

    How a Trip to a Museum Turned into the Perfect Start to a Mystery

    Or, a brief tour of the Churchill War Rooms, the underground bunker from which Churchill staged his war efforts.

    By Julia Kelly | October 4, 2023

    The Best Hotels – and Hotel Bars – in Espionage Fiction

    The Best Hotels – and Hotel Bars – in Espionage Fiction

    Paul Vidich explains why spy novelists can't get enough of these sophisticated landmarks.

    By Paul Vidich | October 3, 2023

    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

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    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

    Crime and the City: Hamburg

    Crime and the City: Hamburg

    Like all great port cities, Hamburg has a tradition of crime fiction.

    By Paul French | October 2, 2023

    The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Featuring books from Jessica Knoll, Richard Osman, and more.

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    A Brief History of Circus in Fiction

    A Brief History of Circus in Fiction

    Melanie Golding on the allure of circus life and its unforgettable characters.

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    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.

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    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."

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

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