5 Deliciously Dark Novels that Explore the Sinister Side of Marriage

5 Deliciously Dark Novels that Explore the Sinister Side of Marriage

Or, a list of novels featuring "disturbing and toxic relationships between husbands and wives, domesticity infused with lies, betrayal and murder..."

By Azma Dar | April 14, 2023

How Ian Fleming Wrote <br><em>Casino Royale</em> and Changed Spy Fiction Forever

How Ian Fleming Wrote
Casino Royale and Changed Spy Fiction Forever

Kim Sherwood discusses the origins and impact of Ian Fleming's legendary espionage novel in her introduction to a special anniversary edition of the novel from The Folio Society

By Kim Sherwood | April 13, 2023

Top 10 Espionage Novels Centering Women's Stories

Top 10 Espionage Novels Centering Women's Stories

Kim Sherwood, the first woman to take on the mantel of writing 007, lists her favorite spy fiction.

By Kim Sherwood | April 13, 2023

Nazi-Hunting in Movies and TV Thrillers, Over the Decades

Nazi-Hunting in Movies and TV Thrillers, Over the Decades

Pop culture will never get tired of watching people travel to South America to track down Nazi fugitives.

By Keith Roysdon | April 13, 2023

How Writers Lace Truth Into Their Fiction

How Writers Lace Truth Into Their Fiction

How lines are blurred and readers are persuaded to lower their defenses and believe in a deeper authenticity.

By Jonathan Fredrick | April 13, 2023

Life and Death in Sandtown, Baltimore

Life and Death in Sandtown, Baltimore

Mark Bowden on the fate of one young man in one neighborhood, lost to the endless cycles of American violence.

By Mark Bowden | April 12, 2023

Best Reviewed
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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

The Backlist: Revisiting Ruth Rendell's 'Kissing the Gunner's Daughter' with Kate White

By Polly Stewart | April 12, 2023

Five Speculative Novels Set In Worlds Full of Books

By Hester Fox | April 12, 2023

7 Historical Novels With Mysteries At Their Center

By Chanel Cleeton | April 12, 2023

April's Best Psychological Thrillers

April's Best Psychological Thrillers

Featuring new books from Caroline Kepnes, Adam Sternbergh, Megan Miranda, and more.

By Molly Odintz | April 11, 2023

Eight Weeks of Art Horror That Will Make You a Better Storyteller

Eight Weeks of Art Horror That Will Make You a Better Storyteller

Meagan Jennett lays out a cycle of horror films and texts

By Meagan Jennett | April 11, 2023

When Literary Legends Meet

When Literary Legends Meet

Stories of great (and petty, and sometimes just plain odd) encounters between authors.

By Rick Mofina | April 11, 2023

Mystery, Magic and Misdirection: Illusionists in Crime Fiction

Mystery, Magic and Misdirection: Illusionists in Crime Fiction

Why magicians make great sleuths 

By Elizabeth Held | April 11, 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 | April 10, 2023

Vet’s Wife, Vet’s Life

Vet’s Wife, Vet’s Life

Margaret Mizushima on the life of a veterinarian's spouse...who also writes animal mysteries.

By Margaret Mizushima | April 10, 2023

The Inherent Subversiveness of Romantic Suspense

The Inherent Subversiveness of Romantic Suspense

Michelle Cruz on finding her genre and her community.

By Michelle Cruz | April 10, 2023

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