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What’s in the Shadows?

What’s in the Shadows?

What Artists like Monet, Renoir, Jacob Lawrence, and Other Masters Teach Mystery Writers about Crafting Villains

By Patricia Raybon | February 22, 2023

The Unsettling History of Serial Killers in Colorado

The Unsettling History of Serial Killers in Colorado

The rugged, mountainous state has a dark legacy.

By Leanne Kale Sparks | February 22, 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 | February 21, 2023

The Best Plot Twists in Mystery

The Best Plot Twists in Mystery

Rupert Holmes on the greatest, most startling plot twists in a long, proud tradition of fooling readers.

By Rupert Holmes | February 21, 2023

On Louis Malle and Childhood Under An Oppressive Regime

On Louis Malle and Childhood Under An Oppressive Regime

Or, What Au Revoir Les Enfants still has to teach us about innocence and complicity.

By Tara Ison | February 21, 2023

Building Worlds and Creating Mood and Atmosphere

Building Worlds and Creating Mood and Atmosphere

Good descriptions are vibrant and evocative–but not distracting or flippant.

By Lucy Snyder | February 21, 2023

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That Time Disneyland Paris Built a Jules Verne-Themed Space Mountain Ride

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 17, 2023

Why Mariah Fredericks Is Taking on the Lindbergh Kidnapping – From the Nanny's Perspective

By Nancie Clare | February 17, 2023

X Marks the Spot: Literary Treasure Hunts

By Erin Kelly | February 17, 2023

Cozy Mysteries Set in Big Cities

Cozy Mysteries Set in Big Cities

In the search for cozy corners of the city, it's all about finding community.

By Michelle Hillen Klump | February 17, 2023

5 Crime Novels That Deepen Our Understanding of Collective Trauma

5 Crime Novels That Deepen Our Understanding of Collective Trauma

Set in the aftermath of national tragedy, these books help readers contextualize societal wounds even as they explore compelling mysteries

By Frank Sennett | February 16, 2023

8 Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Late Winter/Early Spring

8 Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Late Winter/Early Spring

Con artists, storm chasers, fugitives, and more.

By Lizzy Steiner | February 16, 2023

Turnpike Noir

Turnpike Noir

"[I]t only makes sense that Garden State crime fiction will be a heterogenous mass of Soprano-style noir and thrillers as tense as the traffic heading into the Lincoln Tunnel"

By Kimberly Giarratano | February 16, 2023

The Birth of Superman: How Two Jewish Kids in 1930's Cleveland Altered the Course of American Pop Culture

The Birth of Superman: How Two Jewish Kids in 1930's Cleveland Altered the Course of American Pop Culture

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were nerdy, poor, often cold, and not very good at school. But they had a dream.

By Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler | February 16, 2023

Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Antiheroes

Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Antiheroes

These characters will stop at nothing to get what they want, and you can't help but root for them to do so...

By Rachel Koller Croft | February 16, 2023

The Best, Creepiest Old Houses in Fiction

The Best, Creepiest Old Houses in Fiction

Locked doors, secret passages, decrepit roofs, weird families, and so, so much more.

By M.E. Hilliard | February 15, 2023

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