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    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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    The Only Woman in the Room

    By Kathleen Kent | February 15, 2023

    The Sinking of the Gloucester: The Shipwreck That Made 17th Century England Tremble

    By Nigel Pickford | February 15, 2023

    Why Does the Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's Death Still Haunt Us?

    By Mark Dawidziak | February 14, 2023

    Why So Many Journalists Turn to Careers in Crime Fiction

    Why So Many Journalists Turn to Careers in Crime Fiction

    Michael Robotham on the journey from crime reporter to novelist

    By Michael Robotham | February 14, 2023

    Spouses with Secrets

    Spouses with Secrets

    How are so many criminals able to trick the people closest to them?

    By Hank Phillippi Ryan | February 14, 2023

    The Monastery of the Mind

    The Monastery of the Mind

    William Kotzwinkle could never become a monk. So he created one in crime fiction instead.

    By William Kotzwinkle | February 14, 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 13, 2023

    The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's

    The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"

    Fact meets fiction in Poe’s classic story of a murderer.

    By Dean Jobb | February 13, 2023

    Flowers as Weapons

    Flowers as Weapons

    "[T]here’s often a fine line between the beautiful and the dangerous..."

    By K. L. Cerra | February 13, 2023

    The Perils of the Work Trip—and Why It’s Thriller Gold

    The Perils of the Work Trip—and Why It’s Thriller Gold

    Lexie Elliott on taking her characters "somewhere unfamiliar and unnerving, somewhere they couldn’t easily escape from."

    By Lexie Elliott | February 13, 2023

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