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    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month

    New books from Hank Phillippi Ryan, Sophie Ward, Robin Yeatman, and more.

    By CrimeReads | February 10, 2023

    The Many Levels of Mystery: ‘Whodunnit?’ to ‘Whydunnit?’ and Beyond

    The Many Levels of Mystery: ‘Whodunnit?’ to ‘Whydunnit?’ and Beyond

    "There is mystery and then there is Mystery."

    By Daniel Taylor | February 10, 2023

    Ice-Cold Winter Thrillers to Watch this Season

    Ice-Cold Winter Thrillers to Watch this Season

    Grab a blanket, pour yourself some whiskey, and watch dogged detectives and determined criminals chase each other through the snow

    By Olivia Rutigliano | February 9, 2023

    Sympathy for the Specter

    Sympathy for the Specter

    Or, why ghosts should inspire more pity than fear.

    By Johnny Compton | February 9, 2023

    Can Detective Novels Withstand the <em>Moonlighting</em> Curse?

    Can Detective Novels Withstand the Moonlighting Curse?

    When courtship turns to commitment in long-running mystery series, how does an author keep the magic alive?

    By Deborah Crombie | February 9, 2023

    How Writing a Genderfluid Mystery Helped Me Understand Myself as Genderqueer

    How Writing a Genderfluid Mystery Helped Me Understand Myself as Genderqueer

    "It took a fictional character in a novel to allow a real part of myself to live and breathe."

    By Jennifer Savran Kelly | February 9, 2023

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    Scrumptious Cozy Mysteries to Tempt Your Palate

    By Sarah Fox | February 9, 2023

    The Year Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing His Novel

    By John Higgs | February 8, 2023

    Kellye Garrett and Alex Segura: Two Authors Look Back on a Year of Literary Firsts

    By Alex Segura | February 8, 2023

    How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home

    How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home

    "it took the writing of an immigration thriller for me to accept my otherness."

    By Roxana Arama | February 8, 2023

    The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author

    The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author

    "[D]escribing Cajun cuisine in my Cajun Country Mystery series made me hungry and I thought it might have the same effect on readers..."

    By Ellen Byron | February 8, 2023

    On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the

    On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the "Black Guy Dies First"

    Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"">"Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"

    By Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris | February 7, 2023

    The Great, Always Bizarre Florida Crime Fiction Tradition

    The Great, Always Bizarre Florida Crime Fiction Tradition

    What other state has produced so many good novels about crime and corruption?

    By Mike Lawson | February 7, 2023

    The Launch of a 19th Century Sex-Cult in Upstate New York

    The Launch of a 19th Century Sex-Cult in Upstate New York

    John Humphrey Noyes was a reserved, shy young man – until he found religion and his own utopian, free-love, open marriage cult.

    By Susan Wels | February 7, 2023

    Thrillers Set in Stunning Locales

    Thrillers Set in Stunning Locales

    These books are all the more delicious for the juxtaposition of beautiful settings and dark deeds.

    By Lyn Liao Butler | February 7, 2023

    Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

    Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

    Or, a brief taxonomy of a very strange oeuvre.

    By J. D. O'Brien | February 6, 2023

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