• Features

    The Best Psychological Thrillers of June 2023

    Twisty thrillers, haunting character studies, and one incredibly vicious Disney princess

    June 9, 2023  By Molly Odintz
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    The Businessman and the Author

    How a series of suspicious deaths and an intriguing story about Russia, told at a Bahamas estate, turned into a wild new novel.

    June 9, 2023  By Josh Haven
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    Six Great Thrillers Featuring Manipulative Mom-Friends at Their Best

    Ashley Audrain on circumstantial friendship and dangerous secrets.

    June 9, 2023  By Ashley Audrain
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    Soundtracks to Accompany Four Classic Supernatural Novels

    Nothing sets the mood like an entrancing instrumental score

    June 9, 2023  By Jeremy P. Bushnell
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    My First Thriller: D.P. Lyle

    He was a cardiologist who dreamed of becoming a writer. Finally, he went for it.

    June 8, 2023  By Rick Pullen
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    Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and the Power of Crime Stories

    "We forgive violent women if their violence is inspired by some original male violence, but we cannot deal with violent women who are violent under their own sail."

    June 8, 2023  By Matthew Coleman Turbeville
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    Drinking, Dancing, and Breaking the Law: Nightlife in the Jazz Age

    Upscale speakeasies, working class bars, and a thriving queer subculture were all parts of going out during Prohibition.

    June 8, 2023  By Katharine Schellman
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    Historical Research as Procedural

    "[H]istorical research can offer a crime writer their own experience of investigation."

    June 8, 2023  By Katharine Beutner
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    On the Literary Roots of Die Hard

    Nick de Semlyen Traces the Road from Nothing Lasts Forever to "Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*cker"

    June 7, 2023  By Nick de Semlyen
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    'Lou Grant' and The Newspaper Business's Moment on Primetime TV

    Keith Roysdon on a dated, but still relevant look at the news industry.

    June 7, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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