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Six Private School Thrillers For the Grown-Up and Graduated

Six Private School Thrillers For the Grown-Up and Graduated

Many thrillers set in academic environments are for YA audiences, but these will rivet readers of any age.

By Aggie Blum Thompson | July 21, 2022

Bad Seeds and Mad Scientists: On the Build-A-Humans of 19th-Century Literature

Bad Seeds and Mad Scientists: On the Build-A-Humans of 19th-Century Literature

Silvia Moreno-Garcia on eugenics, racism, and
creation gone awry.

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | July 21, 2022

The Best International Crime Fiction Out This June and July

The Best International Crime Fiction Out This June and July

A double dose of fiction in translation for the dog days of summer.

By Molly Odintz | July 20, 2022

Little Essays on Sherlock Holmes:

Little Essays on Sherlock Holmes: "The Engineer's Thumb"

Olivia Rutigliano close-reads one of the strangest Holmes stories

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 20, 2022

On Otherness And Terror

On Otherness And Terror

"The concept of otherness in horror is breathing, expanding its literary lungs to show the other as the oppressed..."

By Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason | July 20, 2022

Why do so many long-running series work so well?

Why do so many long-running series work so well?

A many-installment series is not easy to pull off, but when done right, the results are often epic.

By Colleen Coble | July 20, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Dressed to Kill:
A True Crime Collection of Criminal Clothing

By Paul Gambino | July 20, 2022

In Plain Sight: Barbara Bourland on Writing Under the Surface

By Barbara Bourland | July 19, 2022

Sarah Gailey On Loving Monsters

By Sarah Gailey | July 19, 2022

A Roundtable Discussion on The Meaning of

A Roundtable Discussion on The Meaning of "The Other"

Authors from a new anthology examining otherness and the creation of monstrosity talk fear, society, and ostracism.

By CrimeReads | July 19, 2022

Nadine Matheson on Serial Killer Fiction, Stealing Time, and Criminal Defense

Nadine Matheson on Serial Killer Fiction, Stealing Time, and Criminal Defense

"I’ve represented people who have been accused of the most horrific of crimes and some of those people have been the vilest of people who I would be happy never to see again."

By Peter Handel | July 19, 2022

Ruth Ware On It Girls, Dark Academia, and the Pervasive British Class System

Ruth Ware On It Girls, Dark Academia, and the Pervasive British Class System

"[T]here's always that 'what if?' What if things had gone wrong, would I have had the resources and experience I have now to handle it?"

By Molly Odintz | July 18, 2022

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 | July 18, 2022

Desperate Measures: On Ordinary People Who've Had Quite Enough

Desperate Measures: On Ordinary People Who've Had Quite Enough

"What do they do when they’re backed into a corner? What do they do when they decide enough is enough?"

By Elaine Murphy | July 18, 2022

Musician and Author Don Bruns On Putting Together A Music-Themed Anthology

Musician and Author Don Bruns On Putting Together A Music-Themed Anthology

Hotel California? At the Hotel Bar."">"Where did I get friendly enough to ask these elites to contribute to Hotel California? At the Hotel Bar."

By Don Bruns | July 18, 2022

Caves, Cellars, Crawl Spaces: The Power of Dark Passages in Suspense Fiction

Caves, Cellars, Crawl Spaces: The Power of Dark Passages in Suspense Fiction

"[C]aves, basements, and crawl spaces are our ways of visualizing the dark places within our own minds."

By Margot Harrison | July 18, 2022

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