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    Trying To Do Too Much? Don't.

    Trying To Do Too Much? Don't.

    Rachel Howzell Hall has some tips for how to relax, avoid burnout, and reset your creative gears.

    By Rachel Howzell Hall | July 12, 2022

    When Kurt Vonnegut Met Norman Mailer in Cape Cod's Legendary

    When Kurt Vonnegut Met Norman Mailer in Cape Cod's Legendary "Helltown"

    Provincetown was a place of enchantment, light, and art. But there was a dark side to the literary life there, too.

    By Casey Sherman | July 12, 2022

    On Dead Girls and Feminism in Horror

    On Dead Girls and Feminism in Horror

    "[F]eminist horror allows women to crawl out of their own victimhood and presents a story about the complexities of female terror."

    By Katrina Monroe | July 12, 2022

    Top Secret: The Allure of the Confidential File

    Top Secret: The Allure of the Confidential File

    "A file stamped confidential will always be a temptation, an invitation to peek into lives and stories we’re not supposed to see..."

    By Anika Scott | July 12, 2022

    A Beginner's Guide to Using (and Exploding) Horror Tropes

    A Beginner's Guide to Using (and Exploding) Horror Tropes

    "A trope can be as complex and metaphorical as a labyrinthine haunted house, or as a simple as the image of a bloody knife."

    By Eva V. Gibson | July 11, 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 11, 2022

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Stations
    • West of Loveland
    • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
    • Sweet Pea
    • The Pen: A Human History
    • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
    • Gloria Don't Speak
    • The Heights
    • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

    Full Faith and Confidence: A Conversation with Denise Mina

    By Nancie Clare | July 11, 2022

    Munich: Raise a Beer to Southern German Crime Writing

    By Paul French | July 11, 2022

    All Falked Up

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 8, 2022

    7 Movies Depicting a “Perfect” Murder

    7 Movies Depicting a “Perfect” Murder

    "Just getting away with murder doesn’t make it perfect...No, we need more than that."

    By David Ellis | July 8, 2022

    Five Mystery Novels Set in Speculative Worlds

    Five Mystery Novels Set in Speculative Worlds

    "But what if in addition to discovering things about the crime, you were also discovering things about a new and speculative world at the same time?"

    By B. L. Blanchard | July 8, 2022

    Debt Plays a Key Role in Crime Fiction – But What About Student Loan Debt?

    Debt Plays a Key Role in Crime Fiction – But What About Student Loan Debt?

    David Bell on the weight of student loan debt and how it fueled his new thriller.

    By David Bell | July 8, 2022

    The Detective at Leisure: 8 Books In Which Characters Solve Crimes While On Vacation

    The Detective at Leisure: 8 Books In Which Characters Solve Crimes While On Vacation

    Sarah Stewart Taylor on the beloved trope of the Busman's Holiday.

    By Sarah Stewart Taylor | July 7, 2022

    21 New and Upcoming Historical Fiction Titles To Check Out This Summer

    21 New and Upcoming Historical Fiction Titles To Check Out This Summer

    Rogue spies, budding revolutionaries, cynical nightclub singers, and so much more

    By Molly Odintz | July 7, 2022

    Shop Talk: James Kestrel on Writing Novels During Lunch in Quiet Honolulu Bars

    Shop Talk: James Kestrel on Writing Novels During Lunch in Quiet Honolulu Bars

    Crime writers talking writing routines, revision, and finding the right bar atmosphere for an epic crime novel.

    By Eli Cranor | July 7, 2022

    Why Being a Woman Is the Perfect Preparation for Writing Psychological Suspense

    Why Being a Woman Is the Perfect Preparation for Writing Psychological Suspense

    Sarah Vaughan on vigilance, doubt, abuse, and how it all seeps into psychological thrillers.

    By Sarah Vaughan | July 7, 2022

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