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    Six Novels with an Overwhelming Sense of Unease, Slow-Burning Menace, and Coercive Control

    Six Novels with an Overwhelming Sense of Unease, Slow-Burning Menace, and Coercive Control

    In the great tradition of du Maurier, these books are all about power, deception, and control.

    By Stacey Halls | April 14, 2022

    Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

    Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

    "Looking back on the past year of interviews, here are seven things I've learned from these amazing writers."

    By Carter Wilson | April 14, 2022

    Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour

    Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour

    Or, a look at five great scifi novels that also happen to be pitch-black noirs.

    By Adam Oyebanji | April 13, 2022

    The Enduring Appeal of the Country House Murder

    The Enduring Appeal of the Country House Murder

    M.E. Hilliard on the many possibilities for malice on offer at your typical country manor, and why we love them all.

    By M.E. Hilliard | April 13, 2022

    John Glatt on Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and Writing About True Crime as It Unfolds

    John Glatt on Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and Writing About True Crime as It Unfolds

    Glatt speaks with Gabino Iglesias about the horrific crimes behind his new book, The Doomsday Mother

    By Gabino Iglesias | April 13, 2022

    There's More Art and Antique Theft in Rural New England Than You Might Think

    There's More Art and Antique Theft in Rural New England Than You Might Think

    Weathervanes, cemetery gates, really big marble balls...all targets.

    By Trish Esden | April 13, 2022

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    Poison, Adultery, Scandal, and Murder: The Wild Lives of Journalists in 1890's San Francisco

    Poison, Adultery, Scandal, and Murder: The Wild Lives of Journalists in 1890's San Francisco

    Mark Arsenault on the scandals that would eventually unite two journalists in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.

    By Mark Arsenault | April 12, 2022

    C. S. Harris on Historical Fiction and Her Iconic Regency-Era Series

    C. S. Harris on Historical Fiction and Her Iconic Regency-Era Series

    "Every era has free-thinkers, people who don’t subscribe to the prejudices and superstitions of their day."

    By Molly Odintz | April 11, 2022

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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    By CrimeReads | April 11, 2022

    Faroe Islands: The Most Remote Outpost of Scandi Noir

    Faroe Islands: The Most Remote Outpost of Scandi Noir

    A few good mystery novels help to pass the long winter nights on this North Atlantic archipelago.

    By Paul French | April 11, 2022

    The Literary Greats of Scotland

    The Literary Greats of Scotland

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    <em>Tokyo Vice</em> Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

    Tokyo Vice Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

    The new series, which is about journalists, police, and yakuza circling one another in milennium-era Japan, is invested in the long history, and fading future, of such a triangle.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2022

    How ‘Satanic Panic’ Came to Roil the Nation During the 1980s

    How ‘Satanic Panic’ Came to Roil the Nation During the 1980s

    TV movies, breathless news reports, and amateur symbologists all played a part in the panic's mysterious spread through 1980s America.

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