• Features

    The Rise of Domestic Noir: A Decade After Gone Girl

    Marie Still asks authors and book mavens to share their reasons for loving today's hottest thrillers.

    March 10, 2023  By Marie Still
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    Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

    Amanda Traylor on commercial thrillers, entertainment, and finding characters who are engaged with the world around them.

    March 10, 2023  By Amanda Traylor
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    John Rechy Remembers His Friend, Writer Henry Turner

    The Edgar and Anthony-nominated author lives on in his vivid characters and lyrical prose.

    March 10, 2023  By John Rechy
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    Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

    "Place makes us in ways both big and small—it shapes our language, our occupations, the pace at which we live."

    March 10, 2023  By Erica Waters
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    On the Hazy, Ethereal Noir of Inherent Vice

    Ethan Warren explains how Paul Thomas Anderson figured out how to capture the essence of the "un-adaptatble" Thomas Pynchon novel.

    March 9, 2023  By Ethan Warren
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    Roy Thomas on the History of Doctor Strange

    The legendary editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics shares secrets about the once-obscure sorcerer-superhero in his introduction to the new collection from The Folio Society

    March 9, 2023  By Roy Thomas
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    The Backlist: Revisiting Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods' with Angie Kim

    Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

    March 9, 2023  By Polly Stewart
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    Spirits, Scams and the Victorian Séance

    "Despite these many tricks and ploys, grieving people are desperate and often willing to believe anything."

    March 9, 2023  By Sarah Penner
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    We Got the Guy … Now What? A Look at Community Responses to Crime In Fiction

    Charlene Allen on novels that "highlight the community’s role in responding to crime where institutions fall short"

    March 9, 2023  By Charlene Allen
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    Christopher Bollen on Americans Abroad and Setting as an Active Character

    In his latest literary thriller, Bollen brings the mystery to Cairo.

    March 8, 2023  By Peter Handel
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