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Paula Hawkins Recommends Five Novels With Criminal Acts At Their Heart

Paula Hawkins Recommends Five Novels With Criminal Acts At Their Heart

Plus, an exclusive reveal of the new paperback edition cover for A Slow Fire Burning

By Paula Hawkins | March 28, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s <em>West Side Story</em> is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

Olivia Rutigliano on the new adaptation of a classic mid-century musical.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 25, 2022

10 Must-Read Alternate History Thrillers

10 Must-Read Alternate History Thrillers

"How easy would it be for a country, particularly one founded on democratic principles, to slip quietly into fascism without anyone batting an eye?"

By Josh Weiss | March 25, 2022

Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Nick Kolakowksi takes a closer look at fictional portrayals of Billy the Kid through the ages.

By Nick Kolakowski | March 25, 2022

Science Fiction Is an Exploration Into What It Means To Be Human

Science Fiction Is an Exploration Into What It Means To Be Human

"[L]ike the people who inhabit a science fiction story, my characters are equally pushed to their limits...crime writers explore the outer reaches, not of the universe, but of the human psyche."

By Emma Haughton | March 25, 2022

March's Best Debut Fiction

March's Best Debut Fiction

The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By Molly Odintz | March 24, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Novels, Screenplays, and the Writers Who Do Both

By Annie Ward | March 24, 2022

In Defense of a Thriller Trope: “Damsels in Distress”

By Nancy Allen | March 24, 2022

How (and Why) I Write Supernatural Historical Fiction

By Brian James Gage | March 24, 2022

The Rise of Toxic Friendships in Literature

The Rise of Toxic Friendships in Literature

"Friendships can be dark and layered and often hard to extricate yourself from, and sometimes they can go very very wrong."

By Heidi Perks | March 24, 2022

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: March 2022

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: March 2022

Boarding school mysteries, estranged sisters, and small-town football clashes.

By Lisa Levy | March 23, 2022

The Most Successful Madam in America

The Most Successful Madam in America

How Nellie Jackson went from sex worker to madam to highly connected civil rights advocate.

By Sara A Mueller | March 23, 2022

Are We About to See A Lot More Thrillers Set on the North Fork of Long Island?

Are We About to See A Lot More Thrillers Set on the North Fork of Long Island?

The North Fork used to be a sleepy backwater where nothing ever happened. Not even in fiction. Now that’s changing.

By Joanna Elm | March 23, 2022

Preston and Child: The Most Productive Writing Team in Fiction

Preston and Child: The Most Productive Writing Team in Fiction

Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston on their decades of collaboration.

By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | March 23, 2022

Shop Talk: Eli Cranor Goes Down to the Basement, Looks out at <em>True Grit</em> Country, and Dreams of Elmore Leonard

Shop Talk: Eli Cranor Goes Down to the Basement, Looks out at True Grit Country, and Dreams of Elmore Leonard

It was a long journey from coaching football to his breakout debut novel, but there's no doubting it: Eli Cranor has arrived.

By Dwyer Murphy | March 22, 2022

Black Sunset: New Essential Horror Reads from the American West

Black Sunset: New Essential Horror Reads from the American West

"There’s scares in them thar hills. You just have to know how to find them."

By Matthew Lyons | March 22, 2022

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