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A Love of Mystery Is Woven Into Our Biology, and Edgar Allan Poe Was the First to Find the Formula for a Very Specific Dopamine Hit

A Love of Mystery Is Woven Into Our Biology, and Edgar Allan Poe Was the First to Find the Formula for a Very Specific Dopamine Hit

Reading detective fiction triggers a fascinating biological function.

By Jonah Lehrer | August 17, 2021

A Thriller Writer's Ode To the Terror, Uncertainty, and Adventure of the Wilderness

A Thriller Writer's Ode To the Terror, Uncertainty, and Adventure of the Wilderness

"What if it doesn't stop raining and our bedding/food gets wet? What if someone falls/gets lost/gets bitten by a snake?"

By Zoje Stage | August 17, 2021

Crime Books For People Who Aren't Sure If They Want to Go On A Date or Just Stay Home

Crime Books For People Who Aren't Sure If They Want to Go On A Date or Just Stay Home

These thrillers may start with meet-cutes, but they're more likely to end with a murder than a marriage...

By Catherine Ryan Howard | August 17, 2021

8 Thrillers Featuring Dysfunctional Families

8 Thrillers Featuring Dysfunctional Families

"Novels keep us from actually having to creep across people’s lawns and press our faces to the glass."

By Megan Collins | August 17, 2021

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 | August 16, 2021

James Lee Burke on Organized Labor, Corporate Evils, and the Plot to Dumb Down America

James Lee Burke on Organized Labor, Corporate Evils, and the Plot to Dumb Down America

The author's newest novel is a searing portrait of the 1960s American West and corporate exploitation.

By David Masciotra | August 16, 2021

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I Wrote A Thriller to Channel My Post-Partum Anger. Then The Pandemic Hit.

By Karin Tanabe | August 16, 2021

Reading Flawed Protagonists: Relatability Versus Likeability

By Bracken MacLeod | August 16, 2021

Naomi Hirahara on Writing a New Historical Mystery About Post-Internment Life for Japanese-Americans

By Désirée Zamorano | August 13, 2021

Why the Nazis Launched a Bizarre, Racist War on Modern Art

Why the Nazis Launched a Bizarre, Racist War on Modern Art

As the National Socialist party rose to power in Weimar Germany, they took aim at the country's "degenerate" artists.

By Charlie English | August 13, 2021

A Brief History of the CIA's Efforts to Infiltrate Africa by Funding an Elaborate Network of Nonprofit Goodwill Organizations

A Brief History of the CIA's Efforts to Infiltrate Africa by Funding an Elaborate Network of Nonprofit Goodwill Organizations

In the early days of the Cold War, the CIA launched journals, concerts, and co-opted high-profile African-American NGOs.

By Dr. Susan Williams | August 13, 2021

Tapping Into My Memories of the Catskills to Write a Mystery Novel

Tapping Into My Memories of the Catskills to Write a Mystery Novel

My grandmother's farm was much more than a home—it was a boardinghouse, a time capsule, and a source of inspiration.

By Kaitlyn Dunnett | August 13, 2021

An Original Graphic Novel about Ed Gein, The Serial Killer Who Haunted America and Inspired <em>Psycho</em>, <em>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</em> and <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em>

An Original Graphic Novel about Ed Gein, The Serial Killer Who Haunted America and Inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs

A startling new look at a real-life American bogeyman.

By CrimeReads | August 13, 2021

Food and Mystery: A Perfect Pairing

Food and Mystery: A Perfect Pairing

Food is so much more than fuel for your characters—it can be the engine for your entire plot!

By Lucy Burdette | August 13, 2021

Shop Talk: Steph Cha Writes Yelp Reviews, Works Jigsaw Puzzles, and Always Has a Blanket

Shop Talk: Steph Cha Writes Yelp Reviews, Works Jigsaw Puzzles, and Always Has a Blanket

Crime writers talk routine, craft, and looking forward to lunch.

By Eli Cranor | August 12, 2021

<em>Die Hard with a Vengeance</em> is the most relatable

Die Hard with a Vengeance is the most relatable "summer in the city" movie ever

Die Hard with a Vengeance is one of its rare pieces of hate mail."">"Too many films are love-letters to New York City; Die Hard with a Vengeance is one of its rare pieces of hate mail."

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 12, 2021

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