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Kylie Schachte on Empathy, Vulnerability, and Teenage Girls as Natural Detectives

Kylie Schachte on Empathy, Vulnerability, and Teenage Girls as Natural Detectives

From the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

By Unlikeable Female Characters | August 20, 2020

What I Learned About Myself While Tallying The Body Count of Ozark's First Season

What I Learned About Myself While Tallying The Body Count of Ozark's First Season

Why do we have such a good time watching the spectacle of on-screen violence?

By David Thomson | August 19, 2020

Five Flawed Characters You’ll Learn to Appreciate

Five Flawed Characters You’ll Learn to Appreciate

Forget traditional rubrics of likability. Depth is much more interesting.

By Amy Stuart | August 19, 2020

'She Has Haunted Me:' Virginia Woolf, Mothers and Me

'She Has Haunted Me:' Virginia Woolf, Mothers and Me

On Grief, Memory, Fiction, and Motherhood

By Maggie Humm | August 19, 2020

Tampa Bay Noir: Shady Stuff in the Sunshine

Tampa Bay Noir: Shady Stuff in the Sunshine

From pirate cove, to mafia town, to the home of the "Florida Man," Tampa Bay occupies an outsize place in the crime pantheon of the Sunshine State.

By Colette Bancroft | August 19, 2020

Lawrence Osborne's Uncanny Bangkok

Lawrence Osborne's Uncanny Bangkok

The author discusses expats, fugitives, and the Bangkok apartment building that inspired his latest novel.

By Dwyer Murphy | August 18, 2020

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The Texas Terrors of My Childhood Imagination

By Christopher Rice | August 18, 2020

10 California Crime Novels That Aren't Set in Los Angeles or San Francisco

By Johnny Shaw | August 18, 2020

Parenting Gone Wild—In Crime Fiction

By Pamela Crane | August 18, 2020

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 17, 2020

The Crime Fiction of New Zealand

The Crime Fiction of New Zealand

A new generation of New Zealand authors is continuing a tradition of mystery.

By Paul French | August 17, 2020

Memory and Alcohol: A Potent Combination for Fiction

Memory and Alcohol: A Potent Combination for Fiction

In suspense fiction, memory loss and amnesia from drinking are the perfect stand-in for our unreliable memories as a whole.

By Adele Parks | August 17, 2020

8 Children’s Mystery Novels That Are Enjoyable for All Ages

8 Children’s Mystery Novels That Are Enjoyable for All Ages

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."

By Taryn Souders | August 15, 2020

How an Indiana Preacher's Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer

How an Indiana Preacher's Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer

Ed Cantrell went to Wyoming and cast himself in the mould of Western gunslinging icons. Then, he was charged with murder.

By Rone Tempest | August 14, 2020

Seven Thrillers About Filmmakers and Subversive Art

Seven Thrillers About Filmmakers and Subversive Art

A new trend features feminist filmmakers and behind-the-scenes players subverting genres long tarnished by misogyny.

By Kate Reed Petty | August 14, 2020

Ron Rash on Crime and Punishment in Appalachia

Ron Rash on Crime and Punishment in Appalachia

The author discusses Dostoevsky, violence, and redemption.

By Mae Miller Claxton | August 14, 2020

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