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    Seven Mysteries Filled with Family Members

    In these novels, families go to extreme lengths to close ranks, keep secrets, and take their revenge.

    July 22, 2021  By S. C. Perkins
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    Why Has Jeffrey Dahmer Become A Household Name, While The Names of His Victims Are Forgotten?

    There's a thin line between trying to understand a killer's motivations and justifying their actions.

    July 22, 2021  By Willa C. Richards
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    Nine Books With Plots Pulled From Real Life

    Literature can fill in the emotional gaps of true crime and reportage.

    July 21, 2021  By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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    When Exactly Was 'The Golden Age' of Detective Fiction? It's a Mystery.

    "Defining what is a mystery is just as elusive as pinpointing its invention."

    July 21, 2021  By Otto Penzler
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    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to this Summer

    Fall down a long, winding rabbithole with these binge-worthy podcasts full of thoughtful, complex storytelling.

    July 21, 2021  By Lizzy Steiner
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    How To Turn Your Happy Place Into a Setting for A Psychological Thriller

    "Knowing a place inside and out means I can write a page-turner about it."

    July 21, 2021  By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
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    In These Six Thrillers, The Natural World Is a Character, Not Just a Setting

    Novels that explore the great (and sometimes terrifying) outdoors.

    July 20, 2021  By Elisabeth de Mariaffi
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    Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

    She was a senior intelligence analyst. He was a Moscow bureau chief. Now they're both writing spy thrillers.

    July 20, 2021  By Alma Katsu
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    Defections and Detections: How a Sprawling Soviet Atomic Spy Network Was First Exposed

    In postwar America, Soviet spies were busy gathering up atomic secrets. A series of defections soon threw the network into chaos.

    July 20, 2021  By Ann Hagedorn
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    The Story of 18th Century England's Booming Graverobbing Industry, and the Man Who Inspired 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'

    John Hunter was one of the era's foremost anatomists and surgeons. He was also the premier customer for stolen bodies.

    July 20, 2021  By Sam Kean
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