• Features

    Bad Fathers, and the Readers Who Love Them

    Lousy dads leave a trail of emotional scars and unhappy relations. In thrillers, there also tends to be a body count.

    July 16, 2020  By Glen Erik Hamilton
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 7

    The Thin Man (1934)

    July 16, 2020  By Otto Penzler
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    Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

    An open letter to the two girls still stuck in the early showing of 'The Conjuring'

    July 15, 2020  By Stephen Graham Jones
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    The Exhilarating, Dangerous World of Helen Eustis

    Her 1947 novel, The Horizontal Man, was a wry, subversive take on the campus mystery. It's as timely as ever.

    July 15, 2020  By Charles Finch
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    The Deadly High-Speed Chase That Launched Miami into the 1980s

    In 1979, a shoot-out on a crowded Miami street was a prelude to a new era of growth, drugs, wealth, and crime.

    July 15, 2020  By Nicholas Griffin
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    Kim Wall's parents remember the moment they learned their daughter had been murdered.

    A Horrifying Revelation and A Family's Heartbreak

    July 15, 2020  By Ingrid and Joachim Wall
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    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This July

    Grifters, Frenemies, and French Chateaux

    July 14, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    How I Stopped Worrying About the Rules and Learned to Write a Mystery Novel

    Workshops, an MFA, and a pair of literary novels couldn't prepare him for the intricate workings of noir, so he turned to the masters.

    July 14, 2020  By Sung J. Woo
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    Safe as Houses: The "Property-Porn Thriller" Is Here to Stay

    In this property-obsessed age, why are houses such a source of fictional terror?

    July 14, 2020  By Anna Downes
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    Why Marshes Capture Our Imaginations—And Inspire Some of Our Most Unsettling Folklore

    Elly Griffiths on marshes, moors, and cautionary tales.

    July 14, 2020  By Elly Griffiths
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