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    What Should You Watch This Weekend?

    What Should You Watch This Weekend?

    Featuring Kyle Chandler and Jack Reacher, though not necessarily the two fo them together.

    By Dwyer Murphy | August 21, 2026

    5 Page-Turning Wilderness Thrillers and Nature Novels

    5 Page-Turning Wilderness Thrillers and Nature Novels

    Steve Hawk recommends Peter Heller, Charles Portis, and more

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    Liv Constantine on Marriage Thrillers and Crafting Dangerous Relationships in Art

    Liv Constantine on Marriage Thrillers and Crafting Dangerous Relationships in Art

    The author of Promise Me Never explores the allure of threatened couples in film, folktales, and fiction

    By Liv Constantine | August 21, 2026

    The Long, Strange, Sometimes Bloody History of Poker in America

    The Long, Strange, Sometimes Bloody History of Poker in America

    The authors of 'Poker Wars' lay out the story of a game and an obsession.

    By Philip Guitar and Jim Martyka | August 20, 2026

    Clay McLeod Chapman on Why Horror and Romance Work So Well Together

    Clay McLeod Chapman on Why Horror and Romance Work So Well Together

    Exploring the thematic intersections of bodice-rippers and chest-bursters

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    Why is everybody watching <em>The Town</em> all of a sudden?

    Why is everybody watching The Town all of a sudden?

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    By Olivia Rutigliano | August 19, 2026

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    Thomas Kenniff on Writing a Prosecutor After Twenty Years as a Defense Attorney

    Thomas Kenniff on Writing a Prosecutor After Twenty Years as a Defense Attorney

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    6 Humorous Mysteries That Are Actually Funny

    6 Humorous Mysteries That Are Actually Funny

    The author of A Numbers Game teaches the techniques of amusing noir

    By R.J. Dark | August 19, 2026

    Murder in Miniature: The Very Best Short Mystery Fiction

    Murder in Miniature: The Very Best Short Mystery Fiction

    Two modern masters of the locked room mystery choose their favorites of the genre's shorter form.

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    Rachel Howzell Hall Is Having a Moment.

    Rachel Howzell Hall Is Having a Moment.

    The crime fiction favorite is breaking out with a new series just as an old one gets new life in reissue.

    By John B. Valeri | August 18, 2026

    Jennifer Givhan on Monstrous Mothers, Headless Women, and Writing Symbolic Horror

    Jennifer Givhan on Monstrous Mothers, Headless Women, and Writing Symbolic Horror

    The author of The Sleeping Sisters analyzes the tale of the girl with the green ribbon

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    Max Doty on Concepting, Erasure, and Building a House in His New Novel

    Max Doty on Concepting, Erasure, and Building a House in His New Novel

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    Brianna Labuskes on Reckoning and Using Memory as a Tool in Crime Fiction

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