Small Town Gothic: <br>11 Story Collections Set in <br>Fictional Locales

Small Town Gothic:
11 Story Collections Set in
Fictional Locales

These fictitious small towns are "simmered in the cast iron Dutch oven of a parochial geography"

By Robert Busby | June 4, 2025

6 Books Exploring Romantic Obsession

6 Books Exploring Romantic Obsession

Olivia Worley looks at the literature of unrequited love

By Olivia Worley | June 4, 2025

Why the Expat Experience Is the Perfect Starting Point for a Thriller

Why the Expat Experience Is the Perfect Starting Point for a Thriller

Kimberly Belle on adventure, discomfiture, and vulnerability.

By Kimberly Belle | June 4, 2025

Wait What: Why is it called <em>Murder by Numbers</em> When There Are No Numbers?

Wait What: Why is it called Murder by Numbers When There Are No Numbers?

Olivia Rutigliano asks a head-scratching question

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 4, 2025

James Lee Burke on the Highs and Lows of American History

James Lee Burke on the Highs and Lows of American History

Burke and David Masciotra continue their years-long conversation on literature and American history.

By David Masciotra | June 3, 2025

The High Cost of Silence: My Secret Life as a Whistleblower

The High Cost of Silence: My Secret Life as a Whistleblower

In the new book, 'False Claims,' Lisa Pratta chronicles her years working undercover in Big Pharma.

By Lisa Pratta | June 3, 2025

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The Art of Doing Nothing, The Craft of Making it Hurt

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The Psychopath as Narrator

The Psychopath as Narrator

"What crime writer wouldn’t want their psychopath to psychoanalyse themselves, in full view of the reader?"

By Cara Hunter | June 2, 2025

When Victims Become Detectives

When Victims Become Detectives

Dete Meserve on time travel, detective work, and the possibilities envisioned in her new novel, 'The Memory Collectors'

By Dete Meserve | June 2, 2025

The Best Crime Fiction Isn't About Redemption. It's About Endurance.

The Best Crime Fiction Isn't About Redemption. It's About Endurance.

"[O]ne of the reasons we read is to watch others struggle."

By Mark Stevens | June 2, 2025

Deanna Raybourn & Jesse Q. Sutanto On Writing Badass Older Sleuths

Deanna Raybourn & Jesse Q. Sutanto On Writing Badass Older Sleuths

Elders are having a moment in crime fiction, and we are all here for it.

By CrimeReads | May 30, 2025

They're in That??: Anthony Anderson in <em>The Departed</em>

They're in That??: Anthony Anderson in The Departed

Olivia Rutigliano remembers a delightful performance

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 30, 2025

William Boyle on Jim Thompson’s 'The Getaway'

William Boyle on Jim Thompson’s 'The Getaway'

"It...feels like desperation itself. Bleeds it from around the edges. There’s something about the prose that is panicked, unrelenting. 

By William Boyle | May 30, 2025

Fiction that Bleeds Real: Infusing History into Fiction

Fiction that Bleeds Real: Infusing History into Fiction

"Writers working in genres like horror, crime, Southern gothic, and magical realism know real history isn’t a limit. It’s texture."

By Lindy Ryan | May 30, 2025

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