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    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    When it comes to getting the physiognomical effects of fear right, who cares why your characters are afraid. What matters is how they experience fear.

    By DiAnn Mills | October 1, 2021

    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

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    From Connery to Craig, here are the best takes on 007

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2021

    The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: September 2021

    The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: September 2021

    New books from Colson Whitehead, Jon McGregor, Rachel Howzell Hall and more.

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    I Write About Monsters Because I Fear Becoming One

    I Write About Monsters Because I Fear Becoming One

    Or, what we talk about when we talk about monsters.

    By Catriona Ward | September 30, 2021

    The Lure of the Old Manor: Books in Which A House is Both Setting and Character

    The Lure of the Old Manor: Books in Which A House is Both Setting and Character

    "A house can embody the mood of a whole novel"

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    "A border is crossed when abstractions like these—predestination and omniscience—become achievable engineering goals. We feel a shiver."

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    Love in the Bookshop: A Mystery Writer's Ode to Bookstore Romances

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    8 True Crime Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Fall

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    YA Mysteries: <br>The Prep School Edition

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    Motive Is the Core of Mystery

    Motive Is the Core of Mystery

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