5 Novels With Tantalizing Anti-Heroes 

5 Novels With Tantalizing Anti-Heroes 

Taylor Hutton on the characters who make us occasionally root for the dark side.

By Taylor Hutton | January 30, 2025

5 Gripping Thrillers with Parents Searching for Missing Children

5 Gripping Thrillers with Parents Searching for Missing Children

Katie Garner on writing fiction mined from your deepest fears.

By Katie Garner | January 30, 2025

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: January 2025

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: January 2025

Featuring novels from Makana Yamamoto, Cynthia Weiner, and more.

By CrimeReads | January 29, 2025

I’m an academic. Here’s why I wanted to write a dark academia thriller.

I’m an academic. Here’s why I wanted to write a dark academia thriller.

Liza North on the allure of the university mystery.

By Liza North | January 29, 2025

Crime on the Go: 6 YA Thrillers in Motion

Crime on the Go: 6 YA Thrillers in Motion

High speed chases, murder at 45,000 feet, and more "high-intensity titles on the go"

By Megan Lally | January 28, 2025

The Power of the Twist

The Power of the Twist

Jakob Kerr on some of the best plot twists ever executed in mystery.

By Jakob Kerr | January 27, 2025

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Dark web denizens, carnival grotesqueries, and so. much. cannibalism.

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5 Mystery Novels with Unique Settings

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6 Great Thrillers Featuring Sisters (and Murder)

6 Great Thrillers Featuring Sisters (and Murder)

Kate Alice Marshall on the people who would help cover up a murder – and "might end up murdering each other."

By Kate Alice Marshall | January 21, 2025

9 Books Combining The Gothic & The Glamorous

9 Books Combining The Gothic & The Glamorous

Bedazzle your bookshelf with these glitzy, grungy, and oh-so-atmospheric thrillers

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Tech Thrillers "Rooted in the Ever-Mounting Tensions Between Technology and Human Nature."

Sara Sligar looks at the literature of future shock

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5 Novels That Make

5 Novels That Make "The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known" a Reality

Melissa Larsen on intimacy in thrillers.

By Melissa Larsen | January 14, 2025

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