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What is a Screwball Thriller?

What is a Screwball Thriller?

"The exact recipe: one cup of zany, a pinch of parody, a dash of humor, and a quarter cup of thriller."

By Sandra Block | September 3, 2024

Gothic Fiction with a Twist

Gothic Fiction with a Twist

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore on contemporary fiction's newfound fascination with gothic fiction and its vast potential.

By Olesya Salnikova Gilmore | September 3, 2024

Books In Which Things Are Terrible Even Before the Haunted Cabin Shows Up

Books In Which Things Are Terrible Even Before the Haunted Cabin Shows Up

This fall and winter, horror turns to rustic retreats, lakeside vacation spots, and woodsy rentals for setting inspiration

By Molly Odintz | August 29, 2024

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

These young protagonists must choose between continuing their family's manipulations—or breaking the cycle completely

By M. M. DeLuca | August 28, 2024

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

"There’s something to be said for the particular feeling that the British Isles conveys, especially when a Gothic story is at play"

By Dawn Kurtagich | August 28, 2024

Inviting The Danger In: On House Guests, Unexpected Visitors and Real Estate Paranoia

Inviting The Danger In: On House Guests, Unexpected Visitors and Real Estate Paranoia

C.M. Ewan on books where the call is moving from inside the house.

By C.M. Ewan | August 27, 2024

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Fiona Barton on Women Journalists in Crime Fiction

By Fiona Barton | August 27, 2024

Dark Desert Highway: My Favorite (Scary) Road Trips In Literature

By Anna Downes | August 26, 2024

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | August 26, 2024

Philadelphia: Plenty of Crime Fiction, Not So Much Brotherly Love

Philadelphia: Plenty of Crime Fiction, Not So Much Brotherly Love

Crime and the City visits Philadelphia.

By Paul French | August 26, 2024

The Best Debut Novels Out This Month: August 2024

The Best Debut Novels Out This Month: August 2024

Featuring football noir, family thrillers, and investigations into language.

By CrimeReads | August 23, 2024

Criminally Beautiful: Crime Novels with a Focus on Nature

Criminally Beautiful: Crime Novels with a Focus on Nature

"Nature can be a helpful accomplice or a wicked adversary."

By Ayla Rose | August 23, 2024

Kailee Pedersen: In Praise of the Difficult Women of East Asian Literature

Kailee Pedersen: In Praise of the Difficult Women of East Asian Literature

A list of books featuring characters whose "willingness to transgress...can be both horrifying and thrilling"

By Kailee Pederson | August 21, 2024

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

The Admirable Uncertainty of the Antidetective Novel

Cousin to the metaphysical detective novel, the antidetective story casts doubt on "detection itself"

By Eugenie Montague | August 20, 2024

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Rachel Koller Croft on crime fiction characters who can chill

By Rachel Koller Croft | August 20, 2024

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

Genre Drift: Mysteries with Speculative Touches

Morgan Richter on books "in which two genres caress, not collide."

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2024

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