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    Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with

    Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with "The Mad Scientist"

    An author of sci-fi thrillers reflects on distrust of science.

    By Jane Gilmartin | October 21, 2020

    Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

    Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

    "The setting of a horror tale needs to create a sense of unheimlich, with the reader every bit as nervous...as the characters."

    By C.J. Cooke | October 9, 2020

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler's letters to a younger crime writer offer a revealing—and often ugly—glimpse into his later years.

    By Curtis Evans | October 8, 2020

    The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

    The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

    "The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."

    By Lisa Unger | October 8, 2020

    Adventures in Shark Cage Diving

    Adventures in Shark Cage Diving

    Ecotourists looking for extreme thrills have embraced cage diving—but how do sharks feel about it?

    By Sara E. Johnson | October 6, 2020

    Gillian Flynn on Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, and Adding

    Gillian Flynn on Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, and Adding "Showrunner" to Her Resume

    The novelist takes on a new challenge as the creator of the sci-fi thriller series, Utopia.

    By Caitlin Flynn | October 5, 2020

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    By Jonathan Schneer | October 2, 2020

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    By Dwyer Murphy | October 2, 2020

    On Drawing Inspiration From a Rich History of Ruins

    By Anna Lee Huber | October 2, 2020

    The Grand Tour: Eight Thrillers Featuring Americans in Europe

    The Grand Tour: Eight Thrillers Featuring Americans in Europe

    These fish-out-of-water crime novels drop their American protagonists across the ocean and into hot water.

    By Mark Pryor | October 1, 2020

    The Evolution of Jack Reacher

    The Evolution of Jack Reacher

    Lee Child's biographer on the creation of an iconic figure, from the first draft to the published novel.

    By Heather Martin | September 29, 2020

    Human Resources: How My Conspiracy Fiction Began to Bleed Into My Life

    Human Resources: How My Conspiracy Fiction Began to Bleed Into My Life

    On Conspiracy, Commodification, and Corporate Nightmares

    By Jeremy Robert Johnson | September 29, 2020

    Sympathy for the Double Agent

    Sympathy for the Double Agent

    "Whether fiction or non, the lot of the double agent is rarely a happy one."

    By M. L. Huie | September 28, 2020

    Six True Crime Books to Read in September

    Six True Crime Books to Read in September

    Cold War spy games, motorcycle gangs, and modern detectives.

    By CrimeReads | September 25, 2020

    Ten American Masterpieces That Are Actually Crime Fiction

    Ten American Masterpieces That Are Actually Crime Fiction

    At the heart of nearly every great novel, there is a crime.

    By Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith | September 24, 2020

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