• Mystery

    Healing Homicides in One's Head: The Cathartic Experience of Writing Transgressive Characters

    Lynn Liao Butler Asks What Would Happen If We Did and Said the Things We Think in Private

    October 22, 2025  By Lyn Liao Butler
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    Sapphic Sleuths, Magicians, Lesbian Nuns, and More: Eight Queer Mysteries for Every Mood

    Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor Recommend Quozies by Hannah Hendy, Margot Douaihy, Tess Sharpe, and Others

    October 21, 2025  By CrimeReads 
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    Love Thy Neighbor, and Watch Thy Back: Why Neighbors Kill Each Other in Literature (and Life)

    Chuck Storla on Writing a Charming Tale of Suburban Murder

    October 21, 2025  By Chuck Storla
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    How Controlling and Coercive Behavior can lead to Murder

    "Often the behavior creeps up on a victim over time, such that they aren’t even aware they are being abused."

    October 21, 2025  By Felix Francis
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    Mysteries Abroad: Sixteen Cozy Novels that Feature Travel and International Intrigue

    Lucy Connelly Offers Readers a Literary Travel Itinerary

    October 17, 2025  By Lucy Connelly
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    Quaint Kills: Martha Waters on Creating the Quintessential Murder Village in Cozy Mysteries

    The Author of "And Then There Was the One" on Why the Village Setting Works So Well in Cozies

    October 16, 2025  By Martha Waters
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    Teens Turned into Detectives: Six Novels Featuring Young and Amateur Sleuths

    Tom Ryan Recommends Donna Tartt, Marisha Pessl, Mark Haddon, and More

    October 15, 2025  By Tom Ryan
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    October 14, 2025  By CrimeReads 
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    Sophie Hannah On How She Writes a Poirot Novel

    “You want to be able to almost flaunt the clues and draw the reader's attention to them, safe in the knowledge that no one will actually work it out.” 

    October 10, 2025  By Alex Dueben
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    What Fictional Violence Teaches Us About the Real Thing (and Vice Versa)

    After experiencing a brutal attack by a complete stranger, Jennifer Fawcett had to rethink everything she knew about writing violence

    October 9, 2025  By Jennifer Fawcett
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