Six Mysteries About Female Friendships Gone Wrong

Six Mysteries About Female Friendships Gone Wrong

Maggie Auffarth shines "a spotlight on the vital, fraught, and complex friendships that can define a woman’s emotional world."

By Maggie Auffarth | August 2, 2024

The Perfect Getaway: Why Sedona, Arizona Is a Prime Location...for Crime Fiction

The Perfect Getaway: Why Sedona, Arizona Is a Prime Location...for Crime Fiction

The area is celebrated for red rock canyons, hiking trails and spirituality. But there's a darker side.

By Kathleen Bryant | August 2, 2024

Summer's Hottest Titles Now Available in Paperback

Summer's Hottest Titles Now Available in Paperback

Featuring releases from Jessica Knoll, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, Mark Billingham, Una Mannion, and more

By CrimeReads | August 2, 2024

August's Best New Psychological Thrillers

August's Best New Psychological Thrillers

Elite athletics, PTA politics, advice column antics, and influencer intrigue

By Molly Odintz | August 1, 2024

Yasmin Angoe on “Bless Your Heart” and the Making of a Southern (Charm) Thriller

Yasmin Angoe on “Bless Your Heart” and the Making of a Southern (Charm) Thriller

How a sharp line and a Roald Dahl story inspired Angoe's new thriller.

By Yasmin Angoe | August 1, 2024

5 Thrillers with Life-or-Death Challenges

5 Thrillers with Life-or-Death Challenges

Catherine Steadman on books that put their characters into "a lethal game of survival."

By Catherine Steadman | August 1, 2024

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BTW, Charles Dickens's Bleak House is a Murder Mystery

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 31, 2024

Your Hero Could Beat Up My Hero

By Gregg Podolski | July 31, 2024

Writing Better Neurodivergent Characters in Fiction

By Scott Lyerly | July 31, 2024

Sometimes We Have Big Feelings About Celebrities. And That's (Mostly) Okay.

Sometimes We Have Big Feelings About Celebrities. And That's (Mostly) Okay.

Josh Winning on the role of horror fiction in exploring our complex reactions to the famous and fortunate

By Josh Winning | July 31, 2024

A List of Mysteries Featuring Victims We Love to Hate

A List of Mysteries Featuring Victims We Love to Hate

It's hard to solve a murder when everyone has a motive...

By Kieran Scott | July 30, 2024

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi on using the speculative to manifest the unconscious and make space for the marginalized

By Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi | July 30, 2024

Thrillers that Capture the Complexities of Motherhood

Thrillers that Capture the Complexities of Motherhood

Kimberly McCreight on "the fraught push-pull of the complicated mother-daughter dynamic"

By Kimberly McCreight | July 30, 2024

Ibiza: Crime, Mystery, and Hedonism on the 'White Island'

Ibiza: Crime, Mystery, and Hedonism on the 'White Island'

Crime and the City takes a tour through the underbelly of a Mediterranean hot spot.

By Paul French | July 29, 2024

Crafting the Real and Surreal in Eco-Horror

Crafting the Real and Surreal in Eco-Horror

Nicholas Belardes on not turning away from unreal and mysterious occurrences in nature that can help us craft our stories

By Nick Belardes | July 29, 2024

Nev Fountain On Writing A Detective Novel About Fandom

Nev Fountain On Writing A Detective Novel About Fandom

"What are detectives but fans in their own way? People with a passionate interest in minutia?"

By Nev Fountain | July 29, 2024

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