Six Books Featuring Killer Women

Six Books Featuring Killer Women

Celebrating the rise of the "one-woman crusade to take down the patriarchy"

By Julie Mae Cohen | May 9, 2024

Are You A Good Enough Friend To Hide a Dead Body?

Are You A Good Enough Friend To Hide a Dead Body?

Elka Ray on the question that drives all friendship thrillers

By Elka Ray | May 9, 2024

The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2024

The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2024

Haunted houses in Spain, rebellious women in Italy, and sharp social criticism from France

By Molly Odintz | May 9, 2024

Abir Mukherjee on Writing a Conspiracy Thriller

Abir Mukherjee on Writing a Conspiracy Thriller "From a Position of Anger"

Conspiracy, manipulation, misplaced patriotism and bombs: Chasing America’s dark side in 'Hunted' 

By Nancie Clare | May 8, 2024

My Life and Times with Clive Cussler

My Life and Times with Clive Cussler

Jack DuBrul looks back on collaborating with a legendary writer

By Jack Du Brul | May 8, 2024

Eight of the Greatest Campus Novels Ever Written

Eight of the Greatest Campus Novels Ever Written

Elise Juska on the canon of cloistered, dramatic, often quite disturbing literature.

By Elise Juska | May 8, 2024

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Five Novels to Transport You to Wild Worlds This Summer

By Stephen Hundley | May 7, 2024

Why Trains Make the Perfect Thriller and Mystery Setting

By Debbie Babitt | May 7, 2024

Los Angeles as Setting and Character

By Marjorie McCown | May 7, 2024

The Damsel in the Mirror: Thrillers Where the Heroine Saves Herself 

The Damsel in the Mirror: Thrillers Where the Heroine Saves Herself 

Sarina Bowen on the new wave of domestic thrillers

By Sarina Bowen | May 7, 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2024

Violent storms, frustrated therapists, bad dates, and terrible corporate retreats

By Molly Odintz | May 6, 2024

Morally Ambiguous Antiheroes in Mysteries and Thrillers

Morally Ambiguous Antiheroes in Mysteries and Thrillers

Mailan Doquang on protagonists who thrill us with their moral complexity.

By Mailan Doquang | May 6, 2024

Alaska's Long History of Serial Killers

Alaska's Long History of Serial Killers

Kerri Hakoda on Killers of the Midnight Sun

By Kerri Hakoda | May 3, 2024

A Host of New YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Fiction

A Host of New YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Fiction

Young adult takes on classic tropes continue to be some of the most creative avenues of exploration in genre fiction

By Molly Odintz | May 3, 2024

Monster Moms: Finding My Way Back to Horror

Monster Moms: Finding My Way Back to Horror

Katie M. Flynn looks to cinematic terrors for a complex portrait of motherhood

By Katie M. Flynn | May 3, 2024

Exploring Diverse Representation of Women in Historical Mysteries

Exploring Diverse Representation of Women in Historical Mysteries

Ava January on the powerful women taking over historical fiction.

By Ava January | May 2, 2024

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