A Reading List of Mother’s Worst Nightmares

A Reading List of Mother’s Worst Nightmares

From Abducted Toddlers to Absent Teens, These Thrillers Expose Our Unspoken Anxieties

By Andromeda Romano-Lax | May 13, 2024

The Surprising Joys of Working In a Half-Way House for Ex-Offenders

The Surprising Joys of Working In a Half-Way House for Ex-Offenders

"I had found myself. Social work was my job. Edinburgh was my city. Writing was my hobby."

By Helen Fitzgerald | May 13, 2024

5 Mysteries and Thrillers That Will Make You Laugh

5 Mysteries and Thrillers That Will Make You Laugh

Kate Weston on the distinct pleasures of a funny murder mystery.

By Kate Weston | May 13, 2024

Elle Marr on Mining Personal Experiences for Writing Inspiration

Elle Marr on Mining Personal Experiences for Writing Inspiration

As a child, Marr survived a plane crash. But can she write about it now?

By Elle Marr | May 10, 2024

Who Am I?

Who Am I?

Terry Wolverton on craft, crime novels, and identity

By Terry Wolverton | May 10, 2024

Don’t Make Graves: The Essential Harlem Detectives

Don’t Make Graves: The Essential Harlem Detectives

Bruce Riordan looks at the legacy of Chester Himes and a new edition of his most enduring work.

By Bruce Riordan | May 9, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Luna, Phoenix, Queen
  • Music Against the Night
  • Peck & Peck
  • The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
  • The End of Everything
  • Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science
  • American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs
  • Solace House
  • On Another Planet They Can Save Me
  • Reds: A Global History of Communism

Six Books Featuring Killer Women

By Julie Mae Cohen | May 9, 2024

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

By Elka Ray | May 9, 2024

The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2024

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

Five Novels to Transport You to Wild Worlds This Summer

Five Novels to Transport You to Wild Worlds This Summer

On feral domesticity, sublime wilderness, and coming of age

By Stephen Hundley | May 7, 2024

Why Trains Make the Perfect Thriller and Mystery Setting

Why Trains Make the Perfect Thriller and Mystery Setting

Murder and mayhem aboard the Orient Express

By Debbie Babitt | May 7, 2024

Los Angeles as Setting and Character

Los Angeles as Setting and Character

Marjorie McCown on her career as a Hollywood costume designer and how it led her to write mysteries in her adopted home city..

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

Page 106 of 414

  • Support Us!

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member