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Dark Academia: YA Edition

Dark Academia: YA Edition

A look at four thrillers set in prep schools, boarding schools, and other elite institutions

By Cynthia Murphy | December 8, 2023

The Best Crime Novels of 2023

The Best Crime Novels of 2023

A tour through the year's best new fiction in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | December 7, 2023

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era "Sin Strip"

Richard John Parfitt considers the intersections of trauma, geography, and storytelling

By Richard John Parfitt | December 7, 2023

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Darby Kane explains why "a fancy vacation with old friends at a secluded location is a recipe for death."

By Darby Kane | December 7, 2023

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

Finley Turner on thrillers, narrative, and what it really means to be unreliable.

By Finley Turner | December 7, 2023

The Enduring Appeal of Murder and Mystery: A Brief History

The Enduring Appeal of Murder and Mystery: A Brief History

Michael Sims on the many comforts of crime stories, then and now.

By Michael Sims | December 6, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Cats and Cozies, Cozies and Cats

By Allison Brook | December 6, 2023

Stephen Spotswood On "Queering the Narrative of the Golden Age of America"

By Stephen Spotswood | December 5, 2023

Sinking Into the Gothic Gloom: My Favourite Works

By Gemma Amor | December 5, 2023

The Mystery of Real Estate Porn

The Mystery of Real Estate Porn

How the New York City real estate market feeds off corruption–and gives one author her inspiration.

By S.J. Rozan | December 5, 2023

Femi Kayode Considers Groups, Belief Systems, and the Village of Readers

Femi Kayode Considers Groups, Belief Systems, and the Village of Readers

"I believe fiction can change the world by illustrating the danger of allowing mass think to overtake our individual decision making."

By Femi Kayode | December 5, 2023

Crime and the City: Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

Crime and the City: Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

Exploring the crime fiction of a rough and tumble Navy town and the nearby island retreat.

By Paul French | December 4, 2023

<em>The Mysterious Mr. Badman</em> Is A Masterpiece of Macabre Humor

The Mysterious Mr. Badman Is A Masterpiece of Macabre Humor

Martin Edwards restores a long-forgotten crime novel to the prominence it deserves

By Martin Edwards | December 4, 2023

Troubled Teens in Crime Fiction

Troubled Teens in Crime Fiction

Five novels featuring teenage protagonists with complex relationships to the world around them

By Tessa Wegert | December 4, 2023

60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

Paul Vidich and Joseph Kanon investigate the legacy of John le Carré's groundbreaking novel.

By Paul Vidich | December 1, 2023

Shop Talk: Michael Farris Smith on Learning the Habit of Writing

Shop Talk: Michael Farris Smith on Learning the Habit of Writing

Crime writers talk craft, raising kids, and working without a net.

By Eli Cranor | December 1, 2023

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