The Best Young Adult Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Novels of 2023

The Best Young Adult Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Novels of 2023

Locked-room escapades, heavy-hitting social justice noirs, and plenty of high-concept horror

By Molly Odintz | December 12, 2023

Historical Mysteries Set in Early America

Historical Mysteries Set in Early America

Other eras get the glamour, but early America was full of intrigue, and these novelists have taken great advantage.

By Mollie Ann Cox | December 12, 2023

Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer's Dilemma

Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer's Dilemma

Whether your story is set in the urban northeast or a western wilderness, the question still arises.

By Claire Kells | December 12, 2023

Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful Places

Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful Places

"This tantalizing juxtaposition makes for thrilling, nail-biting tension"

By Annelise Ryan | December 11, 2023

'UNSUB' Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime Procedurals

'UNSUB' Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime Procedurals

A look back at a pioneering ‘scientific’ investigative show

By Keith Roysdon | December 11, 2023

Mystical Threads: Spirit Mediums and Psychics in Crime and Suspense Fiction

Mystical Threads: Spirit Mediums and Psychics in Crime and Suspense Fiction

"It’s no surprise there are plenty of great books out there that feature mediums and the mysteries of the spirit world."

By M. M. DeLuca | December 8, 2023

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A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading List 

By Ally Wilkes | December 8, 2023

Dark Academia: YA Edition

By Cynthia Murphy | December 8, 2023

The Best Crime Novels of 2023

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

Cats and Cozies, Cozies and Cats

Cats and Cozies, Cozies and Cats

Allison Brook on the best relationship in mystery.

By Allison Brook | December 6, 2023

Stephen Spotswood On

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

To write crime fiction about gay life in the 1950 is to write noir. But celebrating love is just as essential.

By Stephen Spotswood | December 5, 2023

Sinking Into the Gothic Gloom: My Favourite Works 

Sinking Into the Gothic Gloom: My Favourite Works 

Gemma Amor on the comforts of a genre where past is always intruding on the present.

By Gemma Amor | December 5, 2023

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