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How Layers of History Add a Rich Flavor to Contemporary Mysteries

How Layers of History Add a Rich Flavor to Contemporary Mysteries

Celebrating "the secrets old walls hide"

By Leslie Budewitz | July 20, 2023

On Asylums, Mental Illness, and Controlling Women's Emotions

On Asylums, Mental Illness, and Controlling Women's Emotions

Jennifer Cody Epstein on an infamous 19th century asylum and its exploitative director.

By Jennifer Cody Epstein | July 19, 2023

Masculinity, Queerness, and Hope in Crime Fiction

Masculinity, Queerness, and Hope in Crime Fiction

Nihilism is a tool of the status quo. We need to embrace hope for a path towards change.

By Ben Crane | July 19, 2023

7 Crime Books Featuring Special Events Going Off the Rails

7 Crime Books Featuring Special Events Going Off the Rails

"There’s something quite sinister and devilishly fun when a celebration turns calamitous."

By Jamie Day | July 19, 2023

The Nuclear “What-If” Option<br> in Fiction

The Nuclear “What-If” Option
in Fiction

Why Stories About Nukes, Espionage, and the End of the World Terrify and Excite Us

By Bruce Borgos | July 19, 2023

I'd Rather Commit A Murder Than Write One

I'd Rather Commit A Murder Than Write One

Liz Nugent on hating writing, and loving having written.

By Liz Nugent | July 18, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

9 Unforgettable Novels About Protagonists Returning Home

By Sara Flannery Murphy | July 18, 2023

Giving a Detective Series New Life

By John Verdon | July 18, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | July 17, 2023

8 Unforgettable Thrillers with Beach Settings

8 Unforgettable Thrillers with Beach Settings

Allie Reynolds on her first time surfing, and why the beach will always elevate a story's suspense.

By Allie Reynolds | July 17, 2023

Meagan Lucas's Dark New Fiction:

Meagan Lucas's Dark New Fiction: "I Was Tired of Hiding the Ugly"

The author of 'Here in the Dark' and 'Songbirds and Stray Dogs' in conversation with Steph Post

By Steph Post | July 17, 2023

Cool Down With Some Scorching Thrillers

Cool Down With Some Scorching Thrillers

May Cobb recommends 4 scintillating works of suspense to beat the heat

By May Cobb | July 17, 2023

The Murder Case in <em>Arden Of Faversham</em>, the Greatest Shakespearean-Era Play You've Never Heard Of

The Murder Case in Arden Of Faversham, the Greatest Shakespearean-Era Play You've Never Heard Of

Renowned theater scholar Amnon Kabatchnik on the sixteenth century courtroom drama that is the first surviving play about a real murder.

By Amnon Kabatchnik | July 14, 2023

John Milas On Writing A Haunted House Novel Set During Wartime

John Milas On Writing A Haunted House Novel Set During Wartime

"I had re-haunted myself. But still, I thought, if I finished the book, maybe I would be releasing a burden that had become a demon."

By John Milas | July 14, 2023

In Praise of the Crafty Hortense Mancini

In Praise of the Crafty Hortense Mancini

"[S]candalous, outrageous, and transgressive...No amount of designing could surpass her."

By Robert Lloyd | July 14, 2023

The Most Haunted Movies in Hollywood History

The Most Haunted Movies in Hollywood History

Josh Winning on haunted film sets, cursed productions, and a different kind of Hollywood myth-making.

By Josh Winning | July 13, 2023

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