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Five Stories Featuring Bad Guys You Love to Root For

Five Stories Featuring Bad Guys You Love to Root For

"I love complicated, charismatic, devious, utterly compelling characters. The kind who keep you guessing..."

By Alex Hay | July 13, 2023

Larks and Katydids: On Hearing Inspiration From the Other Side

Larks and Katydids: On Hearing Inspiration From the Other Side

"The spirit of Shirley Jackson had far more important people to haunt than me. But maybe I was the only one listening."

By Candi Sary | July 13, 2023

14 YA Horror and Thrillers To Read This Summer (And Beyond)

14 YA Horror and Thrillers To Read This Summer (And Beyond)

Summer camp slashers, social justice thrillers, and a whole lot of dead influencers...

By Molly Odintz | July 12, 2023

10 of the Best Horror Novels to Read in the Summer Sun

10 of the Best Horror Novels to Read in the Summer Sun

Kate Collins on the special joys of reading deeply unsettling books in the summer months.

By Kate Collins | July 12, 2023

New England Noir: A Brief, Idiosyncratic History of a Literary Region

New England Noir: A Brief, Idiosyncratic History of a Literary Region

Dwyer Murphy on ten modern classics and an enduring question: what's your Dunkin' order?

By Dwyer Murphy | July 12, 2023

Crossing the Streams: Novels That Will Thrill and Chill!

Crossing the Streams: Novels That Will Thrill and Chill!

10 classic thriller stories with supernatural elements

By Philip Fracassi | July 12, 2023

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Hot Pursuit: The Brief Rise of 1970s Hixploitation Cinema

By Scott Von Doviak | July 11, 2023

Five Great Books from the Borderlands of Mystery, Horror, and the Psychological Thriller

By Scott Adlerberg | July 11, 2023

Over the Edge: Cliffs, Coasts and Liminal Spaces in Crime Fiction

By Sarah Hilary | July 11, 2023

Dying Onstage: Performance, Theater, and Deception in Classic Murder Mysteries

Dying Onstage: Performance, Theater, and Deception in Classic Murder Mysteries

Tom Mead surveys the long, passionate history of murder mysteries and the stage.

By Tom Mead | July 11, 2023

Armed to the Teeth: Healing Through Horror

Armed to the Teeth: Healing Through Horror

In searching for intimacy and authenticity, one author turned to the comforts of horror fiction.

By Liz Kerin | July 10, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | July 10, 2023

Honoring a Fictional Lineage of Women Detectives

Honoring a Fictional Lineage of Women Detectives

From Harriet the Spy, to Hornclaw, a look at six iconic female detectives.

By Ripley Jones | July 10, 2023

The Best Psychological Thrillers of July

The Best Psychological Thrillers of July

Sizzling suspense for the summer season

By Molly Odintz | July 7, 2023

The Hot Spot: The Making of a Sweaty Neo-Noir with a Soundtrack That Stands as an American Masterpiece

The Hot Spot: The Making of a Sweaty Neo-Noir with a Soundtrack That Stands as an American Masterpiece

Dennis Hopper had a vision for the 1990 film, and it involved Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and some strange movie magic.

By David Masciotra | July 7, 2023

The Aesthetics of Noir: Ed Brubaker on His Latest Crime Graphic Novel, 'Night Fever'

The Aesthetics of Noir: Ed Brubaker on His Latest Crime Graphic Novel, 'Night Fever'

The writer, once again pairing with longtime collaborators Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips, discusses his bizarre, mesmerizing new noir masterpiece

By Alex Segura | July 7, 2023

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