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    X Marks the Spot: Literary Treasure Hunts

    X Marks the Spot: Literary Treasure Hunts

    Solve clues and find buried treasure in these classic puzzlers...

    By Erin Kelly | February 17, 2023

    Cozy Mysteries Set in Big Cities

    Cozy Mysteries Set in Big Cities

    In the search for cozy corners of the city, it's all about finding community.

    By Michelle Hillen Klump | February 17, 2023

    5 Crime Novels That Deepen Our Understanding of Collective Trauma

    5 Crime Novels That Deepen Our Understanding of Collective Trauma

    Set in the aftermath of national tragedy, these books help readers contextualize societal wounds even as they explore compelling mysteries

    By Frank Sennett | February 16, 2023

    Turnpike Noir

    Turnpike Noir

    "[I]t only makes sense that Garden State crime fiction will be a heterogenous mass of Soprano-style noir and thrillers as tense as the traffic heading into the Lincoln Tunnel"

    By Kimberly Giarratano | February 16, 2023

    Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Antiheroes

    Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Antiheroes

    These characters will stop at nothing to get what they want, and you can't help but root for them to do so...

    By Rachel Koller Croft | February 16, 2023

    The Best, Creepiest Old Houses in Fiction

    The Best, Creepiest Old Houses in Fiction

    Locked doors, secret passages, decrepit roofs, weird families, and so, so much more.

    By M.E. Hilliard | February 15, 2023

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    By Kathleen Kent | February 15, 2023

    Why Does the Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's Death Still Haunt Us?

    By Mark Dawidziak | February 14, 2023

    Why So Many Journalists Turn to Careers in Crime Fiction

    By Michael Robotham | February 14, 2023

    Spouses with Secrets

    Spouses with Secrets

    How are so many criminals able to trick the people closest to them?

    By Hank Phillippi Ryan | February 14, 2023

    The Monastery of the Mind

    The Monastery of the Mind

    William Kotzwinkle could never become a monk. So he created one in crime fiction instead.

    By William Kotzwinkle | February 14, 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 | February 13, 2023

    The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's

    The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"

    Fact meets fiction in Poe’s classic story of a murderer.

    By Dean Jobb | February 13, 2023

    Flowers as Weapons

    Flowers as Weapons

    "[T]here’s often a fine line between the beautiful and the dangerous..."

    By K. L. Cerra | February 13, 2023

    The Perils of the Work Trip—and Why It’s Thriller Gold

    The Perils of the Work Trip—and Why It’s Thriller Gold

    Lexie Elliott on taking her characters "somewhere unfamiliar and unnerving, somewhere they couldn’t easily escape from."

    By Lexie Elliott | February 13, 2023

    The Life and Legacy of James Ellroy

    The Life and Legacy of James Ellroy

    Steven Powell's new work on Ellroy is an ambitious biography and a fascinating glimpse into the mind of "the Demon Dog."

    By Andrew Nette | February 10, 2023

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