The Best Crime Novels of the Year: 2022
Celebrating the year's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.
By CrimeReads | December 8, 2022
Beyond "Lord of the Flies": On The New Wave of Feminist Survival Thrillers
"In a world where women are facing devastating threats to their rights, freedoms and bodily autonomy, it is not difficult to see why the allegory of fighting for our very survival remains powerful."
By Laura Bates | December 8, 2022
Killing Them Softly: Getting Away With Murder in Cozy Mysteries
Andrew Shaffer learns the craft of writing a cozy mystery.
By Andrew Shaffer | December 8, 2022
New England: The Perfect Setting for Murder and Mayhem
By Terri Parlato | December 7, 2022
Thrilled and Intrigued: An Appreciation of Classic British Thrillers
By Dominic Martell | December 7, 2022
Four Atmospheric Thrillers With Unexpected Settings
By Tessa Wegert | December 6, 2022
On Frankenstein, Polar Exploration, and the Stark Choices of Survival
Polar exploration is the perfect setting to explore ambiguity, storytelling, and lack of resolution.
By Henriette Lazaridis | December 6, 2022
Kaira Rouda and Kimberly Belle on Writing Relationship Thrillers
Or, two happily married authors interview each other about writing dark thrillers centered around relationships.
By Kaira Rouda and Kimberly Belle | December 6, 2022
Martin Edwards on Murder in the Basement, A Pioneering Work of Suspense
Murder in the Basement, and so is his flair for taking the genre in new directions."">"Berkeley’s cynicism and love of irony are much in evidence in Murder in the Basement, and so is his flair for taking the genre in new directions."
By Martin Edwards | December 6, 2022
