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    Seven Characters You Love to Hate...Or Hate to Love

    Seven Characters You Love to Hate...Or Hate to Love

    Scandal, murder, cheating, backstabbing, and secrets...

    By Jaime Lynn Hendricks | June 3, 2022

    Shop Talk: Lisa Unger on Waking Up Early, Carving Out Time, and Writing Longhand in the Target Parking Lot

    Shop Talk: Lisa Unger on Waking Up Early, Carving Out Time, and Writing Longhand in the Target Parking Lot

    Crime writers talking routine, discipline, and what it takes to write a book every year.

    By Eli Cranor | June 2, 2022

    The Mystery of Subtext: An Appreciation

    The Mystery of Subtext: An Appreciation

    "[L]ook for the clues the author has left behind in the images and in the subtext..."

    By Susan Speranza | June 2, 2022

    Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

    Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

    "What is it about the concept of paradise that inspires dark fiction?"

    By Laura Griffin | June 1, 2022

    The Best New Crime Fiction of the Month: June 2022

    The Best New Crime Fiction of the Month: June 2022

    Featuring new books from John Vercher, Caroline Woods, Katie Gutierrez, and more.

    By CrimeReads | June 1, 2022

    True Crime Beyond the Genre

    True Crime Beyond the Genre

    These works engage with the tropes of true crime while questioning them.

    By Maria Adelmann | June 1, 2022

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    7 cozy series from the Southeast Coast

    By Alicia Bessette | June 1, 2022

    Your Guide to the Best New Shows Coming Out This Month

    By Dwyer Murphy | May 31, 2022

    A List of Feminist Thrillers

    By Nora Murphy | May 31, 2022

    Working on a Superyacht Changed Everything for Emma Bamford – And Inspired Her to Write a Thriller

    Working on a Superyacht Changed Everything for Emma Bamford – And Inspired Her to Write a Thriller

    Inside a new mystery set within the world of "cruisers"

    By Emma Bamford | May 31, 2022

    What Is It Like to Live in One of the Oldest Houses in America?

    What Is It Like to Live in One of the Oldest Houses in America?

    It may be haunted, but the ghosts are rather benign...

    By Glenn Cooper | May 31, 2022

    Crime Novels With a Strong Sense of Place and Inimitable Atmosphere

    Crime Novels With a Strong Sense of Place and Inimitable Atmosphere

    Matt Goldman on some contemporary classics that simply couldn't have been set anywhere else.

    By Matt Goldman | May 31, 2022

    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 | May 30, 2022

    The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: May 2022

    The Best Reviewed Crime Books of the Month: May 2022

    Featuring new books from Chris Bohjalian, Elizabeth Day, Mick Herron, and more.

    By CrimeReads | May 27, 2022

    Sarai Walker On Gothic Ghosts and Feminist Folk Tales

    Sarai Walker On Gothic Ghosts and Feminist Folk Tales

    "I definitely wanted to disrupt the idea of 'happily ever after...'"

    By Molly Odintz | May 27, 2022

    Writing Genre: Bending Stories that Integrate Romance, Fantasy, and Mystery

    Writing Genre: Bending Stories that Integrate Romance, Fantasy, and Mystery

    Lana Harper on blurring the boundaries between genres

    By Lana Harper | May 27, 2022

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