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Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why <em>Rear Window</em> Remains the Director's Definitive Film

Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why Rear Window Remains the Director's Definitive Film

Hitchcock was a master of obsessive looking and daydreamed about filming acts of sexual voyeurism. In Rear Window, he found a new vision.

By Edward White | April 13, 2021

The Internet Is the New Panopticon: Suspense in the Age of Digital Surveillance

The Internet Is the New Panopticon: Suspense in the Age of Digital Surveillance

Self-policing when you don't know if someone's watching isn't new. But the diffuse nature of modern internet surveillance is.

By A. E. Osworth | April 13, 2021

"High Mountains Suffocate Me": On The Dizzying Allure of Alpine Mysteries

From Mary Shelley to Ruth Ware, the Alps have always been the perfect setting for chilling fiction.

By Danielle Trussoni | April 13, 2021

The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral

The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral

M.L. Longworth

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 13, 2021

Your Inner Hedgehog

Your Inner Hedgehog

Alexander McCall Smith

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 12, 2021

What Happened to the Actors Who Were Performing the Night Lincoln Was Shot?

What Happened to the Actors Who Were Performing the Night Lincoln Was Shot?

For the actors performing at Ford's Theatre that night, the assassination was an act that would haunt them for decades.

By Mariah Fredericks | April 12, 2021

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Six Novels Featuring Adoptions Gone Awry

By R.J. Hoffman | April 12, 2021

Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s

By Peter Handel | April 9, 2021

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month

By Lisa Levy | April 9, 2021

The Women of the OSS:<br> On The Pioneering American Spies of WWII

The Women of the OSS:
On The Pioneering American Spies of WWII

35% of those serving in the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, were women, and yet their stories have only begun to be told.

By Jane Healey | April 9, 2021

Why Traveling Through Fiction Is a Form of Ecotourism

Why Traveling Through Fiction Is a Form of Ecotourism

Nine International Novels to Offset Your Carbon Footprint

By Jeffrey Siger | April 9, 2021

Lord of Order

Lord of Order

Brett Riley

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 9, 2021

The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

Once you eliminate the least compelling Sherlock Holmes performances, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the best.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2021

The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

"Perhaps we prefer to believe that the girls and women of the IRA and other radical groups were somehow tricked into joining, that they were naïve, that a man was somewhere in the background pulling the strings."

By Flynn Berry | April 8, 2021

How to Balance Worldbuilding and Action in Your Novel

How to Balance Worldbuilding and Action in Your Novel

"Worldbuilding without action is boring, and action without worldbuilding is confusing."

By Dan Stout | April 7, 2021

Characters That Are So Bad, They're Great

Characters That Are So Bad, They're Great

"I love writing the colder, crueller beings."

By Adele Parks | April 7, 2021

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