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    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

    Missing husbands, murdered trainers, and feminist revenge killers.

    By Lisa Levy | October 7, 2020

    Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

    Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

    From The Ring to The Host, modern technology has only made horror stories scarier.

    By Frazer Lee | October 7, 2020

    Romy Hausmann's Top Five German Thrillers

    Romy Hausmann's Top Five German Thrillers

    Central European authors are reinventing the crime genre.

    By Romy Hausmann | October 7, 2020

    The Nightworkers

    The Nightworkers

    Brian Selfon

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 7, 2020

    The Searcher

    The Searcher

    Tana French

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 6, 2020

    Meet Catherine Louisa Pirkis, creator of the 19th century's most progressive lady detective character

    Meet Catherine Louisa Pirkis, creator of the 19th century's most progressive lady detective character

    Her protagonist, Loveday Brooke, was an anomaly amid the Victorian lady detective literary craze, for many reasons—including simply for having been created by a woman.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 6, 2020

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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

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    Gillian Flynn on Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, and Adding

    Gillian Flynn on Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, and Adding "Showrunner" to Her Resume

    The novelist takes on a new challenge as the creator of the sci-fi thriller series, Utopia.

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    Walking the Hybrid Tightrope with Romantic Suspense

    Walking the Hybrid Tightrope with Romantic Suspense

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    Houdini, Escapist Fiction and The Role of Art

    Houdini, Escapist Fiction and The Role of Art

    Why do some draw a line between literary art and escapist fiction?

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    The Sicilian Method

    The Sicilian Method

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    The Farm

    The Farm

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    Why Most Con Artist Stories Are Also About Social Class

    Why Most Con Artist Stories Are Also About Social Class

    "Are we more likely to excuse fraud—or enjoy depictions of it—committed in the name of 'the finer things in life'?"

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