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    The End as the Beginning: Alex Segura on his Continuing Adventures in Comic Book Noir

    Segura's new book, 'Alter Ego', adds a new chapter to the story of the Legendary Lynx.

    December 5, 2024  By John B. Valeri
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    The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2024

    Gaslighters, doppelgangers, and all manner of grifters

    December 5, 2024  By Molly Odintz
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    Embracing the Mystery of the Gothic

    "Gothic is timeless, and because of that, it’s strangely comforting in our present age."

    December 5, 2024  By Jess Armstrong
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    Is Suspense the Enemy of Realism?

    "[T]he more success a writer enjoys in conjuring suspense...the less likely the story will exist in the realm of the real."

    December 5, 2024  By John Brandon
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    Pip Drysdale:
    My Stalker, My Novel

    The musician-turned-author recalls the harrowing real-life inspiration for her new psychological thriller

    December 4, 2024  By Pip Drysdale
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    Why I Killed Someone I Once Knew (In Fiction)

    Daniel Aleman on literary catharsis.

    December 4, 2024  By Daniel Aleman
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    Enough with Manhattan: Crime Fiction Set in The Other Four Boroughs

    Michael Sears highlights some of New York City's many outer-borough-set crime books

    December 4, 2024  By Michael Sears
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    Locked In

    Jussi Adler-Olsen, Translated by Caroline Waight

    "He knew for a fact that any naïve remnant of a sense of justice he might have had would vanish the moment the heavy door slammed behind him with its irrevocable click."

    December 4, 2024  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Adam Hamdy on Antiheroes We Hate to Love

    "Are we fascinated by the distortion? Do we secretly yearn to be free of the morality that constrains our decisions?"

    December 3, 2024  By Adam Hamdy
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    Understanding the Detective Novel as a Workplace Novel

    "[T]he detectives we read about don’t just do their job, they are deeply invested in it."

    December 3, 2024  By Jane Pek
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