• Genres

    The Freudian Gothic Fiction of Ira Levin

    "Behind the terse style, there is a poetry to the ironies of Levin’s plots, and there is a brutality that emerges from his intricate imagination."

    September 15, 2023  By James Reich
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    Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place, and the Birth of the Modern Serial Killer Novel

    Hughes' masterpiece was fresh, feminist, and ahead of its time.
    It's also extraordinarily chilling.

    September 15, 2023  By Laura Picklesimer
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    The Dark Humor of Millennial Crime Capers

    30-somethings can laugh in the face of anything—including death.

    September 14, 2023  By Alice Bell
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    5 International Action Thrillers from Afghanistan to Shanghai

    Tori Eldridge on Ninja, Assassins, Military, Triads, and Spies

    September 14, 2023  By Tori Eldridge
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    When is a Character’s Dishonesty Justified?

    "[W]hen is it ethical...for characters to do a great right, by doing a little wrong?"

    September 14, 2023  By R. J. Jacobs
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    (Un)Safe Harbor: Thrillers Set in Remote Island Locations

    These novels use their beautiful, wild, windswept settings to build suspense.

    September 14, 2023  By Anna Porter
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    An Appreciation of Gardening Detectives

    From Wilkie Collins to the present day, crime writers have often crafted "horticulturally inclined" sleuths.

    September 13, 2023  By Marta McDowell
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    Cozy Mysteries with Furry Sidekicks

    Holly Danvers explains a proud cozy mystery tradition...and why she wrote her neighbor, the Siberian Husky, into her latest novel.

    September 13, 2023  By Holly Danvers
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    7 Crime Novels Set in Sin City

    Explore Las Vegas with these delightfully seedy thrillers.

    September 13, 2023  By Robert Swartwood
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    Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller

    On Marrying Life-or-Death Stakes with the Trials of Suburbia

    September 13, 2023  By Lee Kelly
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