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Why Military Stories Matter

Why Military Stories Matter

Andrews & Wilson on the responsibility they feel in writing military thrillers.

By Andrews and Wilson | July 21, 2025

Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some New Books

Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some New Books

Featuring new novels from Michael Farris Smith, Katia Lief, Carl Hiaasen, Rob Hart, and more.

By Gabino Iglesias | July 18, 2025

Dark Books for Long Summer Days

Dark Books for Long Summer Days

Sara Ochs on dark books that are perfect to balance out the cheeriness of summer.

By Sara Ochs | July 18, 2025

Jo Piazza on the Power of

Jo Piazza on the Power of "Unlikeable Women"

A celebration of the "messy and complicated and murderous."

By Jo Piazza | July 18, 2025

Lina Chern On the Real Life Detective Story That Haunts Her Still

Lina Chern On the Real Life Detective Story That Haunts Her Still

When a long-serving police officer died, he was lauded as a hero. The truth was far darker.

By Lina Chern | July 17, 2025

Four Novels That Twist the Slasher Model Into Something Darker and More Personal

Four Novels That Twist the Slasher Model Into Something Darker and More Personal

Daphne Woolsoncroft on dread and violence.

By Daphne Woolsoncroft | July 17, 2025

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The JFK Assassination: An Enduring American Mystery

By Terrence McCauley | July 17, 2025

Why Marriage Is the Perfect Crime Scene: The Rise of Domestic Suspense

By A.R. Torre | July 16, 2025

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in Buckingham Palace

By Daniel O'Malley | July 16, 2025

Essential Reading for the Bigfoot-Curious

Essential Reading for the Bigfoot-Curious

5 books to broaden your Sasquatch knowledge (whether you believe or not)

By Giano Cromley | July 16, 2025

How a Handyman Visit Pushed One Author Closer to a World of Paranoia and Conspiracy Theories

How a Handyman Visit Pushed One Author Closer to a World of Paranoia and Conspiracy Theories

Nicci Cloke needed a treadmill repaired. In the end, she found her new thriller.

By Nicci Cloke | July 16, 2025

Polly Stewart: Why I Had to Write About Modern-Day Moonshiners

Polly Stewart: Why I Had to Write About Modern-Day Moonshiners

"Very few people I met seemed to realize that when the rest of the country stopped making and drinking moonshine, Appalachia kept right on."

By Polly Stewart | July 15, 2025

One Morning in Auckland

One Morning in Auckland

A glimpse of the city, through the eyes of Hana Westerman, the main character in Michael Bennett's New Zealand-set crime series.

By Michael Bennett | July 15, 2025

It Could Be Any One of Us: The Top 10 Closed-Circle Mysteries

It Could Be Any One of Us: The Top 10 Closed-Circle Mysteries

Tom Mead on the very best of these intricately plotted murder mysteries.

By Tom Mead | July 15, 2025

Sarah Hornsley on Assault and the Trauma of Silence

Sarah Hornsley on Assault and the Trauma of Silence

"[T]here was nothing lonelier than people knowing what had happened . . . but acting like they didn’t."

By Sarah Hornsley | July 15, 2025

American Carnage: Hammett's Red Harvest and Mass Violence in the United States

American Carnage: Hammett's Red Harvest and Mass Violence in the United States

"The intensity of the mass violence which afflicted the United States in the years following World War One is truly remarkable"

By Curtis Evans | July 14, 2025

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