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Queer Horror: YA Edition!

Queer Horror: YA Edition!

Jill Baguchinsky recommends 7 great young adult horror novels featuring queer themes and characters

By Jill Baguchinsky | July 25, 2024

The Literature of Obsession, Addiction, and Disease

The Literature of Obsession, Addiction, and Disease

These novels use mental and physical illness and unhealthy behavior to explore the larger toxicity of society itself

By Michael Seidlinger | July 25, 2024

We Need More Crime Fiction By Defense Attorneys

We Need More Crime Fiction By Defense Attorneys

"[W]hat defenders do is slow, patient, grinding, and infected with uncertainty. We don’t have the whole story, and we never will."

By Joshua Perry | July 25, 2024

6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

Heather Chavez looks at stories told from the perspectives of wildfires, security cameras, animals, and more

By Heather Chavez | July 24, 2024

Mysteries in the Mile High City

Mysteries in the Mile High City

Robert Justice on crime novels set in his hometown of Denver, Colorado.

By Robert Justice | July 24, 2024

Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

"[M]etafiction is a great tool for encouraging readers to question everything."

By Lisa Kusel | July 24, 2024

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Peng Shepherd On Writing A Choose-You-Own-Adventure Speculative Mystery

By Peng Shepherd | July 23, 2024

Ace Atkins On Writing A Crime Novel Steeped in the Blues

By Ace Atkins | July 23, 2024

Unmasking the ’Ndrangheta,
the Most Powerful Crime Syndicate You’ve Never Heard Of

By Juliet Grames | July 23, 2024

Unravelling the Mystery of Agatha Christie’s Country Retreat

Unravelling the Mystery of Agatha Christie’s Country Retreat

Christie called it "the loveliest place in the world.”

By Dean Jobb | July 22, 2024

Out of the Ashes: Meg Gardiner on Deadlines, Drama and Deviant Psychology

Out of the Ashes: Meg Gardiner on Deadlines, Drama and Deviant Psychology

After collaborating with Michael Mann on 'Heat 2', the author is back with a new installment in her UNSUB series.

By John B. Valeri | July 22, 2024

Is History Only For Historical Novels?

Is History Only For Historical Novels?

Five ways to use the past in contemporary crime fiction.

By Connie Berry | July 22, 2024

Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

"Memory and perception are slippery things, and become all the more so when filtered back through the limitations of language."

By Sarah Easter Collins | July 19, 2024

8 Thrillers and Horror Novels Set at Terrible Summer Camps

8 Thrillers and Horror Novels Set at Terrible Summer Camps

These books will have you sending a postcard to your parents begging to come home early...

By Molly Odintz | July 19, 2024

The Critic Did It: Howard Spring Takes on The Detection Club

The Critic Did It: Howard Spring Takes on The Detection Club

When he included spoilers in one of his columns, Spring earned the enmity of an entire generation of crime novelists

By Curtis Evans | July 19, 2024

The Rise of the Feminist Caper: A Reading List

The Rise of the Feminist Caper: A Reading List

"Capers—especially the feminist variety—have seen a boost in popularity in past years."

By Tess Amy | July 18, 2024

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