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Hank Phillippi Ryan Was Anchoring the Weekend News in Atlanta—That's When She Became a Target

Hank Phillippi Ryan Was Anchoring the Weekend News in Atlanta—That's When She Became a Target

The dark side of the spotlight

By Hank Phillippi Ryan | September 16, 2021

Women Crime Writers Discuss Violence, Women, and What Readers Will and Won't Accept

Women Crime Writers Discuss Violence, Women, and What Readers Will and Won't Accept

A roundtable discussion with Ivy Pochoda, Amy Gentry, Cynthia Pelayo, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Lisa Taddeo, and Lisa Levy.

By Lisa Levy | September 15, 2021

Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

"Books that grapple with visual art tend to be grappling with these very concepts, the culmination of which is, most often, mortality itself."

By Katie Lattari | September 15, 2021

A Reader’s Guide to Crime and Suspense Fiction on the River

A Reader’s Guide to Crime and Suspense Fiction on the River

Why some of crime fiction's best stories are set on rivers.

By Rebecca Hodge | September 14, 2021

Binge-Worthy Characters in Books and on the Screen

Binge-Worthy Characters in Books and on the Screen

How to create characters who will make a deep connection over a long-running series.

By Tori Eldridge | September 14, 2021

Finding Gothic Beauty and Danger on the California Coast

Finding Gothic Beauty and Danger on the California Coast

"Your mind plays tricks with you in the fog": why Big Sur is a natural setting for dark romance and supernatural happenings.

By Lindsay Marcott | September 10, 2021

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Six Great Novels with Mysterious Protagonists

By Christopher Swann | September 10, 2021

The 19th Century Women Who Wrote "Weird" Stories and Refused to Pigeonholed by Genre

By Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton | September 8, 2021

On the Enduring Appeal of the Marriage Thriller

By Alice Feeney | September 8, 2021

Rizzio

Rizzio

Denise Mina

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 7, 2021

The Dark Pleasures of School-Based Mysteries

The Dark Pleasures of School-Based Mysteries

Vera Kurian on the heady, dangerous world of the campus thriller.

By Vera Kurian | September 7, 2021

10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

Go behind the scenes in these tales of love, murder and revenge among the glitterati.

By Helen Walsh | September 7, 2021

Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

More than twenty years later, Jewell still resists making any firm plans for her novels.

By Daneet Steffens | September 7, 2021

A Tour of Florida's <br>Haunted Hotels

A Tour of Florida's
Haunted Hotels

Chasing Ghosts in the Sunshine State

By Carol J. Perry | September 2, 2021

Let’s All Be Final Girls

Let’s All Be Final Girls

Stephen Graham Jones on the evolution of the slasher film and its central figure—the final girl.

By Stephen Graham Jones | August 31, 2021

8 Thrillers about Women Breaking Free, Losing Control, and Taking Charge

8 Thrillers about Women Breaking Free, Losing Control, and Taking Charge

In an age of strong female characters, these novels track their protagonists' journeys towards empowerment.

By Jaye Viner | August 31, 2021

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