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Seven Books That Will Help Teach You How to Write a Crime Novel
An education in crime, one book at a time.
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Elaine Murphy
| July 14, 2021
Katie Crouch on Expats, Embassy Circles, and the Mysterious Life of the "Trailing Spouse"
The author discusses her new Namibia-set novel,
Embassy Wife
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Miriam Parker
| July 14, 2021
When Gothic Goes to the Suburbs
Today's psychological thriller authors bring a legacy of gothic fiction into the suburban idyll.
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Megan Miranda
| July 14, 2021
On Haunted Childhoods, 80s Poltergeists, and the Rage of Female Adolescence
"I feel drawn to these girls’ stories because their suffering is so clear—and because I believe the line between real and fake is fuzzy when it comes to adolescent emotions."
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Emily Arsenault
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Great Books That Are Secretly Science Fiction
"This is science-fiction at its best, because lurking in the background is a conceit that changes everything."
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Max Barry
| July 13, 2021
In 1970s America, Bizarre TV Movie Thrillers Were All the Rage
Terror, horror and noir: they came from the small screen...
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Keith Roysdon
| July 12, 2021
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Amnesia in Literature and Film
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Liv Constantine
| July 9, 2021
Charlotte Philby Remembers Her Paradoxical Grandfather, Kim Philby
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Charlotte Philby
| July 8, 2021
In True Crime, We Find a Deep, Elusive Connection
The best true crime is an invitation to believe that our opinions and our empathy matter.
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Jessica Chiarella
| July 8, 2021
The Most Murdered Woman in the World
How an early form of true crime set the stage for Paula Maxa, the original scream queen.
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April Snellings
| July 7, 2021
The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News
To achieve her dream, T.J. Newman first had to cope with the bad news, again and again.
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T.J. Newman
| July 6, 2021
7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture "The Oddness of the Moment in Question"
Will these protagonists succumb to the rigid spaces of adulthood, or rebel and find a path all their own?
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Rachel Donohue
| July 6, 2021
The Sequelae: A Mother's Trauma and the Discovery of a Forgotten Magdalen Refuge in Manhattan
Carol Goodman found inspiration in her mother's New York story.
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Carol Goodman
| July 5, 2021
Five Great Movies Based on Patricia Highsmith Books (That Aren't the Ripley Adaptations)
New wave cinema is full of interesting Highsmith adaptations you may have missed.
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Tanner Tafelski
| July 1, 2021
What Makes The Suburbs So Terrifying?
On The New Golden Age of Suburban Noir
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Aggie Blum Thompson
| July 1, 2021
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