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Scary Times Call for Scary Reads

Scary Times Call for Scary Reads

When life gets tough, some readers look for books about ghosts, monsters, survival, and the terrifying unknown.

By Jennifer McMahon | April 7, 2021

The Night She Disappeared

The Night She Disappeared

Lisa Jewell

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 5, 2021

Ghosts and Narrators

Ghosts and Narrators

Sometimes, the best way to tell your story is through the voice of the dead.

By Jessica Hamilton | April 5, 2021

Eight Novels Featuring Twisted Medicine

Eight Novels Featuring Twisted Medicine

Medical Instruments, Institutions, and Professionals that Do Harm to Make Great Fiction

By Shelley Nolden | April 2, 2021

How to Read Mysteries While Recovering from the Patriarchy

How to Read Mysteries While Recovering from the Patriarchy

Melissa Febos was struggling to write a book about surviving American girlhood. Mystery fiction presented a solution.

By Melissa Febos | April 1, 2021

The Water Rituals

The Water Rituals

Eva Garcia Saenz, translated by Nick Caistor

By CrimeReads Excerpts | April 1, 2021

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The Joys of Evaluating Books on Whether Their Plot Twists Are Surprising, Shocking, or Just Plain Bonkers

By Catie Disabato | March 29, 2021

The Best New Books Out in Paperback This March

By CrimeReads | March 26, 2021

Hitchcock Presents: A Brief History of the Weird, Wild Hitchcock Shows That Once Dominated TV

By Keith Roysdon | March 24, 2021

Infidelity Thrillers: Seven Great Books Built Around Cheating Spouses and Affairs

Infidelity Thrillers: Seven Great Books Built Around Cheating Spouses and Affairs

Nothing raises the stakes like a spot of adultery.

By Peter Swanson | March 24, 2021

How the Dutch Practice of Blindfolding Teenagers and Leaving Them in the Woods Inspired One Expat Writer To Write a Thriller

How the Dutch Practice of Blindfolding Teenagers and Leaving Them in the Woods Inspired One Expat Writer To Write a Thriller

Nina Siegal lived in the Netherlands for fifteen years before she learned about the "droppings."

By Nina Siegal | March 23, 2021

The Coming-of-Age Thriller: Its Power and Poignance

The Coming-of-Age Thriller: Its Power and Poignance

Eight novels that explore what happens when the road to adulthood is paved with the stuff of nightmares

By Debbie Babitt | March 18, 2021

This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch <em>The Fugitive</em>

This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch The Fugitive

Most people don't realize that the beloved thriller is a "Saint Patrick's Day movie," or even what that means, but it is. Oh, it is.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 17, 2021

Gothic Fiction and the Deepest, Darkest Possibilities of Sibling Relationships

Gothic Fiction and the Deepest, Darkest Possibilities of Sibling Relationships

From Wilkie Collins and Henry James down to today's masters, these authors explore the intense space between siblings.

By Elizabeth Brooks | March 17, 2021

<em>Lolita</em> isn't a love story. It's a gothic horror novel.

Lolita isn't a love story. It's a gothic horror novel.

"Like Tom Ripley and Patrick Bateman—and Count Dracula and Hannibal Lecter—Humbert fascinates mainly because of the chasm between his sophisticated urbanity and his brutal rapaciousness."

By Christina Baker Kline | March 16, 2021

Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

In 1900, three lighthouse keepers disappeared from a post in the Outer Hebrides. It was a story Emma Stonex needed to tell.

By Emma Stonex | March 16, 2021

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