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    5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

    5 Debut Novels You Should Read This November

    The month's best debuts in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | November 20, 2020

    The Night of the Fire

    The Night of the Fire

    Kjell Eriksen

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 20, 2020

    Eartheater

    Eartheater

    Dolores Reyes

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 19, 2020

    Why Writing About Cults—and People Who Join Them—Is Never Easy

    Why Writing About Cults—and People Who Join Them—Is Never Easy

    40 years after Jonestown, an author reflects on the empathy gap between those who joined, and those who think they never would.

    By Courtney Summers | November 18, 2020

    Five Books About Women Fighting Their Way Out

    Five Books About Women Fighting Their Way Out

    Survival, ingenuity, and even some vengeance.

    By James S. Murray | November 18, 2020

    Five Great Psychological Thrillers Set in Isolated Places

    Five Great Psychological Thrillers Set in Isolated Places

    Snowy mountain resorts, country estates, and abandoned hotels all help turn up the suspense.

    By Claire Douglas | November 17, 2020

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    • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
    • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
    • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
    • The Rouse

    The Other Emily

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 16, 2020

    The Most Unusual Murder Weapons in Crime Fiction

    By Lynne Truss | November 12, 2020

    Writing Outside Representation

    By E.A. Aymar | November 12, 2020

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read in November

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read in November

    Blackmail, revenge, warring families, and more in this month's best psychological thrillers

    By Lisa Levy | November 12, 2020

    Prefecture D

    Prefecture D

    Hideo Yokoyama

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 12, 2020

    Women and Crime Writing: We’ve Always Been Detectives

    Women and Crime Writing: We’ve Always Been Detectives

    Psychological thrillers and true crime stories may be booming with women now, but it's part of a centuries-old trend.

    By Emily Schultz | November 9, 2020

    How Romance Heightens Gothic Thrillers

    How Romance Heightens Gothic Thrillers

    Romantic suspense writer Lisa Harris has plenty of tips for seamlessly blending romance into your thrillers.

    By Lisa Harris | November 9, 2020

    Why Narrative Structure Is One of the Crime Writer's Most Valuable Tools

    Why Narrative Structure Is One of the Crime Writer's Most Valuable Tools

    When it comes to suspense, it's all about perspective and structure.

    By Sara Foster | November 7, 2020

    6 Books Featuring Dark Anti-Heroines Who Test the Limits of Morality

    6 Books Featuring Dark Anti-Heroines Who Test the Limits of Morality

    Who needs a traditional hero when you can have all that tortured, selfish, maybe fundamentally immoral striving?

    By Susie Yang | November 4, 2020

    A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

    A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

    Sometimes the line between serial killer and avenging crusader is perilously thin.

    By Layne Fargo | November 4, 2020

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