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Five Thrillers That Explore "Mean Girl" Culture

High school can be nasty, brutish, and not-too-short.

By Avery Bishop | October 19, 2020

Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime: <br>A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

The creators of the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast on the the tricky business of fictional murder.

By Layne Fargo | October 16, 2020

<em>The Westing Game</em> may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

The Westing Game may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

On remembrance, inheritance, and legacy in one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2020

Five Tips for Writing a Dual Narrative Mystery

Five Tips for Writing a Dual Narrative Mystery

Presenting readers with two timelines can be highly rewarding. But your craft needs to be sharp to pull it off.

By Heather Young | October 15, 2020

Kids and Thrillers and Their Freaky Powers

Kids and Thrillers and Their Freaky Powers

Because for some strange reason few things are more chilling than a child with a mysterious supernatural power.

By C.J. Tudor | October 14, 2020

Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The

Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The "Vengeful Bitch"

This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

By Unlikeable Female Characters | October 14, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

By Lisa Jewell | October 13, 2020

No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

By Chloe Maveal | October 12, 2020

Goodnight Beautiful

By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 12, 2020

Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

"The setting of a horror tale needs to create a sense of unheimlich, with the reader every bit as nervous...as the characters."

By C.J. Cooke | October 9, 2020

The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of <em>Freddy's Dead</em>

The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of Freddy's Dead

If horror exists to reinforce the status quo, then how did we end up rooting for Freddy?

By Paul Michael Anderson | October 9, 2020

The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

"The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."

By Lisa Unger | October 8, 2020

Memories of an Accidental Mystery Writer

Memories of an Accidental Mystery Writer

When Sherry Thomas added a little murder to her historical romances, she struck genre-mixing gold.

By Sherry Thomas | October 8, 2020

Elsewhere

Elsewhere

Dean Koontz

By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 8, 2020

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

Missing husbands, murdered trainers, and feminist revenge killers.

By Lisa Levy | October 7, 2020

Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

Thoroughly Modern Hauntings: How Ghost Stories Keep Finding New Ways to Scare Us

From The Ring to The Host, modern technology has only made horror stories scarier.

By Frazer Lee | October 7, 2020

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