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    Double Agent

    Double Agent

    Tom Bradby

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 2, 2020

    "The Unhaunting"

    Kevin Nguyen

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 30, 2020

    Which Scary Books Should You Pair With Scary Movies This Halloween Weekend?

    Which Scary Books Should You Pair With Scary Movies This Halloween Weekend?

    Double features for this year's stay-at-home hermit's Halloween.

    By Rachel Harrison | October 30, 2020

    The CrimeReads Halloween 2020 Movie Guide

    The CrimeReads Halloween 2020 Movie Guide

    Trick-or-Treat-ing may be off, this year, but we've rounded up some Halloween classics to weather the chilly October nights

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 30, 2020

    <em>Arsenic and Old Lace</em>, Frank Capra's

    Arsenic and Old Lace, Frank Capra's "Halloween Tale of Brooklyn," Is the perfect film for the season

    It has everything: serial killers, dead bodies, Peter Lorre, and a psychotic convict hiding out after an unfortunate plastic surgery accident that makes him look like Frankenstein's monster.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 29, 2020

    The 9 Scariest Fictional Haunted Houses (That Aren't Actually Houses)

    The 9 Scariest Fictional Haunted Houses (That Aren't Actually Houses)

    Possessed department stores, cosmic time-traveling barns, malevolent space ships, and much more!

    By Matthew Lyons | October 29, 2020

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    • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
    • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
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    • The Rouse

    Seven Novels Featuring Fictional Characters with Even More Fictional Companions

    By Evie Green | October 29, 2020

    Why Using Accurate Science in Your Fiction Is So Important

    By Alice Henderson | October 27, 2020

    Ghost Hunting Is A Hobby,
    Not A Job

    By Amy Bruni with Julie Tremaine | October 27, 2020

    The Most Haunting Settings in Crime Fiction

    The Most Haunting Settings in Crime Fiction

    "I’m a fan of a more traditional setting...stormy weather, isolated places and the darkness that hides the evil from sight."

    By Max Seeck | October 26, 2020

    Shadow Sands

    Shadow Sands

    Robert Bryndza

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 26, 2020

    I Never Loved Rebecca

    I Never Loved Rebecca

    On the unnamed narrator of Daphne du Maurier's classic.

    By Kit Frick | October 23, 2020

    Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of <em>Dracula</em>

    Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of Dracula

    As expected, they're very beautiful, very creepy, and very fun.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2020

    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    "Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."

    By Stuart Turton | October 22, 2020

    Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

    Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

    Now is the time to travel to the Indian Ocean and the mountains of New Zealand from the comfort of books.

    By Rose Carlyle | October 22, 2020

    'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

    'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

    In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece. She wouldn't rest until she had the rights to adapt it.

    By Christina Lane | October 21, 2020

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