• Suspense

    The Anatomy of Desire

    L.R. Dorn

    "What was going through your mind that night in the tent with Sandy?"

    April 20, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Resurrecting Edgar Allan Poe While Continuously Disappointing My Mother

    Poe's timeless themes and horrors translate pretty well to a modern YA setting, it turns out.

    April 19, 2021  By Mindy McGinnis
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    On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

    Why do we need our characters to be heroes or villains, when most in real life are somewhere in between?

    April 16, 2021  By Bridget Foley
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    The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller The Deep End

    The 1947 novel is about protecting a teenage daughter's sexual 'virtue'. The 2001 film changes that character to a gay son, and plays with how his sexuality leads to a domestic panic.

    April 16, 2021  By Matthew John Phillips
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    Why Librarians Are Natural Born Detectives

    Whether you're looking for information about an uncle's will or a homemade poison, the reference desk is the place to go.

    April 15, 2021  By M.E. Hilliard
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    In Psychological Thrillers, Sisters Have a Very Special Role to Play

    Twisted sisters battling through intense sibling rivalries, all in the name of good fiction.

    April 14, 2021  By Sally Hepworth
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    Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why Rear Window Remains the Director's Definitive Film

    Hitchcock was a master of obsessive looking and daydreamed about filming acts of sexual voyeurism. In Rear Window, he found a new vision.

    April 13, 2021  By Edward White
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    The Internet Is the New Panopticon: Suspense in the Age of Digital Surveillance

    Self-policing when you don't know if someone's watching isn't new. But the diffuse nature of modern internet surveillance is.

    April 13, 2021  By A. E. Osworth
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    "High Mountains Suffocate Me": On The Dizzying Allure of Alpine Mysteries

    From Mary Shelley to Ruth Ware, the Alps have always been the perfect setting for chilling fiction.

    April 13, 2021  By Danielle Trussoni
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    Six Novels Featuring Adoptions Gone Awry

    An adoption is full of stories. And literature is full of adoptions.

    April 12, 2021  By R.J. Hoffman
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