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11 Novels of Vacations Gone Horribly Awry

11 Novels of Vacations Gone Horribly Awry

These crime and mystery novels will make you feel much better about your staycation this summer...

By Katherine St. John | July 1, 2020

The Dilemma

The Dilemma

B.A. Paris

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 1, 2020

Discovering the Women Authors Behind Hitchcock's Movies

Discovering the Women Authors Behind Hitchcock's Movies

How reading Patricia Highsmith and Daphne Du Maurier changed my understanding of the Master of Suspense.

By Leah Konen | June 30, 2020

There Are So, So Many Crime Novels With 'Girl' in the Title

There Are So, So Many Crime Novels With 'Girl' in the Title

Part Five in our quest to disambiguate contemporary 'girl' novels.

By Lisa Levy | June 29, 2020

The Mist

The Mist

Ragnar Jónasson

By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 29, 2020

Patricia Highsmith: Preying on Our Minds

Patricia Highsmith: Preying on Our Minds

Why reading Highsmith's novels resonates so deeply—and disturbingly—in unsettled times.

By Sarah Hilary | June 26, 2020

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By Julie Clark | June 26, 2020

The Uncanny Appeal of Sole Survivor Stories

By Richard Farrell | June 25, 2020

Five Great Thrillers Set in Isolated Places

By Nina Laurin | June 25, 2020

Monstrous Souls

Monstrous Souls

Rebecca Kelly

By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 25, 2020

Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel

Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel

The author of some of the darkest, most disturbing novels in years wants people to know: she's not April Ludgate.

By Michael Seidlinger | June 24, 2020

You Can Go Home Now

You Can Go Home Now

Michael Elias

By CrimeReads Excerpts | June 24, 2020

Literary Visions of the Female Sociopath

Literary Visions of the Female Sociopath

From Euripides to Gone Girl, fictional sociopaths have always given vent to feminist rage.

By Nicola Maye Goldberg | June 23, 2020

How Modern Thrillers Are Exploring Kink and Pushing the Boundaries of Sexual Fantasy

How Modern Thrillers Are Exploring Kink and Pushing the Boundaries of Sexual Fantasy

The lovers in these thrillers take “spicing up their relationship” to the dark side.

By Robyn Harding | June 23, 2020

Five Novels of Insomnia, Sleepwalking, and Fear of Slumber

Five Novels of Insomnia, Sleepwalking, and Fear of Slumber

Can't Sleep? These Suspense Characters Can't Either!

By Megan Miranda | June 23, 2020

The Uneasy Noirs of <br>Stephen King

The Uneasy Noirs of
Stephen King

From Bachman to The Outsider, King revels in subtly subverting the rules of mystery.

By Nick Kolakowski | June 22, 2020

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