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The Complicated Literature of Daughters and Mothers

The Complicated Literature of Daughters and Mothers

The deepest bond, full of love, affection, resentment, jealousy, and sometimes danger.

By Amy Engel | March 31, 2020

Devoted

Devoted

Dean Koontz

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 31, 2020

8 Great Novels Where Things Disappear

8 Great Novels Where Things Disappear

Things, people, time, space...these are different than the usual disappearances.

By Lincoln Michel | March 30, 2020

Killing Eve: Die For Me

Killing Eve: Die For Me

Luke Jennings

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 30, 2020

The Boy From the Woods

The Boy From the Woods

Harlan Coben

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 27, 2020

The Girl in the Title of the Crime Novel: The Great Crime Fiction Disambiguation Project

The Girl in the Title of the Crime Novel: The Great Crime Fiction Disambiguation Project

How did we end up with so many books with "girl" in the title? (Slowly, then all at once.)

By Lisa Levy | March 26, 2020

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Like Flies From Afar

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 26, 2020

Memories, Hauntings, and The Meaning of a Home

By T. Marie Vandelly | March 25, 2020

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 25, 2020

Social Media Fakeness Is Bad for Our Psyches...But Great for Crime Writers

Social Media Fakeness Is Bad for Our Psyches...But Great for Crime Writers

Between the curated and the real, thriller authors find gold.

By Andrea Bartz | March 24, 2020

A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It

A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It

Five short stories that conjure up an immediate and inescapable feeling that something bad is about to happen.

By Rachel Harrison | March 24, 2020

Romantic Christian Suspense: A Roundtable Discussion

Romantic Christian Suspense: A Roundtable Discussion

Six romantic suspense authors, all with a Christian focus to their work, discuss the joys and challenges of their beloved subgenre.

By Colleen Coble | March 24, 2020

All the Pretty Things

All the Pretty Things

Emily Arsenault

By CrimeReads Excerpts | March 24, 2020

Our Obsession with Beautiful Dead Girls Is Keeping Us from Addressing Domestic Violence

Our Obsession with Beautiful Dead Girls Is Keeping Us from Addressing Domestic Violence

Why do we crave stories of violence, yet turn our faces from the reality of that violence?

By Jessica Moor | March 23, 2020

Red Herrings in Contemporary Crime Literature

Red Herrings in Contemporary Crime Literature

Celebrating the 21st century masters of misdirection.

By Karen Dietrich | March 20, 2020

10 of the Most Morally Bankrupt Narrators in Fiction

10 of the Most Morally Bankrupt Narrators in Fiction

They're horrible people, but we can't stop reading their stories.

By Samantha Downing | March 20, 2020

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