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8 Novels Featuring Atypical Amateur Sleuths

8 Novels Featuring Atypical Amateur Sleuths

Sometimes, an outsider's perspective is just what you need to solve the case...

By Sarah Lotz | September 16, 2019

What Writers Can Learn from Dante—Seriously, From Dante

What Writers Can Learn from Dante—Seriously, From Dante

Writing is a lonely, anxiety-inducing business. Dante can help.

By Matthew Pearl | September 16, 2019

Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

Seven of Crime Fiction's Most Terrifying Marriages

The complex, twisted literature of "till death do us part"

By Gina LaManna | September 16, 2019

Why We Will Always Love

Why We Will Always Love "The Masque of the Red Death"

Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic Masterpiece

By S.D. Sykes | September 16, 2019

His Hideous Heart

His Hideous Heart

Emily Lloyd Jones, edited by Dahlia Adler

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 16, 2019

Extreme Religion and Fiction’s Most Chilling Believers

Extreme Religion and Fiction’s Most Chilling Believers

Thrillers that take a look at the twisted extremes of faith and fervor.

By Lizzy Barber | September 13, 2019

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How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | September 13, 2019

Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 13, 2019

The Titanic Secret

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 12, 2019

Tying in History, Mystery, and the Supernatural

Tying in History, Mystery, and the Supernatural

Advice for writers on how to meaningfully interweave the real, the unreal, and the unknown

By Erin Lindsey | September 11, 2019

The Gothic Suspense of a Crime Scene

The Gothic Suspense of a Crime Scene

"As I take a tour of a 100-year-old Tudor stripped of its guts and haunted by ghosts, I know I have no business being here."

By D. M. Pulley | September 11, 2019

Tinfoil Butterfly

Tinfoil Butterfly

Rachel Eve Moulton

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 11, 2019

8 Novels About Academics Behaving Disgracefully

8 Novels About Academics Behaving Disgracefully

These campus thrillers provide an education in suspense

By T.M. Logan | September 10, 2019

Was H.H. Holmes the Real Jack the Ripper?

Was H.H. Holmes the Real Jack the Ripper?

On the terrible crimes, suspicious talents, and long cultural shadow of America's "first" serial killer

By Kerri Maniscalco | September 10, 2019

Akin

Akin

Emma Donoghue

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 10, 2019

Nobody Move

Nobody Move

Philip Elliott

By CrimeReads Excerpts | September 9, 2019

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