• Suspense

    The Westing Game may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

    On remembrance, inheritance, and legacy in one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.

    October 15, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Five Tips for Writing a Dual Narrative Mystery

    Presenting readers with two timelines can be highly rewarding. But your craft needs to be sharp to pull it off.

    October 15, 2020  By Heather Young
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    Kids and Thrillers and Their Freaky Powers

    Because for some strange reason few things are more chilling than a child with a mysterious supernatural power.

    October 14, 2020  By C.J. Tudor
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    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The "Vengeful Bitch"

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    October 14, 2020  By Unlikeable Female Characters 
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    In crime fiction, anyone can be a murderer. That's what's so great about it.

    Lisa Jewell explores toxic masculinity in her latest thriller, but takes a stand for equal opportunity killing in the genre at large.

    October 13, 2020  By Lisa Jewell
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    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    Mid-century pulps featuring women in love were meant to titillate straight men, but soon found their way to a lesbian audience desperate for representation.

    October 12, 2020  By Chloe Maveal
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    Goodnight Beautiful

    Aimee Molloy

    "THAT ASS. It’s incredible."

    October 12, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Eight Thrillers That Bring an Uncanny Slant to the Natural World

    "The setting of a horror tale needs to create a sense of unheimlich, with the reader every bit as nervous...as the characters."

    October 9, 2020  By C.J. Cooke
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    The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of Freddy's Dead

    If horror exists to reinforce the status quo, then how did we end up rooting for Freddy?

    October 9, 2020  By Paul Michael Anderson
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    The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

    "The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."

    October 8, 2020  By Lisa Unger
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