• Suspense

    Safe as Houses: The "Property-Porn Thriller" Is Here to Stay

    In this property-obsessed age, why are houses such a source of fictional terror?

    July 14, 2020  By Anna Downes
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    Why Marshes Capture Our Imaginations—And Inspire Some of Our Most Unsettling Folklore

    Elly Griffiths on marshes, moors, and cautionary tales.

    July 14, 2020  By Elly Griffiths
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    10 New Books Coming Out
    This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    July 13, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Finding Inspiration in the Heroines of 80s Romance Novels

    Smart, Beautiful, Thrilling, and Reckless

    July 9, 2020  By Camilla Lackberg
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    Don't Stay In These Famous Literary Haunted Houses!

    Yes, the historic architecture is appealing and the price is right, but the blood oozing out of the wall is a deal breaker...

    July 9, 2020  By Riley Sager
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    Growing up Queer in Texas—and Discovering a Different World Through the Mysteries of Barbara Vine

    "How could anyone possibly be accepted as two people at once?"

    July 7, 2020  By John Fram
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    Terror and Power: Is Gothic Horror Poised for 21st Century Revival?

    Gothic fiction isn't outdated—on the contrary, it's the best method of capturing our present day anxieties.

    July 7, 2020  By Jasper DeWitt
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    Breathing Through the Wound

    Víctor del Árbol

    "Strolling the deserted streets of Madrid at that hour of indecision—when everything is on the verge of happening but nothing yet has—redeemed the city, concealing its misery, creating a false sense of benevo­lence."

    July 7, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    7 Books Told From the Perspective of Domestic Workers

    "These figures are the true keepers of the most intimate of family secrets."

    July 6, 2020  By Julia Spiro
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    Open Secrets

    Sheila Kohler

    "When Alice closes the door on their bedroom that night, Michel goes to his study, throws his book on his desk, gathers up his papers, and paces up and down."

    July 6, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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