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    7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

    7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

    Pop culture is full of interesting women challenging stereotypes and ridiculous old questions about likeable characters.

    By Kristen Lepionka | July 10, 2019

    7 Psychological Thrillers to Read This July

    7 Psychological Thrillers to Read This July

    Toxic Relationships, Dangerous Neighbors, and So Many Secrets

    By Lisa Levy | July 9, 2019

    Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

    Adrian McKinty Had Given Up on Writing—A Late Night Phone Call Changed Everything

    A new thriller explores parents breaking bad and the terrifying spread of a kidnapping ring.

    By Mark Rubinstein | July 9, 2019

    Silence, Suffering, and Abuse in Affluent Communities

    Silence, Suffering, and Abuse in Affluent Communities

    Domestic violence is underreported among the wealthy. But that doesn't mean abuse isn't still happening behind closed doors.

    By Cate Holahan | July 9, 2019

    The Reunion

    The Reunion

    Guillaume Musso

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 9, 2019

    The Greatest Moral Compromises in Crime Fiction

    The Greatest Moral Compromises in Crime Fiction

    Celebrating the literature of slippery relationships, villainous allies, and morally dubious life decisions.

    By Carl Vonderau | July 8, 2019

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    Interview With A Serial Killer

    Interview With A Serial Killer

    How An Anchorage Detective Used Criminal Profiling Techniques To Catch A Killer (With a Little Help From "Silence of the Lambs")

    By Maureen Callahan | July 3, 2019

    Girls Like Us

    Girls Like Us

    Cristina Alger

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    Why Most Great Thrillers Are Really About Love—Destructive, Obsessive Love

    Why Most Great Thrillers Are Really About Love—Destructive, Obsessive Love

    Delusions, obsessions & love are the core of psychological thrillers.

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    In Some Crime Novels, London Is More Than a Setting—It's a Character

    In Some Crime Novels, London Is More Than a Setting—It's a Character

    6 Mysteries That Capture the Essence of England's Capital

    By Caz Frear | July 2, 2019

    We Went to the Woods

    We Went to the Woods

    Caite Dolan-Leach

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 2, 2019

    The Wit, Wisdom, and Noirs of James M. Cain

    The Wit, Wisdom, and Noirs of James M. Cain

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    Crime and the City: Dubai

    Crime and the City: Dubai

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