• Suspense

    How Do You Write an Isolation Thriller When Everyone Is Connected All of the Time?

    A classic thriller trope may be on its way to retirement.

    January 29, 2021  By Zoje Stage
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    On the Art of the Plot Twist

    "Psycho" and "Les Diaboliques" shocked audiences with their unpredictable revelations. What made them so effective?

    January 28, 2021  By Milan Terlunen
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    Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

    A look at five films where morality is supplanted by need

    January 27, 2021  By Thomas H. Carry
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    10 Novels That Explore True Crime Obsession

    Obsessed with true crime? So are these characters!

    January 26, 2021  By Eliza Jane Brazier
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    Part of the Family

    Charlotte Philby

    "here is no going back now. The taxi glides away from the house, down the street towards South End Green, retreating effortlessly from my family home, away from the expensive brickwork and tended gardens I will never see again."

    January 26, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Killing the People You Love: Fiction and Medicine Intersect

    Character development and destruction in the realm of psychological thrillers

    January 21, 2021  By John Burley
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    Secrets, Smartphones, Social Media, and Suspense

    Or, How To Incorporate Modern Technology into Your Thriller Without Looking Dated

    January 21, 2021  By Ellery Lloyd
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    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

    The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

    January 20, 2021  By Paula Hawkins
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    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

    January 20, 2021  By Josh Stallings
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    Winter Thrillers: Snowstorms, Mountain Chalets, and Murder

    You're on the mountaintop, a storm blows in, the phone lines go dead...

    January 19, 2021  By Allie Reynolds
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