• Suspense

    Gone by Midnight

    Candice Fox

    "I was marched through a foyer packed with police officers standing in groups, looking at maps and talking on phones, the seating area and a huddle of tall tables completely swamped by blue uniforms."

    March 12, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Evolution of the "Mildly Autistic Super-Detective"

    A trope finds its way toward authenticity.

    March 11, 2020  By Zack Budryk
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    A Reasonable Doubt

    Philip Margolin

    "For her fifth birthday, Robin Lockwood received a magic kit with one hundred easy-to-learn tricks and proceeded to “astonish” her parents and brothers whenever she could trap them."

    March 11, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Uncanny Appeal of the Seaside Mystery

    For our deepest mysteries, we keep returning to the shore.

    March 10, 2020  By Jo Jakeman
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    The Animals at Lockwood Manor

    Jane Healey

    "It was the night of the ball and Lockwood had come alive."

    March 10, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Michael Koryta and Alma Katsu on Horror, Craft, and Reinvention

    Two authors discuss their greatest fears and the weight of history

    March 9, 2020  By Michael Koryta
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    Writing a Crime Novel About Munchausen-By-Proxy—While Pregnant

    A crime author reckons with her darkest fears.

    March 9, 2020  By Emily Elgar
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    Foul is Fair

    Hannah Capin

    "'You chose the perfect boy,' says Summer, after school."

    March 9, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    5 Psychological Thrillers You Need to Read This Month

    A banner month for these timely novels of suspense.

    March 6, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

    Reading and re-reading mystery novels in pursuit of the platonic ideal of the undetectable, unsolvable crime.

    March 6, 2020  By Peter Swanson
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