• Suspense

    'The Outsider' Is a Classic Monster Story. So Why Disguise It as a Detective Show?

    HBO's new Stephen King adaptation plays a complex genre game.

    February 7, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The New Wave of Thrillers Featuring Deeply Flawed Characters

    Readers want flaws. Lots of them. They make the stories human.

    February 7, 2020  By Christina McDonald
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    The Great Los Angeles Crime Novel—And the Women Who Are Revitalizing It

    2020 Brings a Dazzling Array of Women-Authored LA Mysteries

    February 6, 2020  By Wendy Heard
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    Real Life

    Adeline Dieudonné

    "One summer evening, my mother had made peaches stuffed with tuna, which we ate on the blue stone terrace overlooking the garden."

    February 5, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Creepiest Families in Fiction

    "What could be more commonplace, or more potentially toxic, than family life?"

    February 4, 2020  By Sophie Hannah
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    Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character

    From 1950s L.A. to Savannah's iconic squares, these books bring time and place alive in unforgettable ways.

    February 4, 2020  By Sarah Pinborough
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    Crooked River

    Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

    "The tide was coming in, the wind had picked up, and the surf was beating against the shore with a little more energy."

    February 4, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    9 Novels You Should Read In February

    The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    February 3, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense, Has Died At 92

    Remembering the incalculable influence and resilient heroines of a venerable figure.

    February 2, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    Behind Every Lie

    Christina McDonald

    "'The police think I was at Mom’s house?' I asked Andrew, stunned."

    January 31, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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