• Suspense

    Five Villains Who Have Had About Enough of Domestic Life

    Happy Suburban Life Can't Erase Their True Natures, Only Conceal Them for a Little While

    November 25, 2019  By Margot Hunt
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    Tom Clancy’s Code of Honor

    Marc Cameron

    "Father Pat West stood on the hillside trail eating longan fruit and pondering sin."

    November 25, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Why So Many of the Best Psychological Thrillers Are Driven By Family Secrets

    Sometimes the darkest mysteries are right there in the family tree.

    November 22, 2019  By Linda Green
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    Wyoming

    J.P. Gritton

    "I’ll tell you what happened and you can go ahead and decide."

    November 22, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Great Third Wheels of Literature

    Examining the thrill and the horror of the unwanted third person.

    November 20, 2019  By Annaleese Jochems
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    Guilty, Not Guilty

    Felix Francis

    "It was just after midday when I arrived by train and taxi at Warwick Racecourse."

    November 20, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Psycho Invented the Spoiler Alert as We Know It

    A very personal history of trying to prevent spoiling cinema's first great shocking twist (and yes, there are spoilers ahead)

    November 19, 2019  By Jesse Pasternack
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    Tarot Cards Contain All the Potential of Literature's Greatest Stories

    And it's always a mystery how things will end.

    November 19, 2019  By Julie Mayhew
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    The Secret Life of Plants as Murder Weapons

    Plants make for great thrillers—it took me, a gardener, years to figure that out.

    November 18, 2019  By Karen Hugg
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    Dead Heat

    Benedek Totth

    "That’s the cops’ number and I mean it as a joke, because I seriously doubt someone could be that dense, but Ducky’s already tapping in the number, then turns around without a word and starts back towards the car."

    November 18, 2019  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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