• Suspense

    The Ruins

    Mat Osman

    "I was about to start the earthquake when the phone rang. It wasn’t to be a big earthquake—I was thinking of two, maybe three hundred dead."

    February 13, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Only Child

    Mi-ae Seo

    "I told you about the room, didn’t I? The room with dozens of locks on it."

    February 12, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read in February

    A look at the new thrillers that are going to get us all through winter.

    February 10, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    '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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