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Gregg Hurwitz

By CrimeReads Excerpts | February 10, 2026

How Thomas Harris 'Found' His Iconic Serial Killer, Hannibal Lecter

How Thomas Harris 'Found' His Iconic Serial Killer, Hannibal Lecter

Back home in the Delta, Harris would go to write in a shotgun shack in the middle of a cotton field.

By Brian Raftery | February 10, 2026

Trapped and Terrified: 6 Novels That Use Isolation to Create Horror

Trapped and Terrified: 6 Novels That Use Isolation to Create Horror

Saratoga Schaefer recommends Caitlin Starling, Vincent Tirado, and more

By Saratoga Schaefer | February 10, 2026

Yosha Gunasekera on Ethics, Erasure, and the Human Cost of True Crime

Yosha Gunasekera on Ethics, Erasure, and the Human Cost of True Crime

How a popular genre distorts the legal system's harsh realities

By Yosha Gunasekera | February 10, 2026

A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai: When the House Isn’t Enough.

A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai: When the House Isn’t Enough.

Lessons learned by a historical novelist writing a Gothic novel for the first time.

By Janie Chang | February 10, 2026

The Rise of Female Rage and the Evolution of Masculinity in Modern Fiction

The Rise of Female Rage and the Evolution of Masculinity in Modern Fiction

Katherine Greene on the shifting faces of gender in literature and life

By Katherine Greene | February 9, 2026

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In time for the Winter Olympics, Joe Battaglia recommends his favorite adrenalin-fueled tales

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Why Horror Is the Perfect Genre for Processing Trauma

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Christina Ferko on the scars that drove her to a healing genre

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The Most Unhinged Women in Fiction (That Marisa Walz Would Still Invite to Brunch)

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A celebration of female characters teetering on the edge of sanity, propriety, and self-preservation

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Imaginary friends, nightmarish retreats, terrifying visitors, and disturbed employers

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Callie Kazumi recommends dark stories by Koushun Takami, Ryu Murakami, and more

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From Lagos to the American South: 5 Great Thrillers by Black Writers

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Leodora Darlington recommends unputdownable crime fiction from Dorothy Koomson, S. A. Cosby, and more

By Leodora Darlington | February 3, 2026

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