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The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

How family histories and secrets serve as catalysts for criminal behavior and plot development.

By January Gilchrist | March 21, 2025

Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

On the power of crime fiction in "examining the world of legacy and what we leave in our wake"

By Benjamin Bradley | March 21, 2025

Writing a Character Through a Psychotic Breakdown

Writing a Character Through a Psychotic Breakdown

Nicci French on the delicate task of an extreme psychological event.

By Nicci French | March 19, 2025

Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

Three decades into a long and varied writing career, Briscoe's latest reinterprets du Maurier's "Rebecca" for a modern audience

By Karin Slaughter | March 18, 2025

Mining Gig Work for the Plot

Mining Gig Work for the Plot

Hannah Deitch recalls her days as the SAT tutor and how she turned that role into a crime novel.

By Hannah Deitch | March 18, 2025

7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

Bellamy Rose on a classic combination of genres.

By Bellamy Rose | March 18, 2025

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6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

By Aggie Blum Thompson | March 14, 2025

Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

By Michael Nayak | March 14, 2025

The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2025

By Molly Odintz | March 13, 2025

How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

The author of 'Creep' reflects on her journey.

By Emma van Straaten | March 13, 2025

How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare | March 13, 2025

On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

By Kate Maruyama | March 12, 2025

Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

"The intensity of the connection becomes the intensity of the repulsion."

By Hayley Scrivenor | March 12, 2025

Six Novels of Intrigue Set in Golden Age Hollywood

Six Novels of Intrigue Set in Golden Age Hollywood

Spectacular dreams, spectacularly shattered...

By Susan Meissner | March 10, 2025

The Strange, Forgotten History of Antigonish and

The Strange, Forgotten History of Antigonish and "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"

At a farmhouse in Nova Scotia, a seemingly supernatural phenomenon sparked reports and debates around the world.

By Alice Henderson | March 7, 2025

5 Supernatural Serial Killers

5 Supernatural Serial Killers

"How can someone, or something, be stopped by authorities if their existence breaks the laws of physics?"

By Cynthia Pelayo | March 7, 2025

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