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    Hank Phillippi Ryan on Endings, Generational Scars, and Secrets in Mysteries

    Hank Phillippi Ryan on Endings, Generational Scars, and Secrets in Mysteries

    John B. Valeri chats with the author of 'Mother Daughter Sister Stranger'

    By John B. Valeri | October 5, 2026

    9 Suspense Novels with Unforgettable Settings

    9 Suspense Novels with Unforgettable Settings

    Hallie Shepherd recommends Paula Hawkins, Stuart Turton, Riley Sager, and more

    By Hallie Shepherd | October 2, 2026

    The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers, of the Month: October 2026

    The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers, of the Month: October 2026

    Featuring new titles from Michael Connelly, Lyndsay Faye, Elizabeth Hand, T. Geronimo Johnson, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Kostova, and more

    By Molly Odintz | October 2, 2026

    Dan Warner on A.I., Life as Data, and Depicting Emerging Technologies in Fiction

    Dan Warner on A.I., Life as Data, and Depicting Emerging Technologies in Fiction

    The author of Wither ponders the "datafication" of the world as his twins sleep

    By Dan Warner | October 1, 2026

    The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

    The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

    Endangered trad wives, haunted houses, cannibalistic oligarchs, friendly monsters, and desert hijinks

    By Molly Odintz | September 30, 2026

    5 Horror Novels Set in Grand Country Homes

    5 Horror Novels Set in Grand Country Homes

    Jennifer Thorne recommends Stuart Turton, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and more

    By Jennifer Thorne | September 30, 2026

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    Recession Comforts and the Gothic Resurgence

    By I. V. Ophelia | September 29, 2026

    Kelly McWilliams on Racial Passing, Tulsa, and Reimagining the Spy Walter F. White

    By Kelly McWilliams | September 29, 2026

    Crime and Horror are Siblings, And Humor is Their Drunk Uncle  (or That One Inappropriate Aunt)

    Crime and Horror are Siblings, And Humor is Their Drunk Uncle (or That One Inappropriate Aunt)

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    Trent Dalton on Australian Noir, Journalism, and Writing Against a Country's Stereotypes

    Trent Dalton on Australian Noir, Journalism, and Writing Against a Country's Stereotypes

    Alex Dueben speaks with the author of Gravity Let Me Go

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    Sara Z. Carson on Cults and Writing a Novel Inspired by the Horrors of Jonestown

    The author of Dark Messiah records the life of a teenage girl lost in the legendary massacre

    By Sara Z. Carson | September 24, 2026

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    10 Books Where the Main Character Is, or May Be, a Psychopath

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