Suspense

Why Narrative Structure Is One of the Crime Writer's Most Valuable Tools

When it comes to suspense, it's all about perspective and structure.

November 7, 2020  By Sara Foster
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6 Books Featuring Dark Anti-Heroines Who Test the Limits of Morality

Who needs a traditional hero when you can have all that tortured, selfish, maybe fundamentally immoral striving?

November 4, 2020  By Susie Yang
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A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

Sometimes the line between serial killer and avenging crusader is perilously thin.

November 4, 2020  By Layne Fargo
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A Few Thoughts and Speculations on the State of Irish Crime Fiction

John Connolly on the current generation of Irish crime novelists and crime readers.

November 3, 2020  By John Connolly
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A Galway Epiphany

Ken Bruen

"Danny Doherty called me, said he had news."

November 3, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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Double Agent

Tom Bradby

"Save for a thin skein of mist that curled its way around the dome of the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute on the far side of the Grand Canal, it was a bright, crisp, clear morning in Venice."

November 2, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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"The Unhaunting"

Kevin Nguyen

"After Priscilla died, Carson’s only hope was that he’d be haunted."

October 30, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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Which Scary Books Should You Pair With Scary Movies This Halloween Weekend?

Double features for this year's stay-at-home hermit's Halloween.

October 30, 2020  By Rachel Harrison
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The CrimeReads Halloween 2020 Movie Guide

Trick-or-Treat-ing may be off, this year, but we've rounded up some Halloween classics to weather the chilly October nights

October 30, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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Arsenic and Old Lace, Frank Capra's "Halloween Tale of Brooklyn," Is the perfect film for the season

It has everything: serial killers, dead bodies, Peter Lorre, and a psychotic convict hiding out after an unfortunate plastic surgery accident that makes him look like Frankenstein's monster.

October 29, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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