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7 Novels Set In <br>Supernatural Hotels

7 Novels Set In
Supernatural Hotels

You can check in, but you will never (want to) leave...

By Molly Odintz | April 22, 2025

Structuring Truth Like Fiction: Building Suspense in Nonfiction Narratives

Structuring Truth Like Fiction: Building Suspense in Nonfiction Narratives

'Writing creative non-fiction requires skilled storytelling techniques as well. It’s not enough to give "just the facts, ma’am."'

By Art Bell | April 18, 2025

7 Terrifying Tales Examining the Nature of Fear Itself

7 Terrifying Tales Examining the Nature of Fear Itself

"The only thing to do with Fear is learn to live with it."

By Nat Cassidy | April 16, 2025

10 Mysteries Set in the Bleak Midwinter

10 Mysteries Set in the Bleak Midwinter

Bailey Seybolt on the power of setting.

By Bailey Seybolt | April 15, 2025

5 New Thrillers (and One Classic Noir) to Read When You're Done with White Lotus

5 New Thrillers (and One Classic Noir) to Read When You're Done with White Lotus

Except honestly they might make you never want to travel again

By Molly Odintz | April 14, 2025

Eric Rickstad and Don Winslow on Suspense, Serial Killers, and Dismantling Pop Culture Myths

Eric Rickstad and Don Winslow on Suspense, Serial Killers, and Dismantling Pop Culture Myths

Authors in conversation.

By Don Winslow | April 10, 2025

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Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

Molly Harper on Using Romantic Subplots to Help Characters Solve Mysteries

"I can’t fathom writing a story that doesn’t have some romance element to it."

By Molly Harper | April 8, 2025

10 Great Haunted House Novels Full of Atmosphere and Secrets

10 Great Haunted House Novels Full of Atmosphere and Secrets

Yigit Turhan on some of the eeriest novels ever written.

By Yiğit Turhan | April 8, 2025

High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

High Net Worth Victims: Why We Love our Murderees to be Filthy Rich

"Killing the rich—in literature at least—appears to come with a built-in motive, one that likely implicates us all."

By Matt Plass | April 7, 2025

How Grady Hendrix Came to Love Horror

How Grady Hendrix Came to Love Horror

Read an excerpt and see the cover reveal for the new anthology "Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature", edited by Becky Siegel Spratford

By Grady Hendrix | April 4, 2025

Queer Crime Writers Presents: LGBTQIA+ Spring Reads!

Queer Crime Writers Presents: LGBTQIA+ Spring Reads!

11 new and upcoming queer mysteries and thrillers to carry you through to summer

By Queer Crime Writers | April 3, 2025

Five Thrillers Where Mothers Fight For Their Children

Five Thrillers Where Mothers Fight For Their Children

Sara Foster on the fruitful fictional possibilities of a mother's love put to the test

By Sara Foster | April 3, 2025

The Backlist: Reading Alison Gaylin's 'What Remains of Me' with Alafair Burke

The Backlist: Reading Alison Gaylin's 'What Remains of Me' with Alafair Burke

Burke and Polly Stewart revisit Gaylin's twisty two-timeline Hollywood thriller.

By Polly Stewart | April 3, 2025

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