The Power of the Twist

The Power of the Twist

Jakob Kerr on some of the best plot twists ever executed in mystery.

By Jakob Kerr | January 27, 2025

January's Best Psychological Thrillers

January's Best Psychological Thrillers

Featuring new titles from Alison Gaylin, Layne Fargo, and more!

By Molly Odintz | January 24, 2025

The Joys of Writing a Standalone Thriller

The Joys of Writing a Standalone Thriller

"I travel somewhere new every book"

By Carter Wilson | January 24, 2025

All Work and No Play: Returning to <em>The Shining</em> as a Writer

All Work and No Play: Returning to The Shining as a Writer

"Writing is its own demon, one that follows us wherever we go."

By Leah Konen | January 23, 2025

Crime Fiction Has a Dead Girl Problem

Crime Fiction Has a Dead Girl Problem

"we are not props, not catalysts, not collateral damage. We are the point. We are the heroes. We are the center of our stories."

By Gigi Griffis | January 22, 2025

25 Horror Novels to Look Out For in 2025

25 Horror Novels to Look Out For in 2025

Dark web denizens, carnival grotesqueries, and so. much. cannibalism.

By Molly Odintz | January 21, 2025

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6 Great Thrillers Featuring Sisters (and Murder)

By Kate Alice Marshall | January 21, 2025

Laura Buchwald On The Rules of the Spirit World

By Laura Buchwald | January 17, 2025

9 Books Combining The Gothic & The Glamorous

By Layne Fargo | January 16, 2025

The Russian Roots of American Crime Fiction—and the O.G.

The Russian Roots of American Crime Fiction—and the O.G.

Joseph Finder on Gogol, Dostoyevsky, and the legacy of transgressive fiction.

By Joseph Finder | January 16, 2025

Women in Control: 5 Thrilling Novels of Power Reversals

Women in Control: 5 Thrilling Novels of Power Reversals

These psychological thrillers flip the script to demonstrate the "brutal unfairness of it all"

By Asia Mackay | January 16, 2025

6 Tips For Pulling Off a Really Good Plot Twist

6 Tips For Pulling Off a Really Good Plot Twist

Jessie Garcia on the art of distortion and misdirection.

By Jessie Garcia | January 15, 2025

The Subversive Appeal of the Female Stalker Novel

The Subversive Appeal of the Female Stalker Novel

In real life, we behave. In fiction, we indulge...

By Megan Collins | January 15, 2025

Helena Echlin on Mommy Shaming and Instaperfect Lies

Helena Echlin on Mommy Shaming and Instaperfect Lies

"I’ve come to understand that judging others is a small way to get some power back when you feel powerless."

By Helena Echlin | January 15, 2025

Tech Thrillers

Tech Thrillers "Rooted in the Ever-Mounting Tensions Between Technology and Human Nature."

Sara Sligar looks at the literature of future shock

By Sara Sligar | January 15, 2025

Presume Nothing: Scott Turow on the Rule of Law, Race, and Revisiting Rusty Sabich

Presume Nothing: Scott Turow on the Rule of Law, Race, and Revisiting Rusty Sabich

A wide-ranging conversation with the author of 'Presumed Innocent' and the new 'Presumed Guilty'

By John B. Valeri | January 14, 2025

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