Pandemic Plots: Mysteries Set During COVID

Pandemic Plots: Mysteries Set During COVID

A list of crime novels that address the plague era head-on

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins | October 1, 2024

The Healing Power of Horror

The Healing Power of Horror

Jacquie Walters on children, hopelessness, and discovering horror fiction.

By Jacquie Walters | September 30, 2024

The Legacy of 'The Lodger' – Marie Belloc Lowndes’ Influential Jack the Ripper Story

The Legacy of 'The Lodger' – Marie Belloc Lowndes’ Influential Jack the Ripper Story

Victoria Gilbert on the long history of a seminal suspense novel.

By Victoria Gilbert | September 30, 2024

We Inherit Our Ghosts: On Gothic Fiction and the Need to Remember

We Inherit Our Ghosts: On Gothic Fiction and the Need to Remember

"The gothic as a genre is about the skeletons in the family’s closet."

By Wen-yi Lee | September 27, 2024

September's Best Psychological Thrillers

September's Best Psychological Thrillers

Complicated mothers, glamorous con artists, and the bachelorette party from hell

By Molly Odintz | September 26, 2024

Delilah S. Dawson & Lilliam Rivera Talk Capitalism, Rage and Horror Fiction

Delilah S. Dawson & Lilliam Rivera Talk Capitalism, Rage and Horror Fiction

The authors of two new class-conscious thrillers discuss the space of genre fiction in an age of growing inequality

By CrimeReads | September 26, 2024

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By Stephanie Wrobel | September 24, 2024

Dean Koontz: On Writing Novels That Make Your Publisher Extremely Uneasy

By Dean Koontz | September 24, 2024

Jeffrey Archer: My 10 Favourite Agatha Christie Books

By Jeffrey Archer | September 23, 2024

Echoes of the Past in Crime Fiction

Echoes of the Past in Crime Fiction

Lucy Burdette on the complex psychology of some of our favorite crime novel protagonists

By Lucy Burdette | September 23, 2024

Revenge and Capitalism in Popular Media

Revenge and Capitalism in Popular Media

Delilah S. Dawson on finding catharsis in fantasies of vengeance

By Delilah S. Dawson | September 20, 2024

Spooky Sleuthing: 5 Noir and Detective Films That Feature the Supernatural

Spooky Sleuthing: 5 Noir and Detective Films That Feature the Supernatural

The solution may...defy reason.

By Nick Kolakowski | September 20, 2024

Highway to Hell: <br>The Comedy and Chaos of the Family Vacation

Highway to Hell:
The Comedy and Chaos of the Family Vacation

Seedy motels. Truck stop bathrooms. Cracker Barrel.

By Maureen Kilmer | September 19, 2024

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

Nightmare vehicles, frightening jewelry, and a dead man's suit

By Lamar Giles | September 17, 2024

Six Great Thrillers Where Bodies Are Hidden...

Six Great Thrillers Where Bodies Are Hidden...

...only to be uncovered later… moved to a new spot… or never found at all.

By Barbara Gayle Austin | September 17, 2024

Marcie Rendon On Writing About An Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Marcie Rendon On Writing About An Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Misogyny is an integral part of cultural erasure. Writing about the epidemic of MMIW must address this essential truth.

By Marcie Rendon | September 16, 2024

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