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    Pandemic Plots: Mysteries Set During COVID

    Pandemic Plots: Mysteries Set During COVID

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

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    The Healing Power of Horror

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

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    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

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

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

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

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    Echoes of the Past in Crime Fiction

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    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

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

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

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    Seedy motels. Truck stop bathrooms. Cracker Barrel.

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    Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

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    Six Great Thrillers Where Bodies Are Hidden...

    Six Great Thrillers Where Bodies Are Hidden...

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