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Real Life Crimes That Are Stranger Than Fiction

Real Life Crimes That Are Stranger Than Fiction

Emily Bain Murphy on crimes that have fascinated, horrified, and inspired throughout the ages.

By Emily Bain Murphy | March 28, 2024

4 Books In Which Children Are Accused – And Their Parents Wrestle with the Truth

4 Books In Which Children Are Accused – And Their Parents Wrestle with the Truth

Childhood innocence is precious. But the parents in these books are beginning to have doubts...

By Dervla McTiernan | March 28, 2024

When Horror Hits Home: An Appreciation of Domestic Horror

When Horror Hits Home: An Appreciation of Domestic Horror

The truest horror is that which comes from the familiar turned frightening

By Lindsay Starck | March 27, 2024

When Good People Do Bad Things: Exploring Everyday Evil in Crime Fiction

When Good People Do Bad Things: Exploring Everyday Evil in Crime Fiction

"Why is so much harm committed by those who think they are right?"

By Rene Denfeld | March 27, 2024

Y'all Means All: On the Growing Diversity of Southern Gothic and Rural Noir

Y'all Means All: On the Growing Diversity of Southern Gothic and Rural Noir

These "crime and gothic writers [are] reshaping the mythical South as we know it"

By Bobby Matthews | March 27, 2024

Robin Peguero on Satire and the Normalization of Political Violence

Robin Peguero on Satire and the Normalization of Political Violence

The author (and January 6th Attack investigator) on writing his new novel, 'One in the Chamber.'

By Robin Peguero | March 26, 2024

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On The Unbearable Ordinariness Of The Conspiracy Theorist

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Eric Rickstad: Why I Needed to Write a Novel About Male Violence and Guns

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Encouraging Hard Conversations Through Humor

Encouraging Hard Conversations Through Humor

These books use comedy to make some very serious points

By Alexia Casale | March 22, 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2024

Ballet moms, conspiracy theorists, and suburban intrigue

By Molly Odintz | March 21, 2024

Lifelong Trauma in a Psychological Thriller

Lifelong Trauma in a Psychological Thriller

Nicci French on witnessing the toll of a trauma that will never relent – and the decision to bring it to a novel.

By Nicci French | March 20, 2024

6 Recent and Upcoming Haunted House Novels

6 Recent and Upcoming Haunted House Novels

These books pit new homeowners against the power of history and memory

By Cynthia Pelayo | March 20, 2024

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8 Dark Science Mystery Novels

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By Nova Jacobs | March 19, 2024

Tana French on Embracing Discomfort, Irish Wit, and Chosen Family in <em>The Hunter</em>

Tana French on Embracing Discomfort, Irish Wit, and Chosen Family in The Hunter

"It's about people who are on the periphery. They're not exactly outsiders. They're not exactly insiders."

By Jenny Bartoy | March 15, 2024

Looking Back on the 90s-Era Satanic Panic In a New Age of Conspiracy Theories

Looking Back on the 90s-Era Satanic Panic In a New Age of Conspiracy Theories

On the "toxic Puritan cycle" that causes ordinary people to either embrace outlandish ideas or pathologize those who do

By Maggie Thrash | March 15, 2024

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