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Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo on a writing partnership honed in rural Scandinavia.

By Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo | December 18, 2023

Travel Thrillers That Will Make You Reconsider Your Vacation Plans

Travel Thrillers That Will Make You Reconsider Your Vacation Plans

7 novels that effortlessly blend travel and crime

By John Marrs | December 18, 2023

What Makes a Novel Unique? On Retellings and Plagiarism

What Makes a Novel Unique? On Retellings and Plagiarism

Jillian Cantor looks at the ways we borrow from others, and contemplates the uncomfortable proximity between stealing and honoring

By Jillian Cantor | December 14, 2023

The 15 Best Psychological Thrillers of 2023

The 15 Best Psychological Thrillers of 2023

These novels explore the innermost workings of the human mind while demonstrating the power of the genre to consistently surprise.

By Molly Odintz | December 13, 2023

Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer's Dilemma

Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer's Dilemma

Whether your story is set in the urban northeast or a western wilderness, the question still arises.

By Claire Kells | December 12, 2023

Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful Places

Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful Places

"This tantalizing juxtaposition makes for thrilling, nail-biting tension"

By Annelise Ryan | December 11, 2023

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'UNSUB' Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime Procedurals

By Keith Roysdon | December 11, 2023

Mystical Threads: Spirit Mediums and Psychics in Crime and Suspense Fiction

By M. M. DeLuca | December 8, 2023

A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading List

By Ally Wilkes | December 8, 2023

Dark Academia: YA Edition

Dark Academia: YA Edition

A look at four thrillers set in prep schools, boarding schools, and other elite institutions

By Cynthia Murphy | December 8, 2023

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Darby Kane explains why "a fancy vacation with old friends at a secluded location is a recipe for death."

By Darby Kane | December 7, 2023

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

Finley Turner on thrillers, narrative, and what it really means to be unreliable.

By Finley Turner | December 7, 2023

Sinking Into the Gothic Gloom: My Favourite Works

Sinking Into the Gothic Gloom: My Favourite Works

Gemma Amor on the comforts of a genre where past is always intruding on the present.

By Gemma Amor | December 5, 2023

The Mystery of Real Estate Porn

The Mystery of Real Estate Porn

How the New York City real estate market feeds off corruption–and gives one author her inspiration.

By S.J. Rozan | December 5, 2023

Femi Kayode Considers Groups, Belief Systems, and the Village of Readers

Femi Kayode Considers Groups, Belief Systems, and the Village of Readers

"I believe fiction can change the world by illustrating the danger of allowing mass think to overtake our individual decision making."

By Femi Kayode | December 5, 2023

Troubled Teens in Crime Fiction

Troubled Teens in Crime Fiction

Five novels featuring teenage protagonists with complex relationships to the world around them

By Tessa Wegert | December 4, 2023

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