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    125 Years Later, Why <em>The Turn of the Screw</em> Still Haunts Us

    125 Years Later, Why The Turn of the Screw Still Haunts Us

    "That queasy opacity is at the heart of the novella’s power...The reader is never sure what, exactly, is happening."

    By Kate Griffin | June 5, 2023

    The Moms of Mystery: Six Books About Motherhood and Crime

    The Moms of Mystery: Six Books About Motherhood and Crime

    Who's watching the kids?

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    Top 6 Fictional Serial Killer Books

    Sam Holland on her favorite books from one of humanity's darkest corners.

    By Sam Holland | June 2, 2023

    Megan Abbott on Dreams, Dangers, and Going to Strange Places in Her Newest Novel

    Megan Abbott on Dreams, Dangers, and Going to Strange Places in Her Newest Novel

    In 'Beware the Woman,' a pregnant woman travels to a remote stretch of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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    Vengeance Becomes Her: 5 Great Thrillers About Women Getting Revenge

    Vengeance Becomes Her: 5 Great Thrillers About Women Getting Revenge

    Victoria Helen Stone on discovering the satisfactions of revenge.

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    Six Thrillers in Which the House Hides a Sinister Past

    Six Thrillers in Which the House Hides a Sinister Past

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    The Backlist: Revisiting Ethel Lina White's 'The Lady Vanishes' with Andrea Bartz

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    7 Fabulous Crime Novels and the Craft Lessons They Drive Home

    7 Fabulous Crime Novels and the Craft Lessons They Drive Home

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    For Today's Crime Novels, the Stakes Are High, Right from the First Sentence

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