• Suspense

    August's Best Psychological Thrillers

    Bad teachers, worse friends, and plenty of family secrets

    August 7, 2023  By Molly Odintz
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    Catherine Ryan Howard
    On the Missing Women
    of 1990s Ireland

    "While we were growing up, a faceless phantom snatched multiple women and no one did anything about it at all."

    August 7, 2023  By Catherine Ryan Howard
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    Nuclear Noir

    How Oppenheimer’s deadly toy influenced noir film and fiction.

    August 4, 2023  By Nick Kolakowski
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    How Hardboiled Whodunits Have Given Way to the Psychological Thriller

    Chris Narozny on trauma as mystery and the evolution of the genre.

    August 4, 2023  By Chris Narozny
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    On The Ethics of Taking Writing Inspiration from True Crime

    "How do we ensure we do not become titillating in our re-telling?...And how do we give killers a human face without glorifying them?"

    August 4, 2023  By Victoria Selman
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    The Grifter in Popular Culture

    Sabine Durrant on why we're so consistently captivated by the tales of modern grifters and scammers.

    August 3, 2023  By Sabine Durrant
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    Gothic vs. Horror: It's Time to Settle the Debate

    "Horror’s main objective is to disturb the reader, to scare, and to repulse...Gothic is a gentle creep of dread."

    August 3, 2023  By Shannon Morgan
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    9 Crime Novels About Stolen Children

    These books explore a parent's worst nightmare, to chilling effect.

    August 3, 2023  By Sarah Stewart Taylor
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    Five Books Exploring Twisted Mother/Daughter Relationships

    "A thin, jagged line separates maternal protection from unhealthy control."

    August 3, 2023  By Sarah Pekkanen
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    Unlikely Investigative Teams in Crime Fiction

    Detectives, sleuths, and implausible duos of all stripes who find a way to make it work.

    August 2, 2023  By Mindy Mejia
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