How To Stay Creative While Living In the Suburbs

How To Stay Creative While Living In the Suburbs

Laura Sims on finding intensity in unexpected places

By Laura Sims | July 8, 2026

Meet-cute Murder: 5 Romantic Mysteries with

Meet-cute Murder: 5 Romantic Mysteries with "Happily Ever After" Endings

Cara Tanamachi recommends romansteries from Aya de León, Kate Eberle, and others

By Cara Tanamachi | July 8, 2026

5 Mysteries Set in Grand, Intricate Residences

5 Mysteries Set in Grand, Intricate Residences

Louise Candlish explores the fatal attraction of lavish fictional manors

By Louise Candlish | July 7, 2026

Pandemics, Zombies, Haunted Houses: 6 Novels That Invert Horror Tropes

Pandemics, Zombies, Haunted Houses: 6 Novels That Invert Horror Tropes

Michael Seidlinger recommends Isaac Marion, Virginia Feito, and more

By Michael Seidlinger | July 7, 2026

Isabella Valeri on Joseph Campbell, Gender, and Charting the Antiheroine's Journey

Isabella Valeri on Joseph Campbell, Gender, and Charting the Antiheroine's Journey

Exploring the archetypes and character arcs of dark exiled women in fiction

By Isabella Valeri | July 7, 2026

Crime and the City: Bari, Italy

Crime and the City: Bari, Italy

A tour through a Puglia port city with a storied history of smugglers and crime syndicates

By Paul French | July 6, 2026

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What Has Gabino Iglesias Been Reading in 2026?

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Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman on Co-Writing a Shakespearean Las Vegas Crime Saga

By Nancie Clare | July 2, 2026

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries and Thrillers of July 2026

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries and Thrillers of July 2026

Featuring new releases from Rene Denfield, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Colson Whitehead, Laura Sims, and more

By Molly Odintz | July 1, 2026

5 Mysteries That Freak Out Comedian Jo Firestone (Even After Learning Who Did It)

5 Mysteries That Freak Out Comedian Jo Firestone (Even After Learning Who Did It)

The author of Sex on Murder Island shares spine-tingling tales to read this summer

By Jo Firestone | June 29, 2026

Jayne Ann Krentz on Incorporating Psychic Elements into Romantic Suspense

Jayne Ann Krentz on Incorporating Psychic Elements into Romantic Suspense

Craft advice on writing amateur sleuths, paranormal plots, dreams, and more

By Jayne Ann Krentz | June 29, 2026

<em>Widow's Bay</em> is <br>the Best Show on TV

Widow's Bay is
the Best Show on TV

It's Jaws meets Twin Peaks inside the loving embrace of Stephen King. Who could ask for anything more?

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 26, 2026

June's Best International Fiction

June's Best International Fiction

5 newly translated mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels to check out this month

By Molly Odintz | June 26, 2026

Keith Roysdon on the Genius of Rod Serling's Forgotten Suspense Radio Show

Keith Roysdon on the Genius of Rod Serling's Forgotten Suspense Radio Show

A retrospective on The Zero Hour and the 1970s rebirth of radio mystery dramas

By Keith Roysdon | June 25, 2026

How the Manson Murders and Dominique Dunne Case Transformed LA True Crime

How the Manson Murders and Dominique Dunne Case Transformed LA True Crime

Naomi Kaye Honova explores the legacy of two defining Californian mysteries

By Naomi Kaye | June 25, 2026

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