The Birth of an Immortal Literary Character: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Birth of an Immortal Literary Character: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Leslie S. Klinger on Robert Louis Stevenson's most enduring – and unsettling – creation.

By Leslie S. Klinger | October 18, 2022

Briana Cole on Sex, Psychological Thrillers, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Briana Cole on Sex, Psychological Thrillers, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

"I wanted to touch on how we can hide behind this image or identity of what we want to present to people, sometimes masking our true selves from others..."

By Molly Odintz | October 17, 2022

Rock & Roll Apocalypse: 'Wild in the Streets'

Rock & Roll Apocalypse: 'Wild in the Streets'

A 1968 movie about psychedelic politics and killing the old still has the power to disturb, decades later.

By Michael Gonzales | October 14, 2022

Thrillers Featuring Characters with Memory Disorders

Thrillers Featuring Characters with Memory Disorders

How realistic are these recent psychological thrillers? A scientist and crime writer considers.

By Bradeigh Godfrey | October 14, 2022

The Best Fiction About the Theatre

The Best Fiction About the Theatre

Joanna Quinn on the rare magic of books set in and around the theatrical world.

By Joanna Quinn | October 13, 2022

These Books Prove We’re Living In a Golden Age of Horror

These Books Prove We’re Living In a Golden Age of Horror

Or, 18 new and recent novels perfect for spooky season.

By Molly Odintz | October 12, 2022

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By Natalie Lund | October 12, 2022

The Dodge Land Wars: A History of Violence

By Andy Davidson | October 12, 2022

Get Some Perspective: How Crime Novels Use POV to Reveal Their True Mysteries

By Adam Hamdy | October 11, 2022

Discovering Charles Dickens'

Discovering Charles Dickens' "The Signalman"

Laurie Loewenstein on a classic Dickens ghost story.

By Laurie Loewenstein | October 11, 2022

Five Magical Realist Novels with Murder Mysteries At Their Center

Five Magical Realist Novels with Murder Mysteries At Their Center

"[A]t the heart of most family stories is mystery."

By Ann Dávila Cardinal | October 10, 2022

Using Fear to Fuel My Fiction

Using Fear to Fuel My Fiction

Amy Christine Parker on the creative impact of fear on a fertile imagination.

By Amy Christine Parker | October 7, 2022

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

Featuring new novels from Val McDermid, Laurie Lico Abanese, Andy Davidson, and more.

By Lisa Levy | October 6, 2022

Jennifer Givhan: Becoming the Bruja My Ancestors Needed

Jennifer Givhan: Becoming the Bruja My Ancestors Needed

On brujería and slaying demons on the page.

By Jennifer Givhan | October 5, 2022

10 Great Novels with Unreliable Narrators

10 Great Novels with Unreliable Narrators

Elizabeth Brooks on the pleasure of being taken for a ride by a narrator you can never trust.

By Elizabeth Brooks | October 4, 2022

The Best New Crime Shows Coming in October

The Best New Crime Shows Coming in October

Are you ready for the new 'Magpie Murders' series? Your mother is.

By Dwyer Murphy | September 30, 2022

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