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What to Read, Watch, and Stream if You're Obsessed with Female Con Artists

What to Read, Watch, and Stream if You're Obsessed with Female Con Artists

Julie Clark on the women who grift, con, and bamboozle their way into our collective consciousness.

By Julie Clark | June 22, 2022

All Agents Defect: Espionage in the Films of David Cronenberg

All Agents Defect: Espionage in the Films of David Cronenberg

While the director is often tied up with body horror, the great themes of espionage fiction are present in nearly all his work.

By Zach Vasquez | June 21, 2022

The Case for Catharsis in Crime Fiction

The Case for Catharsis in Crime Fiction

Julie Mayhew on using crime and suspense to channel grief and rage.

By Julie Mayhew | June 21, 2022

Unusual and Iconic Tales of Intentional Poisonings

Unusual and Iconic Tales of Intentional Poisonings

Kate Khavari on the long and sordid history of murder by poison

By Kate Khavari | June 17, 2022

Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.

Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.

Mindy Carlson on lessons learned from a pandemic-inspired turn toward romance novels.

By Mindy Carlson | June 16, 2022

Summer Fiction Preview: <br>19 YA Novels Perfect For Mystery and Thriller Fans

Summer Fiction Preview:
19 YA Novels Perfect For Mystery and Thriller Fans

Gothics, whodunnits, psychologicals, historicals, and more than one parody of Fire Fest.

By Molly Odintz | June 16, 2022

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My First Thriller: Steven James

By Rick Pullen | June 16, 2022

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This Month: June 2022

By Lisa Levy | June 15, 2022

Great Literary Fiction About the Lives of Criminals

By Adam White | June 14, 2022

Monstrosity Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Monstrosity Is in the Eye of the Beholder

"Monsters are our mirrors: in them, we see who we hope we are not, in order to understand who we are."

By Ellen Datlow | June 9, 2022

Why Is Friendnapping So Traumatic?

Why Is Friendnapping So Traumatic?

Or, what it's like to have your best friend stolen from you right in front of your eyes.

By Siena Sterling | June 7, 2022

Harry Houdini Vs. the Witch of Lime Street

Harry Houdini Vs. the Witch of Lime Street

Inside a famous effort by the great magician to discredit a fraudulent spiritualist.

By Christine Schiefer and Em Schultz | June 4, 2022

Seven Characters You Love to Hate...Or Hate to Love

Seven Characters You Love to Hate...Or Hate to Love

Scandal, murder, cheating, backstabbing, and secrets...

By Jaime Lynn Hendricks | June 3, 2022

Shop Talk: Lisa Unger on Waking Up Early, Carving Out Time, and Writing Longhand in the Target Parking Lot

Shop Talk: Lisa Unger on Waking Up Early, Carving Out Time, and Writing Longhand in the Target Parking Lot

Crime writers talking routine, discipline, and what it takes to write a book every year.

By Eli Cranor | June 2, 2022

Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

Seven Suspenseful Novels In Which Paradise Is Not What It Seems

"What is it about the concept of paradise that inspires dark fiction?"

By Laura Griffin | June 1, 2022

Working on a Superyacht Changed Everything for Emma Bamford – And Inspired Her to Write a Thriller

Working on a Superyacht Changed Everything for Emma Bamford – And Inspired Her to Write a Thriller

Inside a new mystery set within the world of "cruisers"

By Emma Bamford | May 31, 2022

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