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    The Fine Art of Incredible Plot Twists

    The Fine Art of Incredible Plot Twists

    Elizabeth Day on nine works from different eras and genres, all united by one thing: a twist that completely upends your reading experience.

    By Elizabeth Day | May 3, 2022

    Tracing the Portrayal of Mental Disorders in Literature Over Time, Through Five Books

    Tracing the Portrayal of Mental Disorders in Literature Over Time, Through Five Books

    Jane Shemilt on the evolution of 'madness' in fiction.

    By Jane Shemilt | May 3, 2022

    Isolation as the Enemy

    Isolation as the Enemy

    These thrillers make use of many kinds of solitude to amp up the tension.

    By Victoria Helen Stone | May 2, 2022

    Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

    Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

    Featuring more Bosch, more Staircase, more Lincoln Lawyer, and most importantly Rosie Perez.

    By Dwyer Murphy | April 29, 2022

    Beyond the Plot: Craft Tricks of Great Commercial Thrillers

    Beyond the Plot: Craft Tricks of Great Commercial Thrillers

    Cassidy Lucas brings some much-needed analysis to the craft of commercial fiction.

    By Cassidy Lucas | April 29, 2022

    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    When the writing gets personal...

    By Alma Katsu | April 27, 2022

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    Parenting, Paranoia, and the Pandemic

    By Samantha M. Bailey | April 25, 2022

    On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow

    By Jesse Pasternack | April 22, 2022

    Blood and Belonging: Seven Novels of Crime and Coming-of-Age

    Blood and Belonging: Seven Novels of Crime and Coming-of-Age

    Samantha Jayne Allen on fiction that explores a very particular moment of youth.

    By Samantha Jayne Allen | April 20, 2022

    5 Atmospheric Novels Where the Setting Is a Character

    5 Atmospheric Novels Where the Setting Is a Character

    Veronica G. Henry on fiction where atmosphere reigns supreme

    By Veronica G. Henry | April 18, 2022

    Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

    Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

    "[W]ould anyone like a dark thriller-romance where the main characters aren’t forced or conditioned to love, but accidentally trip and fall into it the old-fashioned way?"

    By Nicole Fanning | April 15, 2022

    Six Novels with an Overwhelming Sense of Unease, Slow-Burning Menace, and Coercive Control

    Six Novels with an Overwhelming Sense of Unease, Slow-Burning Menace, and Coercive Control

    In the great tradition of du Maurier, these books are all about power, deception, and control.

    By Stacey Halls | April 14, 2022

    The Enduring Appeal of the Country House Murder

    The Enduring Appeal of the Country House Murder

    M.E. Hilliard on the many possibilities for malice on offer at your typical country manor, and why we love them all.

    By M.E. Hilliard | April 13, 2022

    April's Best Psychological Thrillers

    April's Best Psychological Thrillers

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    EXCERPT AND COVER REVEAL: The House in the Orchard

    EXCERPT AND COVER REVEAL: The House in the Orchard

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