7 Thrillers With Couples Who Don’t Get (Or Deserve) A Happy Ending

7 Thrillers With Couples Who Don’t Get (Or Deserve) A Happy Ending

Darby Kane on dysfunctional couples who lose control.

By Darby Kane | December 13, 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2024

Gaslighters, doppelgangers, and all manner of grifters

By Molly Odintz | December 5, 2024

Pip Drysdale: <br>My Stalker, My Novel

Pip Drysdale:
My Stalker, My Novel

The musician-turned-author recalls the harrowing real-life inspiration for her new psychological thriller

By Pip Drysdale | December 4, 2024

Understanding the Detective Novel as a Workplace Novel

Understanding the Detective Novel as a Workplace Novel

"[T]he detectives we read about don’t just do their job, they are deeply invested in it."

By Jane Pek | December 3, 2024

8 Books about Women Keeping Secrets

8 Books about Women Keeping Secrets

"The thing about secrets—especially in novels—is that they always come out eventually..."

By Midge Raymond | December 2, 2024

Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Quandaries: Women Finding Their Power in Literature

Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Quandaries: Women Finding Their Power in Literature

"This is the heart of the suspense genre: an innocent, faced with certain death or destruction, who must rise above and save herself—and others."

By J. T. Ellison | November 4, 2024

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Paula Hawkins Talks Art, Feminism, and the Evolution of Her Thrillers

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The Best Psychological Thrillers of October 2024

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Dads, Domestic Suspense, and Overlooking the Sins of Our Children

Dads, Domestic Suspense, and Overlooking the Sins of Our Children

Jason Rekulak on his search for a decent father in psychological thrillers

By Jason Rekulak | October 9, 2024

September's Best Psychological Thrillers

September's Best Psychological Thrillers

Complicated mothers, glamorous con artists, and the bachelorette party from hell

By Molly Odintz | September 26, 2024

6 Excellent Thriller and Horror Novels Set in Hotels

6 Excellent Thriller and Horror Novels Set in Hotels

Hotels are expansive, yet simultaneously claustrophobic; familiar, yet full of strangers—in short, perfect locations for mayhem

By Stephanie Wrobel | September 24, 2024

5 Great Psychological Thrillers About Reunions and Old Secrets

5 Great Psychological Thrillers About Reunions and Old Secrets

Amber and Danielle Brown on a beloved trope.

By Amber and Danielle Brown | September 12, 2024

Where Chills Meet Thrills: 7 Eerie Crime Novels

Where Chills Meet Thrills: 7 Eerie Crime Novels

"[E]ach of these novels is steeped in the kind of eerie atmosphere that threatens to unsettle your perceptions and infect your dreams."

By Megan Taylor | September 11, 2024

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

These young protagonists must choose between continuing their family's manipulations—or breaking the cycle completely

By M. M. DeLuca | August 28, 2024

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Thrillers in Which Characters Actually Get to Have Fun

Rachel Koller Croft on crime fiction characters who can chill

By Rachel Koller Croft | August 20, 2024

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