Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

"Letters are a great way to manipulate your vict—I mean, audience."

By Joshua Chaplinsky | August 7, 2024

Six Mysteries About Female Friendships Gone Wrong

Six Mysteries About Female Friendships Gone Wrong

Maggie Auffarth shines "a spotlight on the vital, fraught, and complex friendships that can define a woman’s emotional world."

By Maggie Auffarth | August 2, 2024

August's Best New Psychological Thrillers

August's Best New Psychological Thrillers

Elite athletics, PTA politics, advice column antics, and influencer intrigue

By Molly Odintz | August 1, 2024

A List of Mysteries Featuring Victims We Love to Hate

A List of Mysteries Featuring Victims We Love to Hate

It's hard to solve a murder when everyone has a motive...

By Kieran Scott | July 30, 2024

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi on using the speculative to manifest the unconscious and make space for the marginalized

By Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi | July 30, 2024

Thrillers that Capture the Complexities of Motherhood

Thrillers that Capture the Complexities of Motherhood

Kimberly McCreight on "the fraught push-pull of the complicated mother-daughter dynamic"

By Kimberly McCreight | July 30, 2024

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Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

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Psychological Thrillers In Which Houses Have Secrets Of Their Own

By Carinn Jade | July 18, 2024

Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense

By Sarah Pearse | July 18, 2024

July's Best New Psychological Thrillers

July's Best New Psychological Thrillers

Robot wives, put-upon pop stars, and crumbling country houses

By Molly Odintz | July 11, 2024

6 Creepy Novels About Stalking and Obsession

6 Creepy Novels About Stalking and Obsession

Featuring "twisted plots and even more twisted antagonists."

By S.B. Caves | July 10, 2024

Writing Destination Thrillers on Location

Writing Destination Thrillers on Location

Caro Carver on throwing yourself (literally) in the path of story

By Caro Carver | July 10, 2024

Psychological Thrillers That Ask, Who the F*** Did I Marry?

Psychological Thrillers That Ask, Who the F*** Did I Marry?

Stories of Spouses Who Reveal Secret Selves after Saying “I Do”

By Andrew DeYoung | July 9, 2024

What Do Creators Owe Their Real-Life Subjects?

What Do Creators Owe Their Real-Life Subjects?

Robyn Harding on the power and the pitfalls of basing thriller characters on real people.

By Robyn Harding | July 2, 2024

8 Workplace Thrillers That Will Make You Wish You Worked Remotely

8 Workplace Thrillers That Will Make You Wish You Worked Remotely

....and have you side-eyeing your own colleagues!

By Mary Keliikoa | June 26, 2024

June's Best Psychological Thrillers

June's Best Psychological Thrillers

Missing influencers, nasty neighbors, and sexy serial killers

By Molly Odintz | June 24, 2024

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