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Unlikely Friendships in Crime Fiction

Unlikely Friendships in Crime Fiction

Opposites attract: but does that hold for friends, too?

By Robyn Harding | June 14, 2023

Six Great Thrillers About Adventurers, Bohemians, Nomads, Runaways, and Other Modern Rebels

Six Great Thrillers About Adventurers, Bohemians, Nomads, Runaways, and Other Modern Rebels

Wendy Heard on novels and characters driven by an inner restlessness

By Wendy Heard | June 13, 2023

Female Friendships in Crime and Thriller Novels

Female Friendships in Crime and Thriller Novels

From good to bad, bad to dead: here are nine novels with complex female friendships at their core

By Sian Gilbert | June 13, 2023

Rethinking Genre, or, The Great Genre Rebellion

Rethinking Genre, or, The Great Genre Rebellion

Wendy Walker on psychological thrillers, finding your niche, and experimenting with genre conventions.

By Wendy Walker | June 13, 2023

The Best Psychological Thrillers of June 2023

The Best Psychological Thrillers of June 2023

Twisty thrillers, haunting character studies, and one incredibly vicious Disney princess

By Molly Odintz | June 9, 2023

Six Great Thrillers Featuring Manipulative Mom-Friends at Their Best

Six Great Thrillers Featuring Manipulative Mom-Friends at Their Best

Ashley Audrain on circumstantial friendship and dangerous secrets.

By Ashley Audrain | June 9, 2023

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Top 6 Fictional Serial Killer Books

Top 6 Fictional Serial Killer Books

Sam Holland on her favorite books from one of humanity's darkest corners.

By Sam Holland | June 2, 2023

Megan Abbott on Dreams, Dangers, and Going to Strange Places in Her Newest Novel

Megan Abbott on Dreams, Dangers, and Going to Strange Places in Her Newest Novel

In 'Beware the Woman,' a pregnant woman travels to a remote stretch of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

By Dwyer Murphy | May 30, 2023

Vengeance Becomes Her: 5 Great Thrillers About Women Getting Revenge

Vengeance Becomes Her: 5 Great Thrillers About Women Getting Revenge

Victoria Helen Stone on discovering the satisfactions of revenge.

By Victoria Helen Stone | May 25, 2023

Six Thrillers in Which the House Hides a Sinister Past

Six Thrillers in Which the House Hides a Sinister Past

"I will invariably pounce on any cover featuring an old house...give me all the sprawling, sinister abodes."

By Jaclyn Goldis | May 24, 2023

How Not To Get Murdered At a Thriller Conference

How Not To Get Murdered At a Thriller Conference

Follow these simple rules and more likely than not you'll survive your next writing conference.

By Jaime Lynn Hendricks | May 23, 2023

An Affair to Remember: Six Novels About Extra Marital Affairs

An Affair to Remember: Six Novels About Extra Marital Affairs

"Marriages could end, families could be destroyed, reputations ruined, and yet, people still do it—risk everything for an illicit hook up."

By Jessica Hamilton | May 19, 2023

Best Female Buddy Stories (aka, Can I Get a Side of Womance With That?)

Best Female Buddy Stories (aka, Can I Get a Side of Womance With That?)

"The way that Jen and Judy support each other through everything—including more manslaughter—is truly inspiring."

By Michelle Gagnon | May 18, 2023

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