• Psychological Thriller

    The Butterfly House

    Katrine Engberg

    "Frederik wiped the water off his forehead and put the cap back on his head."

    January 6, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Serpentine

    Jonathan Kellerman

    "friend, a seasoned homicide detective, is a master of discontent."

    December 22, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2020

    Revenge plots, family secrets, and mysterious neighbors—these are the year's best psychological thrillers.

    December 17, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    Snowdrift

    Helene Tursten

    "The strong wind had packed the snow into solid drifts, and at any moment a swirl of fine snow, known as 'snow smoke,' could hide the way ahead completely."

    December 9, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Who gets to be a sympathetic character in The Undoing?

    The popular HBO miniseries treats victimhood as a privilege, which it reserves only for its white, female protagonist, and not its "othered" murder victim.

    December 3, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Why the Serial Killer Novel Is the New Feminist Fiction

    Authors are overturning the prevailing murder model

    December 3, 2020  By Chelsea G. Summers
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    The Opium Prince

    Jasmine Aimaq

    "In Fever Valley, poppies bloomed red, purple, and white, a Technicolor maze inviting you to lose yourself."

    December 3, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

    A master of the short story, Ellin's detective novels are now mostly forgotten. They shouldn't be.

    December 2, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    Gilly Macmillan and Susan Lewis on Finding Your Story and the Perfect Setting

    Two authors discuss their journeys in crime fiction.

    November 30, 2020  By Gilly Macmillan
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    The Night of the Fire

    Kjell Eriksen

    "Stefan Sanberg was not a good person."

    November 20, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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