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    Five Great Psychological Thrillers Set in Isolated Places

    Five Great Psychological Thrillers Set in Isolated Places

    Snowy mountain resorts, country estates, and abandoned hotels all help turn up the suspense.

    By Claire Douglas | November 17, 2020

    The Other Emily

    The Other Emily

    Dean Koontz

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 16, 2020

    Writing Outside Representation

    Writing Outside Representation

    E.A. Aymar talks with fellow crime writers about appropriation, and how to write across identity lines responsibly.

    By E.A. Aymar | November 12, 2020

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read in November

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read in November

    Blackmail, revenge, warring families, and more in this month's best psychological thrillers

    By Lisa Levy | November 12, 2020

    Prefecture D

    Prefecture D

    Hideo Yokoyama

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | November 12, 2020

    6 Books Featuring Dark Anti-Heroines Who Test the Limits of Morality

    6 Books Featuring Dark Anti-Heroines Who Test the Limits of Morality

    Who needs a traditional hero when you can have all that tortured, selfish, maybe fundamentally immoral striving?

    By Susie Yang | November 4, 2020

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    A Guide to Deciding Whether Your Fictional Character Is a Vigilante or a Straight-Up Killer

    By Layne Fargo | November 4, 2020

    Shadow Sands

    By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 26, 2020

    Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

    By Rose Carlyle | October 22, 2020

    Five Thrillers That Explore

    Five Thrillers That Explore "Mean Girl" Culture

    High school can be nasty, brutish, and not-too-short.

    By Avery Bishop | October 19, 2020

    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime: <br>A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
    A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    The creators of the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast on the the tricky business of fictional murder.

    By Layne Fargo | October 16, 2020

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

    5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

    Missing husbands, murdered trainers, and feminist revenge killers.

    By Lisa Levy | October 7, 2020

    Five Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This September

    Five Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This September

    Private clubs, family secrets, and a new Ruth Ware novel.

    By Lisa Levy | September 16, 2020

    There Is No Crime Fiction Without Politics

    There Is No Crime Fiction Without Politics

    Some writers think books shouldn't be political. Vanessa Lillie, author of a new thriller about white privilege and restorative justice, couldn't disagree more.

    By Vanessa Lillie | September 16, 2020

    Mad Love: Five Novels About Destructive Romantic Friendships

    Mad Love: Five Novels About Destructive Romantic Friendships

    "These five books invite the reader to surrender again to the intoxication of a destructive relationship..."

    By Micah Nemerever | September 15, 2020

    Five Crime and Mystery Novels Featuring Deaf Characters

    Five Crime and Mystery Novels Featuring Deaf Characters

    These authors refuse to use deafness as a narrative device.

    By Nell Pattison | September 11, 2020

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