• Psychological Thriller

    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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    Eartheater

    Dolores Reyes

    "I bet she waited for Walter to leave."

    November 19, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Why Writing About Cults—and People Who Join Them—Is Never Easy

    40 years after Jonestown, an author reflects on the empathy gap between those who joined, and those who think they never would.

    November 18, 2020  By Courtney Summers
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    Five Books About Women Fighting Their Way Out

    Survival, ingenuity, and even some vengeance.

    November 18, 2020  By James S. Murray
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