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5 YA Thrillers about Vacations Gone Horribly WrongTeens on vacation with their big, messy families. Teens on vacation without their families. What could go wrong? In two words, a lot. “An...
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9 More Historical Novels Coming Out in 2023Feeling an itch to cool down in the (literally) lower temperatures of yesteryear? Look no further than the list below, featuring 9 upcoming works...
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Skewing the Murder Mystery With an Animal’s Point of ViewThe first book I ever got lost in was Sebastian Lybeck’s “ Latte and the Magical Waterstone ”, a rather obscure Finnish children’s classic. I had...
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Toulouse: Murder in the Pink CityToulouse – aka Ville Rose – France’s fourth largest city sits on the banks of the Garonne River. On anyone’s liveability index Toulouse has to...
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The Idea of a Father: Intersections of Grief in Researching and WritingSecond life is a term many shooting survivors use to illustrate the ripple effects or the aftermath of gun violence. This means there is no...
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To Film and Thrive in L.A.: Three Lesser-Praised Friedkin Films Are ClassicsWith the exception of a string of Francis Coppola films in the first half of the 1970s, it’s hard to imagine stronger, back-to-back, and...
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Cook Like Christie: A Look at Gastronomical Delights Inspired By the Grand Dame of Detective FictionAgatha Miller was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, England. By her own account, she “had a very happy childhood.” By 18, she had written...
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The Best Debut Novels of AugustThe CrimeReads editors select the month’s best debut novels in crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers. * Jamison Shea, I Feed...
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Shop Talk: Danya Kukafka Knits, Fills up Moleskins, and Writes a “Zero Draft”Danya Kukafka is the nationally bestselling author of Girl in Snow and Notes on an Execution . I first met Danya a few...
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On Healing and the Aftershocks of TraumaNo pain, no gain! A common refrain, and the quintessential mantra of those who hustle. While you’ve probably seen this couplet superimposed...
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Powerful Female Characters in Crime FictionI love crime fiction for its versatility, how it can incorporate well-realized characters, a wide range of tones and styles, and social...
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Every Novel Is a Cult NovelNovels, I’ve found in my writing experience, come out of ideas that won’t be denied. They surface from the mind like something primeval climbing...
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What I Learned in CSI SchoolMy current series revolves around the Locard Institute, its forensic science focus made of equal parts research, training, and private...
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The Search for a Vanished Hiker on the PCTThe Southern California stretch of the PCT that sits between Warner Springs and the Anza Trailhead runs forty-one desolate miles between two...
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The Unsettling Roots of Our Coziest TraditionsWe all love a tradition, don’t we? Whether it’s been passed down to us or we’ve adopted it ourselves, traditions bond us as families, friends or...
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Anna May Wong and Chinatown Noir: 4 Essential FilmsFrom the earliest days, Hollywood and its overseas competitors and wannabes were addicted to Chinatown. In tandem with Limehouse fiction, Fu...
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Spooky Traditions: Using Superstitions in Thrillers to Enhance Storytelling“Put silver in your pockets, walk with dirt in your shoes, or he’ll poke your eyeballs from their sockets, and boil your bones in stew.”...
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Serial Killers in Fiction and NonfictionNo serial killer fiction list would be complete without mentioning Red Dragon. Hannibal Lecter probably needs to introduction, but remains...
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Sophomore Slays: Seven Killer Mystery Series Where Book Two Is Even BetterYou’ve written a great first novel. There’s buzz! There’s praise! The book is flying off bookstore shelves. Even the notoriously finicky and...
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A Classic California Mystery: The Life and Times of Lange Lewis“Almost perfect in its playlike purity and delightful prose.” —Barzun and Taylor on The Birthday Murder Lange Lewis was a woman of...
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Penang and George Town: Scandals in ParadiseBeautiful Penang, on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. Its densely populated capital of George Town is a feast...
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Read the very first reviews of Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight ClubFight Club , Chuck Palahniuk’s era-defining debut novel about a load of disaffected men beating the bejesus out of each other in order to...
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15 New and Upcoming Books to Read to Celebrate Women in Translation MonthAugust is Women in Translation Month! So I figured I’d round up some of this year’s best crime novels in translation by women from...
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Running Man: Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning Part One and the Exertions of Tom CruiseWe fry in Leone summer: while Barbie and Oppenheimer cycle so rapidly through ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and ‘ugly’...
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Why Horror Makes Us Feel SafeA couple years ago, I found myself on a serious Shirley Jackson kick. I devoured as many of her short stories and novels that I could...
