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Sean David Robinson on Why Missing Person Thrillers Are Addictive (According to Science)
An exploration of Edwin Drood, American disappearances, and the neuroscience behind a mystery trope
Sturm und Drang: Allison Brennan on Turning Weather into a Character in Thrillers
"Stories like this demand respect. Real people live through these storms. Real families don’t get to close the book and walk away."
Eliza Jabore on Translating Her Fraught Travel Stories with Friends into a Novel
The author of Backstabbers shares a tale of treacherous trail connections in Florence
Trauma Talk: 4 Mystery Novels and Series Where the Protagonist Gets Therapy
Barry Lyga recommends hero-in-therapy stories by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Stephen White, and more
A Father and Daughter Discuss Their Shared Crime Obsessions
For Father's Day, authors Harold Schechter and Lauren Oliver are talking writing, crime, and the darkest corners of the human psyche.
What Should You Watch This Weekend?
Featuring a hardboiled Colin Farrell taking a weird new direction.
5 Great Novels That Read Like Bad Trips, Fever Dreams, or Reality Warps
Lindsay Kent recommends gloriously unhinged tales by Steven Hall, Marisha Pessl, and others
Jessica Payne on Antiheroes, Gender, and the Rise of Female Pyschopaths in Fiction
The author of Somebody Worth Killing unpacks the complex allure of the morally gray woman
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