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Cults

Book Review: The Project by Courtney Summers

By Doreen Sheridan

February 2, 2021

From Courtney Summers, the New York Times bestselling author of the 2019 Edgar Award Winner and breakout hit, Sadie, comes a sensational follow-up—another pulls-no-punches thriller about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister from a cult. When Bea Denham is 19 years old, her parents die in a car crash that nearly takes…

Fresh Meat: Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham

By Doreen Sheridan

May 16, 2015

Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham is a Young Adult mystery featuring a 15-year-old girl hot on the trail of a murder (available May 19, 2015). When I first came across Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham, what really leapt out at me from the description was the comparison to Veronica Mars. I’m not a Veronica Mars…

Now Win This!: Yule Be Sorry Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

December 16, 2014

The best way to spread holiday fear is screaming loud for all to hear. Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes open to legal residents of 50…

The Sun is God, a historical crime novel by Adrian McKinty

Fresh Meat: The Sun is God by Adrian McKinty

By Court Haslett

September 8, 2014

The Sun is God by Adrian McKinty is a historical crime novel featuring a veteran of the second Boer war trying to solve a murder on an island of religious cultists in Colonial New Guinea in 1906 (available September 9, 2014). After reading the setting for The Sun is God, a fan of Adrian McKinty…

Fresh Meat: Lost by Laura K. Curtis

By Leigh Neely

May 19, 2014

Lost by Laura K. Curtis is a novel of romantic suspense featuring a former police officer and an FBI agent who both end up undercover in a rural Texas cult (available May 20, 2014). With Lost, Laura K. Curtis gives us the story of two of her secondary characters from her exciting first novel, Twisted.…

True Detective: 1.08 The Finale “Form and Void” Brings the Story Full Circle

By Thomas Pluck

March 10, 2014

The problem with serial killers and psychopaths in fiction, in general, is that they are banal. If you want to be realistic, the story remains the same: we make our own monsters, and the only mystery is why every tortured child doesn’t become like their abuser. But part of the point of True Detective is…

Always Watching by Chevy Stevens

Fresh Meat: Always Watching by Chevy Stevens

By Neliza Drew

June 13, 2013

Always Watching by Chevy Stevens is a psychological thriller featuring a cult and the psychiatrist who can't shake her experiences with them (available June 18, 2013). In Chevy Stevens’ latest, Always Watching, Dr. Nadine Lavoie is doing her best to help her patients in Mental Health, including Heather Simeon, brought in after a suicide attempt.…

Kevin Bacon

The Following Season 1 Finale: “The Final Chapter”

By Katee Robert

April 30, 2013

So this season has been a long and winding road. Some of it was definitely better than others, but The Following started off with a bang and ended much the same way. As much as I was sure, three episodes ago, that I’d probably never watch this show again, the finale changed my mind. I…

James Purefoy in The Following

The Following Episode 14: “The End is Near”

By Katee Robert

April 23, 2013

I loved this episode for so many reasons. Everything played out so freaking well and… Let’s just get into it. First, though, I still don’t get Carroll’s thing with watching videos of Hardy having sex with that follower (Molly, right?). I just… It skeeves me out in a serious way. I don’t see the purpose…

The Following: Debra with a gun

The Following Episode 12: “The Curse”

By Katee Robert

April 9, 2013

By now you all know that I’ve more or less written this show off. The last few episodes have been MEH at best, which is incredibly sad to me because I was SO excited about the first few. That said, I truly enjoyed this week’s episode.

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