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Serial Killer

Book Review: The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr

By Brian Greene

June 27, 2022

Part of why Philip K. Dick’s novels are so effective is how the daring, game-changing sci-fi author juxtaposed the extraordinary with the relatable. Take his 1970 novel A Maze of Death, for instance. The main thrust of that story involves fourteen humans who come to inhabit a mysterious space colony which proves to be treacherous…

Q&A with Jamie Gehring, author of Madman in the Woods

By John Valeri

April 19, 2022

Jamie Gehring has the uniquely unsettling distinction of having grown up sharing a backyard with Ted Kaczynski in Lincoln, Montana—which she recounts in her new true crime memoir, Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber. The book is an expansion of the story she shared in Netflix’s popular mini-series, Unabomber—In His Own…

The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

January 17, 2022

4 Pamela enjoys the loose ice crystals that form when the snow starts to melt on the slopes. They make the skis’ grip almost frighteningly sharp. She and her daughter, Alice, have been using sunscreen, but they still both have a bit of color on their cheeks. Martin, on the other hand, burned his nose…

Top Five Fictional Serial Killers

By Crime HQ

It’s fair to say we’ve both read or watched the best thrillers during the last thirty years. In our opinion, obviously! And there’s one thing we always agree on: what scares us the most is serial killer with clear motives and a detailed plan. A relentless murderer who won’t stop until they’ve realized their grand…

Book Review: Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

By Gabino Iglesias

September 14, 2021

Like any kind of writing, literary criticism must strive to find the most precise words to communicate what it wants readers to see as it deconstructs a narrative. That’s why vague words like “special” and “unique” are frowned upon; they fail to be specific. That said, both of them apply perfectly to Richard Chizmar’s Chasing…

Stalking the Unknown: Unsolved Serial Killer Cases

By Joanna Schaffhausen

August 9, 2021

For a serial killer who enjoys provoking headlines, the greatest irony is that true fame requires being caught, and make no mistake—they do not wish to be caught. A few killers have managed to capture public imagination anyway. Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac Killer have each inspired numerous books and movies. Theories about their…

Book Review: The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry

By Doreen Sheridan

July 9, 2021

The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry is a mind-bending speculative psychological suspense thriller about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality. Felicity Staples is a journalist who mostly likes her New York City…

Book Review: Lies We Bury by Elle Marr

By Ray Palen

April 12, 2021

“The lies we tell ourselves during stable hours—like I’m a good person or I don’t deserve this—become the lies we bury deep down, too far to access, in times of pain.” These thoughts are from the mind of protagonist Claire Lou a.k.a. Marissa Mo who is one of the more troubled narrators you will come…

Book Review: American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky

By Gabino Iglesias

March 18, 2021

Peter Vronsky’s American Serial Killers is a brutal, engaging, meticulously researched account of the start, development, and conclusion of the fifty-year period knows as the “golden age” of serial killers in the United States. While the book focuses on serial killers, Vronsky digs deep into the psychology that shapes them, tracing the development of the…

Building an Enthralling Thriller

By Lisa Renee Jones

March 4, 2021

I write romance and thrillers, but even the majority of my romances are rooted in suspense and mystery. Suspense is what makes my fingers hum, challenges my mind, and is always where I feel I’m at my best. Considering my husband is obsessed with serial killers like Michael Myers you can bet he always has…

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