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Ten Tough Heroines you should know about!

January 30, 2017 Sam Hawkeen 0

Ten Tough Heroines you should know about! I started my publishing career writing award-nominated borderland noir fiction set in Mexico and Texas. These days I write thrillers about Camaro Espinoza, a bad-ass former combat medic […]

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Seven Thrillers Featuring Social Media

January 27, 2017 Holly Brown 0

Seven Thrillers Featuring Social Media I like to write novels that explore contemporary phenomena, and I like to read them, too. Love it or hate it, social media is a nearly inescapable part of how […]

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Top Ten FBI Novels

January 26, 2017 Elizabeth Heiter 0

Top Ten FBI Novels As a writer, I love creating FBI characters. In fact, I have an entire series around an FBI profiler. Her job allows me to send her across the country (and overseas, […]

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The VERY Fine Line Between Fiction and Reality…

January 25, 2017 L.S. Hawker 0

The VERY Fine Line Between Fiction and Reality… I’ve been obsessed with true-crime books since I read Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi as a twelve-year-old. (For the one person out there who doesn’t know, the book is […]

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Top Ten Crime Novels Set in London

January 24, 2017 Oliver Harris 0

Top Ten Crime Novels Set in London London’s a maze, both in space and time. Its hidden alleyways, buried layers of history, and extremes of poverty and wealth all cry out for detection. When I […]

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Why Karin Slaughter’s Books are Destined to be Thriller Classics

January 21, 2017 Lena Diaz 0

Why Karin Slaughter’s Books are Destined to be Thriller Classics Before you ask, the answer is no. Thriller author extraordinaire Karin Slaughter did not pay me to write this list. I’m simply a reader and fellow author […]

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Top Five Fictional Stories Inspired by Real-Life Axeman of New Orleans

January 17, 2017 Miriam C. Davis 0

Top Five Fictional Stories Inspired by Real-Life Axeman of New Orleans Think about being hacked up in your sleep, at your most helpless. That horror might explain the fascination with the Axeman of New Orleans, […]

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Lucky Number 8: The Top 8 Mysteries set in China

January 10, 2017 Mystery Center 0

Lucky Number 8: The Top 8 Mysteries set in China  Crime, punishment, and corruption have always been prominent themes in Chinese literature. Operas and novels from the Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368) attest to the […]

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Lucky Number 8: The Top 8 Mysteries set in China

January 10, 2017 Janie Chang 0

Lucky Number 8: The Top 8 Mysteries set in China  Crime, punishment, and corruption have always been prominent themes in Chinese literature. Operas and novels from the Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368) attest to the […]

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Top Ten Crime Novels with a Puzzle

January 8, 2017 Tim Powers 0

Top Ten Crime Novels with a Puzzle You wouldn’t buy a fresh copy of the newspaper so you could fill out the same crossword puzzle or Sudoku a second time nor watch an episode of “Jeopardy!” […]

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