A Blog for Readers and Writers of Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction
Some of the best fiction explores moments of intimacy and shows us relationships between people that are chilling as a result of that intimacy.
In no particular order, here are my favorite thrillers featuring two people locked in a struggle where love, hate, possession and obsession blur.
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My dreams fall into two categories. In the past, and now. I’m not a medical expert but I think the pandemic changed them.
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What real-life story would you like to see fictionalized on page or screen? Maybe a story inspired by a weird fact? History? The odd guy who lives down the street? The woman three doors down who only leaves the house on Thursdays?
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There is nothing like a handwritten note delivered by the U.S. Postal Service to make my heart flutter. I’m not[…]
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One of the pleasures of being a writer is that it is my actual job to seek out weird facts.[…]
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Do you have a Lover’s Eye? No, I’m not talking about winking and fluttering your lashes. A Lover’s Eye is a tiny portrait of a human eye, often painted on a flake of ivory no bigger than your fingernail.
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On Sunday mornings, I’m like a little kid flipping on the television to watch Captain Kangaroo because it’s time for[…]
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Lately it seems we all need a little superpower to stay on top of the zooms and the general absurdness of pandemic life. Kids taking tests next to you at the dinner table while a winter storm knocks the power out? Zooming late into the night? What do you wish was your superpower?
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I write mysteries, which means someone will die. Probably in the first 15 pages. Does that mean I know how to kill someone? Well, sort of. But ONLY on paper.
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Reading a room, even when you’re not physically in it.
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