What goes better with the start of the summer season than a great thriller? Bring them to the beach, or pack them for a week at the lake house, thrillers and suspense novels provide the perfect summer escape. They have the power to captivate a reader and give them a thrill, all at a safe distance. Suburban murders, illicit affairs, and hard-boiled detectives-we’ll be talking about all of these and more throughout the month.
Thrillers may be on the bestseller list today, but where did they begin? What are the earliest examples of the genre? And how much more messed up do the cops in them get as time goes on? This week we’re taking a look at how the thriller helped to revitalize the mystery genre. Added elements of suspense, violence, and secrecy lend themselves to a mystery in a way that really pays off, and we’re here to talk about some early signs of what was to come.
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