Author: <span>J.F. Penn</span>

Anatomy of a City: The Hunterian Museum and London’s Dissection Past

Where to trace London's dissection past: the Hunterian Museum, the Old Operating Theatre, the Wellcome Collection and Barts Pathology Museum, plus the resurrection men, the Murder Act and…

Books Like The Wicker Man: British Folk Horror and Pagan Fiction

If you love The Wicker Man, here are 27 folk horror and pagan fiction novels to read next, from The Ritual and Harvest Home to The Loney, Starve…

Best Creature Horror Books: Underground Monsters and Cave Thrillers

23 of the best creature horror and confinement novels: cave monsters, underground thrillers, deep-sea terrors, parasites and isolated predators, from The Descent and The Ruins to The Luminous…

30+ Best Medical Thrillers with Female Detectives

A core list of 21 medical and forensic thriller series with female detectives, medical examiners and forensic experts, from Rizzoli & Isles and Kay Scarpetta to Ruth Galloway…

Thrillers with Tattoos: Ink, Identity, and the Clues We Carry on Skin

Nine thrillers where tattoos are motive, weapon or the only way to name the dead, from The Tattoo Thief and The Skin Collector to Deviance and The Girl…

Macabre Museums: 9 Crime Novels Featuring Museums Collections And Cabinets of Curiosity

Nine crime novels set in museums, collections and cabinets of curiosity, from Relic and The Da Vinci Code to Desecration, and why museums make perfect crime scenes.

Where Did The Idea For Blood Vintage Come From? J.F. Penn On The Unreserved Wine Talk Podcast

How visiting two English vineyards, and the strange practices of biodynamic winemaking, sparked Blood Vintage, a folk horror novel. J.F. Penn talks to Natalie MacLean on The Unreserved…

Exploring Ancient Relics and Writing Thrillers. J.F. Penn On The Ancient Heroes Podcast

In May 2024, I was interviewed for the Ancient Heroes Podcast about my inspiration for writing modern thrillers based on ancient relics, historical places and artifacts, as well…