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,…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.…
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…