C rime fiction has thrived in the past 25 years, gaining more readers, introducing new writers and producing works likely to become future classics. This list favors writers who h ...

The Big Sleep is a classic example of a murder mystery film that originated from literature. This 1946 film, directed by Howard Hawks, is an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel of the same name.

While I'll be giving this murder mystery another read before summer's end, not every one of Reese's Book Club recommendations is a thriller. For example, Witherspoon's June 2025 select is The ...

Big Spring, Texas / / July 22, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian mystery fiction maintains suspense and intrigue ...

Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, is The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. She is an associate editor of ...

Don't just take my word for it: Thriller expert Stephen King called Kate Atkinson’s 2004 novel “the best mystery of the decade.” This crime story, which is often cited as the book that put ...

Very rarely am I able to solve the case in murder mystery novels. But that's part of the fun in reading those type of books.

The title alone predicts excellence, and the latest in this annual collection of “The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024” delivers with superior tales by top and emerging writers.

In my many years of attending crime and mystery writers’ conferences, the thought occurred to me — more than once — that they would make excellent settings for, well, murder. Jaime Lynn ...

Murder mysteries by the men who brought you Winnie-the-Pooh and Daniel Day-Lewis. By Molly Young Dear readers, Mystery novels are like Thanksgiving dinner: formulaic but allowing for huge ...

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