With a panel of celebrated authors—Megan Abbott, Harlan Coben, S.A. Cosby, Gillian Flynn, Tana French, Rachel Howzell Hall, and Sujata Massey—TIME presents the most gripping, twist-filled, satisfying, ...

The mystery and crime-writing genre set its roots in detective novels, with early hits like The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Felix in 1862 and A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur ...

Sep. 6—"According to my family's oral history, down eight generations, I descend from President Madison and one of his enslaved cooks," says Bettye Kearse. The retired pediatrician from Boston, now a ...

Lily Connor, an ordained priest, discusses scripture with her lover as they lie in bed in the morning. Faith Fairchild can't seem to escape the dead bodies that follow her on sabbatical from New York ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The award celebrates the best mysteries and thrillers across the fiction, nonfiction and television genres Desiree Anello is a ...

Award-winning mystery author Sandra Jackson-Opoku will speak at the Nittany Valley Writers’ Network meeting on Tuesday, Feb.

Authors Laura Lippman and John Sandford have been announced as the 2025 Grand Masters of this year’s Edgar Awards. The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) confirmed the two writers as the special awards ...

AMES, Iowa – A well-manicured garden provides the perfect setting for rest, peaceful contemplation of nature – and murder most foul? With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners and ...

Ring out the old year and bring in the new with four outstanding mysteries and discover each author's lists of surefire, gift-worthy books. Sydney-based Pip Drysdale nails novelists, actors and other ...

(Photo illustration by Jerome Adamstein / Los Angeles Times; jacket covers from Gallery Books, Mulholland, Harper and Flatiron) Ring out the old year and bring in the new with four outstanding ...