While it’s as misleading to lump all Scottish crime authors under one umbrella as it is to refer generally to “American crime writers,” there are certain common threads that run throughout the ...

"No good novel is a mess," writes John Irving in his messy new novel, Avenue of Mysteries, "many so-called real lives are messy. In a good novel, everything important to the story comes from something ...

Picture this: you’re browsing the mystery section at your local bookstore, excited to find your next page-turner, when suddenly you realize that most options come packed with content that makes you ...

UB faculty member David Schmid will host an online chat on Nov. 9 about a new course he’s presenting on mystery and suspense fiction for The Great Courses, a recorded library of non-credit, ...

Even very cold places can be hotbeds of crime fiction — witness the explosion of Nordic writers inspired by “The Girl Who …” phenomenon. Here are a few recent books from the Far North: They’re ...

As Seattle settles into cloudy-all-day season, it’s time to curl up with some rewarding crime fiction. “The Cutting Season” (Harper, 384 pp., $25.99), by Attica Locke, is as powerful as her debut, ...

One finishes an outstanding trilogy with regret, but also, in the case of Rennie Airth's three novels featuring John Madden, with abundant admiration. Airth introduced Madden in 1999's "River of ...

Scandinavian crime fiction has been an international phenomenon for more than a decade. Now, genre novels from other countries are coming out of the shadows, with the Guardian recently asking whether ...

The Tripping trio is determined to dig up the truth. Packed with paranormal humor, a bevy of eccentric suspects and an amusing plot that includes a coffin race, "Chihuahua of the Baskervilles" is a ...