With a panel of celebrated authors—Megan Abbott, Harlan Coben, S.A. Cosby, Gillian Flynn, Tana French, Rachel Howzell Hall, ...

Compiling the annual favorite mysteries of the year is a labor of love, and a true labor that begins with the first novel of the year. Annually, it becomes harder to narrow down the list from the 120 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a researcher focusing on how the media we consume shapes us. People have been captivated by mystery novels for almost two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Detective fiction is a creative sub-genre of crime and ...

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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 ...

Before espionage fiction took over, there was a rather different dapper, sleuthing figure who captured the imagination of literary fiends across the globe. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has ...

This year’s most exciting and twisty-looking thriller and mystery books delve into the darkest corners of our collective psyche, from obsessive true-crime subreddits to deadly advice columns to the ...

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 variations ...