Few crime writers come with the credentials of Peter James. He is the author of more than 30 bestselling novels – including ...

Set on an island just off Michigan, this twisty read is locked-room murder mystery at its best. Century, £16.99 Lucas Cole is a bestselling writer, a father – and a serial killer. After he is found ...

and influential mystery and thriller books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s This project is led by Lucy Feldman, Annabel Gutterman, Megan McCluskey, and Meg Zukin, with writing ...

As a Michigander, I am reluctant to approach such heady subjects, but what I think books about crime can do — say from a Charles Portis, best known for “True Grit” — is give writers the space to ...

Our crime columnist recommends books starring ... which is on fullest display in this book — his longest and best outing featuring the private eye Philip Marlowe, who tries to stay morally ...

The New York Times said of Raven Black, which was awarded the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (CWA Gold Dagger) for the best crime novel in 2006, “Chilling…enough to freeze the blood.” Policewoman DS ...

Uzma Jalaluddin’s “Detective Aunty” is a cozy homage to Agatha Christie, Tana French and all other mystery authors.

In the beginning, there was C. Auguste Dupin. When Edgar Allan Poe first unleashed the amateur detective on a crime scene in 1841’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” the author cracked the ...

Since the publication of Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest on February 1, 1929, the best crime novels have not offered much in the way of escape or solid, mindless entertainment. Nowadays ...

Ready to get your Sherlock on? Readers can figure out whodunit in the interactive mystery book "You Are the Detective: The ...