It was a great year for mystery readers, with notable books by longtime-favorite authors and a crop of new voices whose stories added depth and breadth to the genre. Here are 10 titles that stood ...

5 new mystery novels worth staying up late to finish. Jesse Q. Sutanto, Janice Hallett, Jessa Maxwell, Deborah Crombie and Elly Griffiths serve up suspense — and charm ...

A critic becomes an amateur detective in order to avoid becoming a murder suspect in Alexis Soloski's Here in the Dark. In The Mystery Guest, by Nita Prose, a hotel's maid has to clean up a real mess.

Oline Cogdill's favorite mystery novels of 2023, a banner year for stories with themes of diversity, veterans and domestic suspense. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 85°F.

The Best Books of 2023: Mystery The year’s finest mystery and crime fiction, selected by Tom Nolan. ... Each has also written one of the best crime novels of 2023. Grab a Copy. Birnam Wood: A Novel.

I already read all of S.A. Cosby’s novels, and I want more noir — the darker, the better. EVERYBODY KNOWS (Mulholland Books, 373 pp., $28), by Jordan Harper, will not restore anyone’s faith ...

6 Great Heart-Thumping, Brain-Bending Young Adult Mystery Novels Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the author of The Inheritance Games trilogy and other young adult novels, recommends some of her favorite Y.A ...

2023 featured a diverse assortment of literary graphic novels on an ever-increasing range of subjects. This year’s top works come from some of the form’s most celebrated creators and talented ...

Four mysteries to read this month with ties to Colorado or the West include "Double the Lies," by Patricia Raybon, and "The Sacred Bridge," by Anne Hillerman, and "Stealing," by Margaret Verble ...

Long-time readers might recall my first column in 2004. I covered three crime novels. Later on, the ever observant Ron Rollins, my first editor, remarked that I sure do like mystery novels. He was ...

Reading about detectives who flounder can be cathartic. Years ago I discovered Henning Mankell’s novels, especially those featuring the dour detective Kurt Wallander.To a degree I find unmatched ...