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7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

Autumn is the season for sweaters, changing leaves, and curling up with a good mystery.

By Amber Camp | November 29, 2023

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

On The Rise, Fall, and Seemingly Inexplicable Appeal of Golden-Age Sleuth Philo Vance

Leslie Klinger on a lesser-known work by S.S. Van Dine and what "The Canary Murder Case" says about its detective and creator

By Leslie S. Klinger | November 29, 2023

Horror for the Holidays, Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

Horror for the Holidays, Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

"[C]orruption of love and kindness is the real horror": so just eat your aunt's pie, okay?

By Erika Johansen | November 29, 2023

The Orchestral Stirrings of <em>Death on the Down Beat</em>, a Musician's Murder Mystery

The Orchestral Stirrings of Death on the Down Beat, a Musician's Murder Mystery

On the well-known musician who brought something new to the world of Golden Age detective fiction, and his magnum opus.

By Martin Edwards | November 29, 2023

What Really Went On Between Coppola and Sheen in that Hotel Room During the Filming of <em>Apocalypse Now</em>?

What Really Went On Between Coppola and Sheen in that Hotel Room During the Filming of Apocalypse Now?

It's an iconic moment in cinema history. But behind the filming is a disturbing–and revealing–story.

By Sam Wasson | November 28, 2023

"The Mousetrap": Still Going Strong After 28,000 Performances

"[I]t does what theater is meant to do: engage our emotions, not just our little gray cells"

By Maya Corrigan | November 28, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

By V. M. Burns | November 28, 2023

Delving Into the Real Story of Charlie Starkweather, Spree Killer, Demon of the American '50s

By Harry N. MacLean | November 28, 2023

The White Priory Murders, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered

By Martin Edwards | November 28, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | November 27, 2023

Agatha Christie’s Most Romantic Murder Mysteries

Agatha Christie’s Most Romantic Murder Mysteries

Lily Sparks ranks the mystery master's novels from the most light and frothy to the darkest and most deeply tortured

By Lily Sparks | November 27, 2023

Jail to the Chief: The 5 Worst Fictional Acts Committed by Real Presidents

Jail to the Chief: The 5 Worst Fictional Acts Committed by Real Presidents

From brawling to cuckoldry to cannibalism, (real) Presidents get up to some dark (fictional) deeds.

By Zack Budryk | November 27, 2023

Books In Which Rich People (Think They Can) Get Away With Murder

Books In Which Rich People (Think They Can) Get Away With Murder

Charlotte Vassell with a list of "love-to-loathe antagonist[s]" and "wealthy miscreants"

By Charlotte Vassell | November 27, 2023

Fall's Best International Fiction

Fall's Best International Fiction

12 new mysteries and thrillers in translation to transport you all over the world

By Molly Odintz | November 22, 2023

Learning to Be Lost (and Found) in Fiction and in Life

Learning to Be Lost (and Found) in Fiction and in Life

Amy Hagstrom on her experiences in search-and-rescue and writing a wilderness thriller

By Amy Hagstrom | November 22, 2023

Brave Women in Mysterious Circumstances: A Reading List

Brave Women in Mysterious Circumstances: A Reading List

The more these characters find themselves doubted, the more strength they must draw from their own determination

By Christina Henry | November 22, 2023

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