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The Stylish Woman's Weapon: 7 Mysteries Featuring Death by Hatpin

The Stylish Woman's Weapon: 7 Mysteries Featuring Death by Hatpin

Elizabeth Hobbs recommends tales of lethal tonsorial tools by Rachel Dawn Allen, Joyce Caudel, and more

By Elizabeth Hobbs | December 18, 2025

Tea, Tweed, and Treachery: Why British Mysteries Are Still So Popular

Tea, Tweed, and Treachery: Why British Mysteries Are Still So Popular

Connie Berry on the narrative structures, techniques, and more that define a genre

By Connie Berry | December 18, 2025

The Best Books of 2025: Traditional Mysteries

The Best Books of 2025: Traditional Mysteries

Featuring great new mysteries from some of the biggest authors in contemporary crime fiction.

By CrimeReads | December 17, 2025

The Beguiling Magic of Floral Mysteries

The Beguiling Magic of Floral Mysteries

Roses, lilies, orchids and….murder? Organized crime? Embezzlement?

By Naomi Kaye | December 17, 2025

10 Thrillers with Characters You Love to Hate

10 Thrillers with Characters You Love to Hate

Tanya Grant recommends May Cobb, Emma Cline, Olivia Worley, and more

By Tanya Grant | December 16, 2025

6 Suspense Novels and Twisty Thrillers Set in Small Towns

6 Suspense Novels and Twisty Thrillers Set in Small Towns

Laura Griffin recommends Karin Slaughter, Rachel Howzell Hall, Richard Osman, and more

By Laura Griffin | December 15, 2025

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Amie McNee on Historical Fiction, Queen Elizabeth, and Writing Her First Murder Mystery

By Alex Dueben | December 15, 2025

Blizzards, Druids, and Dead Bodies: 5 Mysteries Set During the Winter Solstice

By Paula Munier | December 12, 2025

5 Contemporary Takes on the Closed Circle Mystery

By L. M. Chilton | December 11, 2025

Period Perfection: 8 Historical Mystery Novels That Transport Readers

Period Perfection: 8 Historical Mystery Novels That Transport Readers

Julie Mulhern recommends Catriona McPherson, Anna Lee Huber, Kerry Greenwood, and more

By Julie Mulhern | December 10, 2025

Attention, Nerds: There's a Pilot In the Works Called <em>Trivia Night Mysteries</em>

Attention, Nerds: There's a Pilot In the Works Called Trivia Night Mysteries

News of a portential whodunnit series from former Family Guy Showrunner Steve Callaghan

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 9, 2025

The Best Debut Crime Novels of 2025

The Best Debut Crime Novels of 2025

Missing persons, friendly fire, clever criminals, and academic shenanigans

By Molly Odintz | December 9, 2025

4 Novels That Give a Voice to Massachusetts' Blue-Collar Communities

4 Novels That Give a Voice to Massachusetts' Blue-Collar Communities

Emily Ross reflects on Boston-adjacent tales from Dennis Lehane, Chuck Hogan, and others

By Emily Ross | December 9, 2025

Books for the Searchers: A Criminologist's Four Favorite Crime Novels

Books for the Searchers: A Criminologist's Four Favorite Crime Novels

Christoffer Carlsson shares the stories he turns to on those too-long nights

By Christoffer Carlsson | December 8, 2025

The Past, Present, and Future of African Crime Writing: A Roundtable Discussion

The Past, Present, and Future of African Crime Writing: A Roundtable Discussion

Leye Adenle, Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki, Iris Mwanza, Mike Nikol, and Michael Sears talk all things crime fiction in Africa

By CrimeReads | December 8, 2025

Queer Crime Writers Presents: 10 New LGBTQIA+ Crime Novels to Check Out This Winter

Queer Crime Writers Presents: 10 New LGBTQIA+ Crime Novels to Check Out This Winter

10 recently released queer mysteries and thrillers to keep you reading till spring

By Queer Crime Writers | December 5, 2025

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