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All the (Crime) World's a Stage: The Irresistible Pairing of Mysteries and the Theater

All the (Crime) World's a Stage: The Irresistible Pairing of Mysteries and the Theater

Martin Edwards on the beloved trope of murder against a theatrical backdrop, from Shakespearean maestros to community players

By Martin Edwards | December 1, 2023

Beyond <em>Treasure Island</em>: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

Beyond Treasure Island: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

"They sack and pillage and raid and are captured and hanged and gibbeted, and maybe some of it’s fictional… but some of it isn’t."

By Katherine Howe | November 30, 2023

Parties Gone Wrong: A Beloved Trope in Crime Fiction

Parties Gone Wrong: A Beloved Trope in Crime Fiction

"There’s not a gathering in thrillers that doesn’t end up in total and utter carnage"

By Harriet Tyce | November 30, 2023

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

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

By Martin Edwards | November 29, 2023

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

By Maya Corrigan | November 28, 2023

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

By V. M. Burns | November 28, 2023

<em>The White Priory Murders</em>, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered

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

Martin Edwards considers a classic holiday murder mystery from the king of locked room crime novels, John Dickson Carr

By Martin Edwards | November 28, 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

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

The Backlist: Alex Finlay and Polly Stewart Revisit 'I Am Pilgrim,' by Terry Hayes

The Backlist: Alex Finlay and Polly Stewart Revisit 'I Am Pilgrim,' by Terry Hayes

Authors read a globe-trotting master class in thriller pacing.

By Polly Stewart | November 21, 2023

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