Not long before her death in 1982, I commented to Anna Freud on the large collection of detective fiction in the house she shared with her father in his final years of exile in London. She informed me ...

The prolific and multi-talented Anthony Horowitz is back with a very readable third novel featuring the full-time professional editor and part-time amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland and the legendary ...

In 1929, a Catholic priest walked into the detective fiction scene and handed out commandments—not from a mountaintop, but from a typewriter. His name was Ronald Knox, and while he spent his days ...

Our crime columnist recommends books starring hard-boiled investigators who are ready to travel down the meanest streets to root out the darkest truths. By Sarah Weinman When the hard-boiled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s something properly thrilling about getting caught up in a well plotted, suspense-packed crime novel. From twisty whodunits ...

Amid the success of Prime Video's Scarpetta, meet the richest crime fiction authors including Patricia Cornwell and more.

Before espionage fiction took over, there was a rather different dapper, sleuthing figure who captured the imagination of literary fiends across the globe. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has ...

First we read Nancy Drew, girl detective. Then what? Women of Mystery explores the writing lives of three authors (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton & Marcia Muller) who started a literary revolution and, in ...

Our columnist on a handful of recently reissued crime novels, all of which are worth your time. Credit...Pablo Amargo Supported by By Sarah Weinman Most of my recent conversations about books have ...

When I think of Easter, I think of chocolate and bunnies and colorful eggs - and binging crime novels in a secluded mountain cabin? It's called paskekrim, or Easter crime, and it's a tradition in ...