For me, these 10 crime novels were the pinnacle of pleasure reading this year. Let’s start with the series sleuths. It’s always a treat to revisit the 1940s-era exploits of Lillian Pentecost, ...

(Photo illustration by Jerome Adamstein / Los Angeles Times; jacket covers from Gallery Books, Mulholland, Harper and Flatiron) Ring out the old year and bring in the new with four outstanding ...

Hercule Poirot is an iconic screen detective on the screen, but his novels laid the foundation and are even more engaging.

Sep. 6—"According to my family's oral history, down eight generations, I descend from President Madison and one of his enslaved cooks," says Bettye Kearse. The retired pediatrician from Boston, now a ...

From chilling new releases to evergreen classics that never lose their grip, here are eight mystery novels worth diving into ...

Authors Laura Lippman and John Sandford have been announced as the 2025 Grand Masters of this year’s Edgar Awards. The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) confirmed the two writers as the special awards ...

AMES, Iowa – A well-manicured garden provides the perfect setting for rest, peaceful contemplation of nature – and murder most foul? With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners and ...

Readers visiting from Mars would assume that only white folks were murdered, solved crimes, righted wrongs, and fell in love with no-goodniks with shady pasts or dames with hearts of gold. The mystery ...

It’s Halloween — the season of all things spooky and scary — from horror movies, to haunted mansions and potentially even gardens. It turns out there's an unexpectedly sinister side to gardening, ...

Despite that prudent reminder to take care during pandemic, the mood was celebratory as mystery publishers and authors honored the best in the genre, live and in-person, for the first time since 2019 ...

Devin Abraham was in “kind of a mess” a few weeks ago at Once Upon A Crime mystery bookstore in Minneapolis where she was surrounded by crime/mystery books that will be sold at Bouchercon 2022, being ...

Ring out the old year and bring in the new with four outstanding mysteries and discover each author's lists of surefire, gift-worthy books. Sydney-based Pip Drysdale nails novelists, actors and other ...