The best mystery novels don’t simply dazzle readers with byzantine plots or throw them off track with unreliable narrators or MacGuffins. Truly suspenseful stories keep us guessing even if we ...

The best mystery novels don ... History upends the coming-of-age novel with a focus on how a deep study of classical history might lead a group of students to obsession and tragedy.

By Sarah Weinman In Francis Spufford’s new novel, “Cahokia Jazz,” a detective must solve the mystery of a staged killing before its repercussions destroy his city’s social and political order.

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Now a widely celebrated voice in crime fiction, she just launched her fifth book, “The Examiner.” By Sarah Lyall Our mystery columnist reviews books by Scott Phillips, Morgan Richter ...

We've previously covered some of our favorite mystery novels, but we're coming back to the idea again because we want to ...

With fall’s arrival comes the promise of longer evenings — the perfect time to curl up with a mystery novel. This season’s offerings bring us quirky characters, puzzling murders and far ...

Megan Miranda is one author who always brings the suspense with her mystery novels, and her latest book ... vacation after ...

And it made me start thinking about all the mysteries that might just be existing around us — hidden just under the surface.” When it comes to placing big reveals in her novels, Miranda admits ...

I REVIEWED in a previous column the book, "Arsenic and Adobo," which was the first in Mia P. Manansala's "Tita Rosie Kitchen Mystery" series. In quick succession, she has come out with two more novels ...