#Mystery/Thriller

Police procedurals, cozy mysteries, psychological thrillers, true crime: whatever your mystery flavor, we’ve got recommendations on the best mystery books out there, from diverse authors writing in every mystery sub-genre. Get your whodunit (orwhatdunit, if you like a supernatural mystery) fix with posts from our mystery/thriller-reading contributors. Now go crack those cases!

JK Rowling Published a New Book in April…and Everybody Just Found Out About It

Well, you don’t get breaking book news like this very often, but The Independent reported last night that J.K. Rowling ...

Fresh Ink: July 9, 2013

In Fresh Ink, we highlight and discuss some of the week’s most exciting new books. HARDBACK RELEASES Memories of a ...

Fresh Ink: July 2, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES  The Humans by Matt Haig (Simon & Schuster) When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in June

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Your Favorite Fictional Crime-Solvers

This post is sponsored by a trio of murder mystery-ish reads. The Diabolist by Layton Green—In this gripping thriller, the ...

100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature

A Riot reader from the Midwest was so intrigued by my love letter to Flannery O’Connor, she tweeted me and asked ...

Fresh Ink: June 19, 2013

We’re bringing Fresh Ink to you one day later this week because we declared yesterday a Riot Reading Day in ...

Giveaway: Win a Set of 3 Murder Mysteries!

This post is sponsored by a trio of murder mystery-ish reads. The Diabolist by Layton Green—In this gripping thriller, the ...

Trailer Face-Off: BOY NOBODY by Allen Zadoff

In this edition of Trailer Face-Off, we’re looking at two different approaches taken in the trailer for BOY NOBODY by ...

How To Throw a Literary Murder Mystery Party!

This post is sponsored by a trio of murder mystery-ish reads. The Diabolist by Layton Green—In this gripping thriller, the ...