#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!

Fresh Ink: August 20, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES The Girl You Left Behind by JoJo Moyes (Pamela Dorman Books) France, 1916:  Artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his young wife, ...

The Best of Elizabeth Peters / Barbara Michaels

A few favorite books by Elizabeth Peters / Barbara Michaels I'd recommend.

11 Audiobooks to Help You Lose Your Audio Virginity

The Audiophiles is a regular column in which contributors Rachel S. and Cassandra chat about the latest and greatest audiobooks on their ...

The Curious Case of THE CUCKOO’S CALLING—Why it Wasn’t a Success Before We All Knew JK Rowling Wrote It

The reason why THE CUCKOO'S CALLING wasn't a success was because it wasn't by JK Rowling—but it was.

Fresh Ink: August 6, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES  The Rathbones by Janice Clark (Doubleday) Mercy Rathbone, fifteen years old, is the diminutive scion of the Rathbone clan. Her ...

Five Books to Watch For in August

If August’s new releases are any indication of what is headed our way before the end of the year, we’ve ...

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

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

A Beginner’s Guide to Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler, one of the fathers of hard-boiled detective fiction, would have celebrated his 125th birthday this past week.  He’s ...

Giveaway: BRILLIANCE by Marcus Sakey

This week’s giveaway is sponsored by Brilliance by Marcus Sakey. In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the ...

Fresh Ink: July 23, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan (Hogarth)  A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Anais Hendricks sits in the ...