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Get ready to discover your new favorite mystery or thriller book.

9 Quintessential Short Stories Every Mystery Fan Needs to Read 

9 Quintessential Short Stories Every Mystery Fan Needs to Read 

These classic short mystery stories will keep you guessing while introducing you to beloved authors.

Queens Of Crime

By Harry Pearson

Thriller

Joe Pickett Fan Alert: Where to Start With C.J. Box

Joe Pickett Fan Alert: Where to Start With C.J. Box

By Marisa Fertitta

Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters Books in Order: A Timeline with Twists and Turns

Elizabeth Peters Books in Order: A Timeline with Twists and Turns

By Jena Brown

Mystery Books

These Are the Best-Selling Mystery Books of All Time

These Are the Best-Selling Mystery Books of All Time

By Tallie Williams

Mystery Books

Saddle Up—These Western Mystery Books Will Take You For a Ride

Saddle Up—These Western Mystery Books Will Take You For a Ride

By Kelsey Christine McConnell & Marisa Fertitta

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Margery Allingham

Albert Campion Hunts a Killer in Margery Allingham's The Beckoning Lady

Albert Campion Hunts a Killer in Margery Allingham's The Beckoning Lady

Detective Albert Campion questions the owner of a small but notorious estate after a corpse is found nearby...

By Olivia Mason

Thrillers

12 Heart-Pounding Foreign Thrillers in Translation

12 Heart-Pounding Foreign Thrillers in Translation

These international thrillers are sure to get your heart racing.

By Audrey Webster

British Mysteries

10 Underrated British Mystery Books to Add to Your Bookshelf Now

10 Underrated British Mystery Books to Add to Your Bookshelf Now

Looking for your next mystery obsession?

By Catherine Phelan

Thriller Book

A Man Can’t Escape His Past in This Riveting Thriller

A Man Can’t Escape His Past in This Riveting Thriller

Jason Harrow’s life is about to become unhinged…

By Audrey Webster

Noir

10 Female Noir and Mystery Writers You Need to Read

10 Female Noir and Mystery Writers You Need to Read

Get ready to expand your reading list.

By Catherine Phelan

Fiction

Unearthed: Mr. Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Drugged Golfers

Unearthed: Mr. Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Drugged Golfers

When a priceless trophy goes missing, the world's most famous detective is called to solve the case.

By Bertram Atkey

Best Of

13 of the Best Mystery Books of 2017

13 of the Best Mystery Books of 2017

These mysteries and thrillers blew us away.

By Audrey Webster

Special Report

A Covenant with Death: Who Killed Louise Talbot?

A Covenant with Death: Who Killed Louise Talbot?

Everyone suspects the jilted husband ... but things are not always what they seem.

By Paola Crespo

Brother Cadfael

What Is a Clerical Mystery?

What Is a Clerical Mystery?

These men of the cloth know how to puzzle out a mystery.

By Julia Schaevitz

Agatha Christie

11 Authors Like Agatha Christie

11 Authors Like Agatha Christie

What comes after the Queen of Crime?

By Murder & Mayhem Staff

Mystery Author

Remembering Mystery Author Joan Hess

Remembering Mystery Author Joan Hess

The Agatha Award-winning author of the Arly Hanks series recently passed away.

By Olivia Mason

Dorothy L. Sayers

10 Modern and Classic Mysteries for Dorothy L. Sayers Fans

10 Modern and Classic Mysteries for Dorothy L. Sayers Fans

Out of Wimsey? Try one of these books on for size.

By Catherine Phelan

Psychological Thrillers

8 Books Like The Girl on the Train

8 Books Like The Girl on the Train

These psychological thrillers will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.

By Sarah Mangiola

Book Excerpt

A Computer Expert Makes A Calculated Risk

A Computer Expert Makes A Calculated Risk

What would make you risk it all?

By Sarah Mangiola

Agatha Christie

9 Books for Fans of Murder on the Orient Express

9 Books for Fans of Murder on the Orient Express

Murder and mayhem, straight ahead!

By Olivia Mason

Book Recommendations

8 Legal Thrillers That Will Have You on the Edge of Your Seat

8 Legal Thrillers That Will Have You on the Edge of Your Seat

Watch your back and double lock your doors…

By Sarah Mangiola

Michael Crichton

7 Lesser-Known Michael Crichton Books That Will Get Your Heart Pounding

7 Lesser-Known Michael Crichton Books That Will Get Your Heart Pounding

Best known for "Jurassic Park," Crichton's other sci-fi thrillers and technical masterpieces deserve a place on your bookshelf.

By Stephen Lovely

P.D. James

9 Books for P.D. James Fans

9 Books for P.D. James Fans

The renowned author's legacy lives on.

By Catherine Phelan

Special Report

Break on Through: 8 Prison Escape Stories

Break on Through: 8 Prison Escape Stories

You'll never feel safe again.

By Grace Srinivasiah

Alan Jacobson

Thriller Author Alan Jacobson Talks Life on a SWAT Team with a Veteran Lieutenant

Thriller Author Alan Jacobson Talks Life on a SWAT Team with a Veteran Lieutenant

The author of the Karen Vail series discusses how he crafts compelling narratives while remaining faithful to high-risk reality faced by the Special Weapons And Tactics force.

By Alan Jacobson

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