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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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Thrillers

Desperate: A Dream Come True Becomes a Couple's Worst Nightmare

Desperate: A Dream Come True Becomes a Couple's Worst Nightmare

In accepting Lily as their surrogate, have hopeful parents Gage and Anna made a deal with the devil?

By Olivia Mason

Cajun Nights

A Medical Examiner and a Criminal Psychologist Solve a Series of Murders in New Orleans 

A Medical Examiner and a Criminal Psychologist Solve a Series of Murders in New Orleans 

D.J. Donaldson’s detective mystery Cajun Nights dives into a string of gritty murder-suicides.  

By Sarah Mangiola

Recipe

Dead Good Recipes from The Mystery Writers of America

Dead Good Recipes from The Mystery Writers of America

The biggest names in mystery fiction share their favorite family recipes and detective-inspired dishes.

By Jennifer Jackson

Mystery Books

Mystery Author Janice Law on the 6 Books You Must Read

Mystery Author Janice Law on the 6 Books You Must Read

One of our favorite mystery writers shares the books that shaped her writing.

By Murder & Mayhem Staff

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe Takes On a Corrupt Organization and High-Profile Murder Case

Nero Wolfe Takes On a Corrupt Organization and High-Profile Murder Case

In the latest Nero Wolfe mystery, the famed detective must wade through old grudges, scorned lovers, and mob bosses to solve the murder of a political reformer.

By Olivia Mason

Mystery Books

9 Must-Read P.D. James Books for Any Mystery Fan

9 Must-Read P.D. James Books for Any Mystery Fan

She's a master of the mystery genre. But where, exactly, does one begin with her work?

By Audrey Webster

Psychological Thrillers

When a Young Girl Goes Missing, A Father Questions If His Son is Guilty of a Terrible Crime

When a Young Girl Goes Missing, A Father Questions If His Son is Guilty of a Terrible Crime

Teenager Keith Moore was the last person to see Amy Giordano before she went missing in this Edgar Award-nominated thriller from Thomas H. Cook. 

By Sarah Mangiola

Crime

11 Crime Novels from the Emerald Isle

11 Crime Novels from the Emerald Isle

Explore the Emerald Isle's dark side. 

By Murder & Mayhem staff

Forensic Thrillers

Beyond Bones: The 8 Best Kathy Reichs Books

Beyond Bones: The 8 Best Kathy Reichs Books

Readers are in very good hands when it comes to this crime writer and forensic anthropologist.

By Audrey Webster

Charlotte Macleod

Death Doesn't Strike the Same Place Twice—Right?

Death Doesn't Strike the Same Place Twice—Right?

In Charlotte MacLeod's The Withdrawing Room, Sarah Kelling fears that something sinister is targeting her boarding house.

By Olivia Mason

Spy Thriller

Unravel the Mystery in This Cold War Spy Thriller

Unravel the Mystery in This Cold War Spy Thriller

When two Norwegian operatives are murdered in the Soviet wilderness, those closest to them must discover what went wrong. 

By Sarah Mangiola

Thrillers

10 Must-Read Jack Higgins Thrillers

10 Must-Read Jack Higgins Thrillers

Chills, thrills, and espionage skills are trademarks of this late writer's prolific body of work.

By Olivia Mason

Agatha Christie

The Queen of Crime: 10 Best Agatha Christie Books

The Queen of Crime: 10 Best Agatha Christie Books

Nobody wrote mysteries like the Queen.

By Stephen Lovely

Detectives

8 Essential Louise Penny Books for Any Mystery Lover

8 Essential Louise Penny Books for Any Mystery Lover

Get to know the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.

By Audrey Webster

Dashiell Hammett

8 Dashiell Hammett Short Stories That Will Get Your Heart Pounding 

8 Dashiell Hammett Short Stories That Will Get Your Heart Pounding 

The Continental Op means business in Hammett's short story collections.

By Aliza Polkes

Mary Roberts Rinehart

How Mary Roberts Rinehart Got Her Start—and Invented a New Kind of Mystery

How Mary Roberts Rinehart Got Her Start—and Invented a New Kind of Mystery

The so-called "American Agatha Christie" revolutionized the mystery genre with her 1908 novel, The Circular Staircase.

By Olivia Mason

Amelia Peabody

Amelia Peabody Investigates a Cursed Mummy in The Deeds of the Disturber

Amelia Peabody Investigates a Cursed Mummy in The Deeds of the Disturber

Is a human criminal responsible for the strange happenings at the British Museum—or is an ancient curse truly to blame?

By Olivia Mason

Young Adult

8 Books for Fans of Enola Holmes Mysteries

8 Books for Fans of Enola Holmes Mysteries

Sherlock's little sister would take any of these sleuths as her Watson.

By Olivia Mason

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen: The Amateur Detective Solves Bizarre Crimes

Ellery Queen: The Amateur Detective Solves Bizarre Crimes

Readers won't be able to stop thinking about these twisted and thrilling tales.

By Audrey Webster

Bethlehem Road

Catch the Killer Hunting Down Members of Parliament in Anne Perry's Beloved Mystery Series

Catch the Killer Hunting Down Members of Parliament in Anne Perry's Beloved Mystery Series

When a man is found dead on the Westminster Bridge, there’s only one crime-solving duo for the job.

By Audrey Webster

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