Features

Revealing author interviews and gripping essays from the greatest voices in the mystery genre.

This 1903 Spy Novel Became the Blueprint for Espionage Fiction

All about the "murderous renegade" who shaped the spy genre.

Miss Marple Fans Rejoice: 12 New Stories by Top Writers Are Here

This delightful book pays tribute to Agatha Christie's enduring legacy.

How Did Murder Become Cozy? 

The fascinating history of this paradoxical genre.

The Fascinating Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart: The 'American Agatha Christie'

Learn about Rineheart's literary legacy—and books filled with women as tenacious as she was.

The Surprising Gothic Father of Modern Detective Fiction

Without the guiding hand of this Bostonian gothic, the modern detective genre would be very different.