Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Detective fiction is a creative sub-genre of crime and ...

The 2026 Crime Novel of the Year longlist comprises stories that transport readers from gangland Yorkshire to a haunted ...

Our critic on the month’s most notable releases. Credit...Pablo Amargo Supported by By Sarah Weinman A new Pentecost and Parker novel has arrived! A frabjous day in the world of crime fiction.

Over the years, I’ve read plenty of ingenious mystery novels twice, but John Dickson Carr’s “The Three Coffins” is among the very few I’ve enjoyed three times. This fall, Penzler Publishers has ...

Richard Osman’s cosy crime novels have revived interest in witty, character-driven mysteries. Here are five authors to read ...

This article contains mention of murder, assault, and other violent crimes. Stephen King is now and will forever be known as the master of modern literary horror, but even since his early writing days ...

My ever-growing tower of crime novels is proof of the reader’s lament: “So many books, so little time.” This spring’s TBR list includes headline grabbers like former FBI Director James Comey’s “FDR ...

Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading mystery fiction can strengthen moral discernment and help believers ...

These near-perfect murder mystery shows perfectly capture what made the original books so great while offering a new ...

The thrilling, morally dubious world of crime fiction and the emotionally charged realm of romance novels may at first glance seem incompatible. But the blending of these two popular genres makes for ...

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Within a century, the detective novel, a genre initially considered minor, has become a literary genre of great cultural and social importance. The rise of the mystery novel is itself a mystery! “It ...