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7 Books That Take Readers to Extraordinary, Uncharted Regions
I find myself drawn to stories that incorporate mystery through little understood places, wildernesses, or unmapped regions. Quite often, these realms host the supernatural, and, at the very least,...
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Gabbi Calabrese on What Kids Can Learn from Reading Mysteries
The thread that wove me together was made of curiosity. As a child, my favorite game to play was asking “Why?” My brother would make a statement that required no further elaboration, but still I’d ask,...
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Madeline Martin on Matthew Hopkins and the Deadliest Witch Hunt in England
Ropes swung from the makeshift gallows, hastily erected in Bury St. Edmunds at Thingoe Hill, a popular spot for executions. One that would taste death once more that day on August 27, 1645, when...
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Rebecca Stafford on the Entrancing Moral Quandaries of Dark Academia
For some time now, my Instagram feed has been awash with the imagery of “dark academia”: oak paneled rooms and vaulted ceilings, the glow of solitary reading lamps, and row upon row of packed...
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Kieran Scott on Closed Circle and Locked Room Mysteries (Plus Her 3 Faves)
What is a locked-room mystery? And is it different from a closed-circle mystery? I’ve heard people refer to my new book, The Getaway, as both, and this has had me scratching my head. I’ve always...
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Kevin C Morris on Worldbuilding and Setting a Mystery in Alaska’s Rugged...
As I climbed out of the dinghy and hiked up the shore toward the crumbling shack with the red metal roof, I knew we’d found it: Radioville. Hidden among innumerable islands dotting the rocky, untamed...
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6 Classic and Contemporary Mysteries Set at Oxford University
Classic mysteries are popular for their predictable structure shepherded to a tidy conclusion by a sympathetic detective, and I am particularly fond of those set inside academia. The added layer of...
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The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of The Month: September 2026
September brings a host of quiet suspense, complex mysteries, and shocking thrillers, as we finish up summer and enter the long lead-up to the season of horror. Below, you’ll find an elaborate quest...
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5 Great Unexpected Sequels to Crime Novels
When I wrote The Appeal on spec in 2018, it was my first novel and, with no deadline or editor waiting for the manuscript, I had a ball. It’s a lively story told in a modern epistolary style (that’s...
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5 Books That Make You Root for Con Artists, Grifters, and Tricksters
They’re clever, observant, and charming (at least when it suits whatever game they’re playing). Their ability to read people is so fine-tuned it almost feels like magic. There’s something so undeniably...
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