I am, as we all are, stuck at home these days. Back in mid-March I assumed I would spend much of my time in lockdown reading — still and always my favorite activity, ideal for an indefinite period of ...

When a woman overhears a murder plot on her morning commute, she races to stop it—only to be pulled in deeper than she ever could have imagined. Fresh off cancer treatment, author Joe Penvale boards ...

As guilty pleasures go, reading detective fiction is one of the more harmless. With the right sleuth, animated by an able writer, it can be a fine use of reading time. In the hands of the best writers ...

You can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of truly innovative works of crime fiction since Edgar Allan Poe: and one of them is The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, whose death was ...

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.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. “Since its inception, detective fiction has played second fiddle to literature and ...

It’s no mystery that this column normally only appears on the third Sunday of the month. But here we are, making a special cameo appearance in an issue honoring Women’s History Month — to share a ...

The class was talking about Betty, who they originally thought was such a nice girl. “She just seemed so innocent …” said one student. “She’s not the one you’d expect to be a straight-up liar.” ...

In the new novel Fair Play, Abigail is hosting a murder mystery party at an Irish country house on New Year's Eve. She's also in deep mourning for her brother. The story's opening reads as a typical ...