"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Murder mysteries are best read in colder temperatures. Maybe the fall months are just naturally spookier, ...

Editor Otto Penzler collected 68 of the all-time best impossible-crime stories (a.k.a. locked room mysteries) from over two ...

There’s never a bad time of year to dive into a great mystery thriller book, but something about fall and winter—with their longer nights and sweater weather—makes them the perfect time to hunker down ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I don't know about you, but I like to think of myself as an amateur detective of sorts. I mean, once ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a researcher focusing on how the media we consume shapes us. People have been captivated by mystery novels for almost two ...

A dead body is found at the bottom of the stairs. A child is kidnapped. A wife vanishes without a trace. What happened? Who did it? And, perhaps most importantly, why? These are the questions that ...

There’s never a bad time of year to dive into a great mystery thriller book, but something about fall and winter—with their ...

Classic works of fiction and nonfiction have been read by generations of readers and have stood the test of time across decades since their original publishing dates. Many classic books are read in ...

A murder at a retirement village solved by the residents? Sounds like a great plot for a mystery book. Several murders at a retirement village solved by the residents? Even better. These plots are ...

Not every novel needs to be life-changing or profound to be worth reading, but Horowitz’s consistent creativity and ingenuity feel revolutionary. With the twists and turns in “Marble Hall Murders,” ...

From Gothic tales to cops-and-robbers, from “whodunit?” stories to true-crime dramas, mystery stories have long fascinated us. The quest to solve a crime or mystery draws us in until it is solved. The ...