The Glass Man' author Anders de la Motte breaks down his favorite pulse-racing books with women at the center.

Lily Connor, an ordained priest, discusses scripture with her lover as they lie in bed in the morning. Faith Fairchild can't seem to escape the dead bodies that follow her on sabbatical from New York ...

As if the nursing profession isn’t hard enough, the ICU nurse in Mary Kubica’s new mystery, “She’s Not Sorry,” unwittingly puts herself and her daughter in ...

First we read Nancy Drew, girl detective. Then what? Women of Mystery explores the writing lives of three authors (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton & Marcia Muller) who started a literary revolution and, in ...

The recipients will accept their awards at the 79th Edgar Awards on May 1 in New York City Star Tribune via Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Authors Laura Lippman and John Sandford have been announced as ...

Mystery fiction has changed drastically since 1930, the time frame for Marie Benedict’s clever and engaging “The Queens of Crime” set in England. Back then — in England and America — most best-sellers ...

The Author’s Guide to Murder is a delightful blend of cozy mystery and gothic suspense, set against the backdrop of the ...

(Photo illustration by Jerome Adamstein / Los Angeles Times; jacket covers from Gallery Books, Mulholland, Harper and Flatiron) Ring out the old year and bring in the new with four outstanding ...

Murder, fishing, and old Viking bones. Here’s a varied offering of good books for spring reading on the deck (if spring ever comes). “Lemon Curd Killer”: by Laura Childs (Berkley Prime Crime, $28) ...

We’ve got a fictional small town fighting for its life, two historical novels set in the Twin Cities, and one that brings memories of the old Dayton’s department store. Several of these authors will ...

As a group, they are quite comfortable amid murder and mayhem, sabotage and scofflaws, death threats and smuggling. They also know a good cause when they see one. A panel of mystery writers will come ...