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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

See the cover of 'The Queens of Crime' by Marie Benedict, a new historical mystery due out this winter Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her ...

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

Ring out the old year and bring in the new with four outstanding mysteries and discover each author’s lists of surefire, gift-worthy books. Zoe and I both experienced failure and had to come back from ...

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) ...

Four years ago, I uncovered the perfect subject for a biography: A small-town librarian in New Jersey during the Gilded Age who parlayed a talent for poetry, wordplay, and parody into a remarkable ...

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 ...