It’s 1917 and policewoman Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks is patrolling the parks of Adelaide, armed with a five-foot cane. She’s ...

He took a deep breath, fighting for composure. “After Ma died, Nani raised me while running her company, never missing a PTA ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Detective fiction is a creative sub-genre of crime and ...

Critics of crime fiction dismiss the genre as hopelessly reactionary, but its history tells a different story. From hard-boiled American detective novels to the explosion of Scandi-noir, crime fiction ...

From chilling thrillers to twisty whodunnits and courtroom dramas, crime fiction spans countless sub-genres. With so much choice, it can be tricky deciding which book to devour next. To help, we've ...

The collection offers a panorama of voices that form a portrait of contemporary India, mirroring anxieties and attitudes of ...

The prolific and multi-talented Anthony Horowitz is back with a very readable third novel featuring the full-time professional editor and part-time amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland and the legendary ...

Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading mystery fiction can strengthen moral discernment and help believers ...

Before espionage fiction took over, there was a rather different dapper, sleuthing figure who captured the imagination of literary fiends across the globe. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has ...

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.” ...