Door Deterrence: Scary Version

By Crime HQ

July 18, 2013

Not sure both bolts could work in line like that, but we'd be too afraid to try lockpicking it to find out!

Locked-Room Mysteries: Modern Interest in the Classic Mystery Subgenre

A locked-room mystery is the ultimate puzzle. Not only is the mystery plot fairly clued, so the reader can match wits with the detective, but the crime itself appears to be truly impossible. This style of mystery had its heyday in what’s known as the Golden Age of detective fiction, a period loosely defined as…

Six of the Best Classic Locked-Room Mysteries

By Megan Goldin

July 25, 2019

My thriller, The Escape Room, set in an elevator, is a 21st-century twist to the locked-room mystery genre of crime novels. The locked-room mystery novel developed in the late 19th century and the early 20th century when readers were invited to solve the murder mystery using clues in the story, and they’ve been popular ever…

Crime By The Book’s Best Reads: April 2019

By Abby Endler

May 2, 2019

Hello again, reader! It’s officially spring, and I’m thrilled to spotlight these five Apirl books that you’re going to want to check out. When I’m not reading or writing about crime fiction as Crime by the Book, I can often be found perusing Criminal Element’s fantastic selection of crime book reviews and features.

Book Review: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

By Kristin Centorcelli

February 28, 2019

In Lucy Foley’s The Hunting Party, a group of old Oxford friends celebrates their annual reunion at a lodge in the remote Scottish Highlands. With an impending blizzard on the way, the nostalgia ends abruptly when one of them is murdered. Anyone that’s read Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is familiar with the locked room…