From the Golden Era’s sleuths to today’s idiosyncratic amateurs, these stories favor challenging puzzles, plenty of neighborly suspects, and blatant laughs over graphic sex and violence.
Traditional Mysteries and Cozy Mysteries
May 21 2013
Artist Mike Doyle is a genius in Lego, and this piece from his Abandoned Houses Series is all and...
May 16 2013
Smarty Bones by Carolyn Haines is lucky number thirteen in the Sarah Booth Delaney humorous private...
May 8 2013
Recently, ABC News did a piece on Where Notorious Criminals Have Been Buried. Osama Bin Laden, Ted...
May 6 2013
Foal Play by Kathryn O’Sullivan, a murder mystery with humorous overtones, won the Malice Domestic...
May 6 2013
First it was The Edgar Awards, announced on Thursday night:
Best Novel: Live by Night by Dennis...
May 3 2013
Red Handed by Matt Kindt is an artistic graphic novel and so much more (available May 7, 2013).
Red...
May 2 2013
Every Broken Trust by Linda Rodriguez is the second novel to feature half-Cherokee campus cop Skeet...
May 1 2013
Every Contact Leaves a Trace by Elanor Dymott is a debut novel that reminds us that even the people...
April 30 2013
Death's Last Run by Robin Spano is the third Clare Vengel Undercover mystery (available May 1,...
April 29 2013
Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike is a fun, lively young adult novel about making amends (available...
April 28 2013
Board Stiff by Kendel Lynn is the first book in the Elliott Lisbon humorous mystery series (available...
April 27 2013
The Body in the Piazza by Katherine Hall Page is the 21st traditional mystery featuring caterer extraordinaire...
April 24 2013
Are you tired of the sameness of the little stick figures on the back of (inevitably) SUVs? Tired...
April 23 2013
The Dead Caller from Chicago by Jack Fredrickson is the fourth in the humorous Dek Elstrom mystery...
April 22 2013
The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick is the second in the Ladies of Lantern Street historical paranormal...
April 17 2013
Our latest time-killing attempt to survive TWD's hiatus. So, Rick as Brony—Yay or Neigh?
Check...
April 15 2013
Despite its name, Romantic Times reviews far more than just romance novels. This is likely because—much...
April 11 2013
An excerpt of A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate, a traditional historical mystery and the first book...
April 10 2013
I like Nutella as much as the next person. In fact, I probably like Nutella more than the the next...
April 9 2013
The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes is a standalone novel set on Cape Cod in which a writer must overcome...
April 9 2013
At a huge and popular Argentine street bazaar, purebred “poodles” have been sold at suspiciously...
April 7 2013
We're fans of the outsider creds and coolness of Peter Gunn, and also fans of the 30 days of the...
April 7 2013
The International Thriller Writers (ITW) have announced their shortlists for 2013's Thriller...
April 2 2013
(Thanks to everyone for sharing photos, especially Clark Lohr!)
When Left...
April 1 2013
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight is a literary mystery wherein a mother struggles to understand...
April 1 2013
Okay, so remember the accident that set fire to 27 tons of goat cheese in Norway? Well, you know what...
March 29 2013
An excerpt of Alive! by Loren D. Estleman, a Valentino, Film Detective, mystery (available April 2,...
March 28 2013
An excerpt of Parrots Prove Deadly by Clea Simon, the third Pru Marlowe pet noir mystery (available...
March 28 2013
This lady looks like your typical 1950s librarian, and she's none too happy about your libary...
March 27 2013
Murder at the P & Z by Dorothy H. Hayes is a traditional mystery featuring a schoolteacher-turned-reporter-turned-amateur...
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