Fall reading suggestions: whodunnits by Katarina Bivald, Stella Sands, Ragnar Jonasson, Leonie Swann and Alan Bradley.

When he wasn’t working on mystery stories, and he completed hundreds, G.K. Chesterton liked to think of new ways to tell them ...

Mr. DeMille had a cheery disposition that could mask his talent at concocting horrifying — and frequently riveting — ...

Police procedurals are on the menu in three compelling fall mysteries, but leave room for a rich multi-character tale featuring a small-town reporter and an engaging Hanukkah anthology that scrambles ...