Hank Phillippi Ryan is the best-selling author of 16 psychological thrillers. She’s won five Agatha Awards, five Anthony ...

Authors Laura Lippman and John Sandford have been announced as the 2025 Grand Masters of this year’s Edgar Awards. The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) confirmed the two writers as the special awards ...

The award celebrates the best mysteries across the fiction, nonfiction and television genres Penguin Random House-Riverhead Books/Amazon; Simon & Schuster-Atria Books/Amazon; Macmillan ...

Agatha Christie is the second best-selling author of all time, behind only William Shakespeare. Upon reading just one of her books, it's easy to see why her mysteries have continued entertaining ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE - Author Martin Cruz Smith appears at his home in Mill Valley, Calif., on Aug. 13, 1999. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who ...

Mystery Writers of America announced the list of nominees for the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards on Jan. 22, honoring great achievements in the genre this past year. The awards, commonly referred to as ...