This year was a boon for whodunit readers, with great books by Donna Leon, Richard Osman, Louise Penny and more.

In Francis Spufford’s new novel, “Cahokia Jazz,” a detective must solve the mystery of a staged killing before its repercussions destroy his city’s social and political order. An F.

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and influential mystery and thriller books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s This project is led by Lucy Feldman, Annabel Gutterman, Megan McCluskey, and Meg Zukin, with writing ...

The novel focuses is about a Tokyo female journalist who tries to interview a female gourmet cook and serial killer in prison ...

Mystery novels have been popular for more than 200 years, and it is really no mystery to see why. One way to hook a reader is to introduce a bombshell event early on and lay ...