As a novelist and a mother, I’m often asked how I manage to write while parenting two young children. The implication of this question is that children demand so much of your time and attention, it’s impossible to have anything left for yourself let alone a creative practice. Children, so…
Amy MeyersonJanuary 5, 2026
The holidays are supposed to be about comfort. Twinkly lights. Familiar rituals. The reassuring knowledge that everything will be fine by dessert. Which, frankly, is why a well-placed murder works so well this time of year. Nothing cuts through forced cheer like a body where the poinsettias should be. If…
Monique SnymanDecember 24, 2025
Oh, there's just something so ridiculously comforting about diving into a world where the Christmas lights never dim, the hot cocoa flows endlessly. .. and yeah, someone's probably about to get bumped off. Mistletoe Murders 4, the latest drop in Audible's addictive Original series, nails that perfect holiday vibe: cozy…
Monique SnymanDecember 17, 2025
What’s better than starting the year off with a selection of brand-new mysteries and thrillers to look forward to reading? We’ve curated a list of books that are sure to keep you glued to your seat, eyes on the page, nerves on edge, and heart pounding! Our anticipated 2026 mysteries…
Stephanie ElliotDecember 17, 2025
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe (1841) is generally considered the first modern detective story. Most writers of crime fiction know that, and yet many of us are surprised to learn that the eccentric detective, M. Auguste Dupin, isn’t a policeman. He isn’t even a detective…
Connie BerryDecember 5, 2025
In the Time of Five Pumpkins is the 26th book in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series, which began in 1998. Sir Alexander McCall Smith has mentioned in filmed talks and emailed letters to his legion of faithful readers that he typically revisits these dear friends in Botswana in mid-January.…
Linda HitchcockNovember 7, 2025
Mystery, suspense and thrillers unfold through tension and anticipation, not chaos or contrived shocks. True suspense emerges from uncertainty, discovery and the sense that something essential lies just beyond reach. The six books below demonstrate this with precision. Each constructs its world with deliberate pacing and psychological insight, delivering plots…
BookTribNovember 5, 2025
Robert Langdon returns in Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets, and this time the world’s favorite symbologist is facing one of his most personal and mind-bending adventures yet. When his partner, renowned noetic scientist Katherine Solomon, vanishes in Prague along with her groundbreaking manuscript, Langdon is thrust into a race…
Lydia LefevreOctober 30, 2025
Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, marking the beginning of the dreaded dark winter months. Ready to embrace the lack of light with reads that are just as brutal as a 4 PM sunset? If you’re looking to curb seasonal affective disorder as much as one can, consider embracing the…
Cameron KimballOctober 29, 2025
Once again, bestselling author Louise Penny propels Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec on a hunt that threatens his life, his loved ones and his community in The Black Wolf, the sequel to her bestseller, The Grey Wolf. The Wolves Within: A Battle Between Good and Evil…
Jodé MillmanOctober 28, 2025
There is something so irresistible about the Southern Gothic. It’s a genre where beauty and rot can share the same stage and the ghosts whisper through the magnolia trees. It’s the cracked porcelain smile of small-town charm hiding a slew of family secrets, the scent of bourbon and decay lingering…
Kelsey HallOctober 24, 2025
We all love a good comfort show — until we’ve memorized all the dialogue and start falling asleep mid-rewatch. If you’re looking for a fall read that fits the vibe of your favorite seasonal movie or TV show, this flowchart is the perfect tool to help you decide on what…
Cameron KimballOctober 22, 2025
Imagine a near-future America where the moral and cultural order has been flipped upside down—and where the fight for freedom of belief takes center stage. Set against a backdrop of courtroom showdowns, collapsing churches, and moral gray zones, Hibernation examines what happens when conviction collides with cultural revolution. In this…
Kelsey HallOctober 15, 2025
As her husband battles Alzheimer’s, author Marcy McCreary faces down questions of mystery and memory in her fiction — and in real life. In her latest novel, The Summer of Love and Death, Marcy McCreary takes us back to the summer of ’69, where a certain world-famous music festival…
T.M. BlanchetOctober 14, 2025
The gang from Coopers Chase retirement home is back! The spunky octogenarians who comprise Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club return with their fourth witty and charming installment in The Impossible Fortune. This time, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are all a-titter as Joyce’s workaholic, 40-something daughter Joanna is finally…
Jodé MillmanOctober 7, 2025
