From Gillian Flynn's psychological thriller Gone Girl to Dennis Lehane's crime story Mystic River, these modern mystery books are genuinely flawless.

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We all love a good detective novel. The genre, which arguably began with Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” ...

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Over the years, I’ve read plenty of ingenious mystery novels twice, but John Dickson Carr’s “The Three Coffins” is among the very few I’ve enjoyed three times. This fall, Penzler Publishers has ...

People have been captivated by mystery novels for almost two hundred years. Edgar Allan Poe, widely considered to be the inventor of the modern detective story, enthralled Victorian audiences with a ...

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Late summer is upon us — the perfect time to settle in with a good mystery novel. This season there are many new titles to choose from, some by familiar authors like Donna Leon and John Dickson Carr, ...

The Talented Mr. Ripley, And Then There Were None, and more make our list of mystery novels that deliver twists, suspense, ...

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My ever-growing tower of crime novels is proof of the reader’s lament: “So many books, so little time.” This spring’s TBR list includes headline grabbers like former FBI Director James Comey’s “FDR ...

Love Freida McFadden's twisty thrillers? These mystery and thriller books by female authors deliver dark secrets, fast pacing, and shocking turns.