Martin Cruz Smith, who transported readers behind the Iron Curtain in his multifaceted crime novel “Gorky Park,” a Soviet-era blockbuster that topped bestseller lists and kicked off a long-running ...

While most people wouldn't commit the crimes they read about, crime fiction allows readers to get familiar with the private, darker sides of human nature.

Stephen King called this book "the best crime fiction I've read in 20 years," and now it's being adapted into a movie with an A-list star.

Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading ...

El Dorado Drive, by Megan Abbott; The House on Buzzards Bay, by Dwyer Murphy; King of Ashes, by S.A. Cosby; and Murder Takes ...

Kate Flora is the author of 28 books across crime fiction, true crime, memoir and nonfiction.

The standout titles of 2025 so far span inter-war espionage, gritty violence in modern Glasgow and the return of a cult writer ...

We’re only halfway through 2025, but there have already been plenty of standout books published this year. There’s been ...

A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

There are a number of buzz-worthy TV releases coming your way in July, adding even more potential candidates for the coveted ...

I’ve been immersing myself in this summer’s crime fiction, which has been a savory mix of stories by established writers like S.A. Cosby’s surefire “King of Ashes” and great newcomers like Zoe B.

The book is set in fictional Magnolia Beach, South Carolina. Elderly Samuel Fulton, on his way to visit his aging wife in a ...