Unlike many modern mystery novels, cozies aren’t graphic or gory. Rather than dwelling on the crime, cozy mysteries sweep us up into the charming, ordinary life of the main character—usually ...

Fisher’s Modern Mysteries, Acorn TV’s zippy spin-off series, takes that cult hit energy and runs with it, kicking its wild “what if Phryne, but modern?” premise off with Phryne’s long ...

Edgar Allan Poe is often credited with kicking off the modern mystery genre with this 1841 short story. It details the work of a detective, C. Auguste Dupin, ...

Read More: Why Mystery Books Are So Satisfying To catalog the best mystery and thriller books of all time means considering the history and evolution of the genre. The invention of the modern ...

The thickly-plotted mystery, I Have Some Questions for You, is the latest from the author of The Great Believers. It has been compared to Donna Tartt's 1992 blockbuster, The Secret History.