In true Post Wanted fashion, we rounded up the best ... Maid” series. The first title is “The Maid,” and this year’s holiday ...

This was a great year for fans of mystery novels. Not only were there new books in popular series by Donna Leon and Louise Penny, veteran Marcia Muller made a welcome return in 2024. And let’s ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The books on this list vary their drops: Some are skydives, others gentle bumps.

This year’s best crime fiction runs a global gamut in settings from New York to Dublin, London to Los Angeles, Geneva to Edinburgh. There’s a metafictional murder mystery, a psychological ...

In the first book, A Cruise to Murder, Police officer Rachel Prince finds herself mixed up in a mystery onboard with her new elderly friend Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe. Over the long series (book 13 ...

Our columnist on the month’s best new releases ... Each mystery series installment is supposed to stand alone, to give new readers a starting point no matter which book they pick up first ...