Elly Griffiths blends crime fiction with time-travel fantasy in her new novel, "The Frozen People," featuring Detective Ali Dawson. Ali, a 50-year-old single mom, works for the Department of Logistics ...

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.

The series, based on Rebecca Godfrey’s true-crime novel, fuses reality and invention for a gutting account of teenage ...

In January Eric Rickstad published “Remote - the Six” which was the first book in his new “Remote” series of crime novels. He just quickly followed it up with the second book in the series “Remote - ...

About to give a key speech, Claudia agonises over revealing a grim truth that will destroy her reputation. And as a native Glaswegian struggling with the mores of the English upper crust, she is out ...

In Hall’s crime fiction series, the down-to-earth Norton is a Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective who uncovers mysteries in Los Angeles while battling her own struggles.

“Crime fiction is my first and best love,” she said in a recent conversation. Though she covers crime fiction in her column, she’s a bit of a true crime pundit in real life, she said.

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES: Academics have long snooped into the foggy world of detective stories and crime fiction. In 1976, for example, the popular-culture studies pioneer John G. Cawelti made the ...

Today, the New York Times best-selling author is considered one of the finest crime fiction writers. "This great career in the law gave me books," she said. Best-selling crime writer Linda Fairstein.

Cosby is riding the crest of a current wave of truly great rural crime books, and the authors whose work is more than worth reading include the aforementioned Kelly J. Ford — Cosby called her “the ...

It is as regular as the seasons. Every decade or so, the world becomes enraptured by thrillers from a non-English-speaking ...

A means of escape One of crime fiction’s biggest appeals is its escape factor. For most readers, the events in each story are intriguing and far away from their everyday reality.