In Norway, Easter is celebrated by reading crime fiction. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe investigates this holiday tradition with author and former homicide detective Jorn Lier Horst.

Visitors to Norway during Easter might find the streets emptier than usual, thanks to the nation's cherished Eastertime ...

Critics of crime fiction dismiss the genre as hopelessly reactionary, but its history tells a different story. From hard-boiled American detective novels to the explosion of Scandi-noir, crime fiction ...

The prolific and multi-talented Anthony Horowitz is back with a very readable third novel featuring the full-time professional editor and part-time amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland and the legendary ...

In 1929, a Catholic priest walked into the detective fiction scene and handed out commandments—not from a mountaintop, but from a typewriter. His name was Ronald Knox, and while he spent his days ...

Our crime columnist recommends books starring hard-boiled investigators who are ready to travel down the meanest streets to root out the darkest truths. By Sarah Weinman When the hard-boiled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s something properly thrilling about getting caught up in a well plotted, suspense-packed crime novel. From twisty whodunits ...

First we read Nancy Drew, girl detective. Then what? Women of Mystery explores the writing lives of three authors (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton & Marcia Muller) who started a literary revolution and, in ...

Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading mystery fiction can strengthen moral discernment and help believers ...

Our columnist on a handful of recently reissued crime novels, all of which are worth your time. Credit...Pablo Amargo Supported by By Sarah Weinman Most of my recent conversations about books have ...

Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole spoilers follow. Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole is a standard cop thriller in most of the ways you might ...