Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Detective fiction is a creative sub-genre of crime and ...

Well-written true crime books have many of the same elements as crime fiction, but there are differences. True crime books are written to inform rather than entertain and may not have the satisfying ...

A street in Whitechapel: the last crime of Jack the Ripper, from "Le Petit Parisien," 1891. Jack the Ripper is the subject of one of the top true crime books of all time. True crime can run the gamut ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. I don't know about you, but I like to think of myself as an amateur detective of sorts. I mean, once ...

My ever-growing tower of crime novels is proof of the reader’s lament: “So many books, so little time.” This spring’s TBR list includes headline grabbers like former FBI Director James Comey’s “FDR ...

Think you could out-Sherlock Holmes or hang with Hercule Poirot? Author Maureen Johnson and illustrator Jay Cooper are giving readers a chance to solve a murder mystery for themselves with their new ...

Just like Prime Video’s Reacher fixed its preceding movies’ flaws, it looks like Netflix’s new crime thriller will do that same for a film adaptation.

“I really just think Uzma Jalaluddin needs to write every book ever,” was the message I sent to my sister while reading “Detective Aunty,” Uzma Jalaluddin’s upcoming cozy mystery novel. Everyone who ...