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It’s murder ahoy as the Marlow Murder Club take to the Thames and pit wits against another nefarious killer in Murder on the Marlow Belle. Robert Thorogood’s cosy mysteries – which have inspired a television series starring Samantha Bond – continue to go from strength to strength, drawing on staples of bucolic British life as

The world was once full of wonders: monsters and marvels of human architecture, magic that could create visages both impossible and perfect. But such magic—and everything even approaching it—has long been outlawed, labeled as the dangerous apostasy of a bygone age. But Iriset knows that her society could do more with the magic that it

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror

We got very excited when the crime show Ragdoll arrived on iPlayer last week – so much so that we ordered in a copy to give away as the prize in our Saturday draw on 21 June 2025. When Daniel Cole got wind of our plan, he kindly offered to sign the book and dedicate

In her new hybrid work, The Möbius Book, Catherine Lacey sets a novella-length piece of fiction next to a memoir, calling them “Book A” and “Book B.” Book A, the fiction piece, follows longtime friends Marie and Edie through a long night as they try to comfort each other, both having suffered a bad breakup,

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Eileen’s primary literary love is comic books, but she’s always on the lookout for her next literary adventure no matter what form it takes. She has a Bachelor’s in media studies, a Master’s in digital communication, a smattering

When it comes to metafiction in the crime genre, nobody does it better than Anthony Horowitz. His Daniel Hawthorne detective novels are brilliant, and his Magpie Murders stories have been big hit in print and on screen thanks to the BBC series. Marble Hall Murders follows on from Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, and once

Almost everyone knows that Toni Morrison deeply shaped American letters with her evocative novels and her powerful and eloquent literary criticism and speeches. What many don’t know is that she also profoundly influenced American book publishing and literature in her years as an editor at Random House from 1967 to 1977. Dana A. Williams provides

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. CJ Connor is a cozy mystery and romance writer whose main goal in life is to make their dog proud. They are a Pitch Wars alumnus and an Author Mentor Match R9 mentor. Their debut mystery novel BOARD

Why one story totally captures my attention and another doesn’t, I can’t always pinpoint. It’s some ineffable yet powerful characteristic that goes beyond plot, character and setting. For whatever reasons Lori Roy’s new thriller, The Final Episode, kept me spellbound. She provides a great set-up – a true crime television series is reinvestigating the mysterious

Laura Lippman is a woman with a plan. As the newly minted Mystery Writers of America Grand Master explains in a wide-ranging, highly entertaining call with BookPage from her Baltimore home, “I always tell people that when the apocalypse comes down, first I’m going to go pick up the woman who tints my brows and

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rachel is a writer from Arkansas, most at home surrounded by forests and animals much like a Disney Princess. She spends most of her time writing stories and playing around in imaginary worlds. You can follow her writing

Crime fiction is full of well-used tropes, from alcoholic detectives to silver sleuths. Even the titles can get into a rut – remember all the ‘The Girl…’ books? On the face of it, Jane Corry‘s The Stranger in Room Six ticks many of the boxes on our genre’s tattered bingo card. But don’t let that

Over the last several years, conservative groups have proposed laws that ban certain books from libraries or even penalize librarians. These bills depict books about LGBTQIA+ people as inappropriate for kids and claim that learning about systemic racism scapegoats white kids. People often justify censorship by claiming to protect kids. Of course, some materials are

Lots of excellent crime shows have been popping up on the streaming services recently, inspiring us to write up our 12 great British crime shows on BBC iPlayer article. Of course, you can’t live on a BBC-only crime drama diet. Head to ITVX and you’ll find one of the most underrated British crime shows has

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View

You’d be tempted to believe British author Rod Reynolds was American, with five of his six novels set in the US, but he’s actually a Brit with a good feel for Americana. In Shatter Creek, Hampstead County Detective Sergeant Casey Wray returns after Black Reed Bay for a new case. Out in the wealthy Hamptons

Rachel Joyce’s fictional journeys have ranged across the islands of New Caledonia (Miss Benson’s Beetle) and nearly the length of England (The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry). In her novels, Joyce thoughtfully mines the depths of both human frailty and resilience while playing with the passage of time and the pangs of memory. The Homemade

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How to… books are all the rage it seems. Essential tips for living. Last week we brought you How to Make a Killing, and this week it’s How to Survive a Horror Story that gets us underway. Mallory Arnold’s tricksy caper starts off in the best way possible with the reading of a will, but

Just shy of the Arctic Circle, Norway’s Vega Islands are stark and elemental, home to otters, sea eagles and a diminishing population of eider ducks. They are also the seasonal home of Norway’s “duck women,” who protect the ducks from predators during nesting season and then gather their eiderdown feathers for human use once the

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. What We Talk About When We Talk About Synergy Cynthia Erivo has announced a memoir of “powerful, personal

Edited by SA Cosby and Steph Cha — This annual compilation of short stories by leading American crime authors has evolved quite a bit since Steph Cha took over the editorship from Otto Penzler, who now publishes The Best Mystery Stories of the Year as a rival. Many thought Penzler’s long-running series needed a refresh,

The City Sings Green & Other Poems About Welcoming Wildlife is an inspirational treasure trove that introduces young readers to the concept of rewilding, showing how cities and communities around the world are repairing some of the environmental damage caused by human habitation. Focusing on 11 intriguing examples, Erica Silverman has created a unique blend

When Rolling Stone music critic Rob Sheffield called me from New York City, I didn’t spend any time with softball questions or developing rapport. I jumped right in with my hardest-hitting question about his new book, Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music: Did he write an essay about the 1989

This week sees the arrival of an unusual crime fiction character – one who feels no pain. But are they indestructible? Find out in Emma Cook’s You Can’t Hurt Me. Our lead book is followed by two novels set in Scotland, a brutal one set in gangland London in the 1950s, and nice little trip

Happy Halloween, and welcome to our final crime fiction news column for October. If you’re hankering for some slightly scary crime fiction in ghostly hour, see our Six criminally spooky cosy reads for Halloween. Meanwhile, in our news you’ll have a whale of a time with the latest from John Straley, some gritty pulp action

When Kiss Of Death was published in 2018, I doubt Paul Finch expected his readers to have to wait six years to see how he resolved the astounding cliff-hanger DS Heckenburg faced at the conclusion of that novel. But it seems not even best-selling authors are immune to the vagaries of the publishing industry. Still,

The upcoming sequel to Ridley Scott’s Gladiator looks brutal to man and beast alike. It arrives in cinemas on 15 November, but we think crime fiction lovers interested in Ancient Rome might be drawn to something a little more… subtle. Here to help us is classicist Fiona Forsyth, author of five crime series set in

Sleeping Dogs is the fourth outing for DS Adam Tyler and life just keeps getting harder for the South Yorkshire detective sergeant. One way or another he’s been in trouble ever since he first appeared in Firewatching in 2020. Between his bosses and the criminals it’s been a rough ride for the unorthodox officer. This