Lighthearted in tone, and free of violence and gore, these gentle, witty books are the perfect antidote for tough times. If you’ve never read any, here’s where to start.

Sherlock Holmes — is back in August. Perhaps you’d like him to join you in an air-conditioned setting? Holmes returns to ...

British-born McCall Smith, who lives in Zimbabwe, is best known in the U.S. for his The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and the Isabel Dalhousie books.

30. The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado (2020) A mystery for the digital age, The Cipher follows FBI Agent Nina Guerrera fighting both the ghosts of her own pasts and a serial killer determined to ...

John Banville’s “The Drowned” (Hanover Square, 336 pages, $28.99), a broody mystery set in 1950s Ireland, has the eerie feel of a ghost story. Its characters are haunted by their distant and ...

So dust off your magnifying glass and strap on your best detective hat, because here are 20 classic murder mystery books that are basically required reading for any at-home sleuth.

Politics Tuesday Media Recommendations: Mystery and Detective Books Post your recommendations in the comments; other weeks, there'll be other posts for other genres and other formats.

“Exposure” is Ramona Emerson's second novel about Navajo police photographer Rita Todacheene, who is visited by ghosts. Snowden Wright's new "Queen City Detective Agency" combines dark humor ...

Author Maureen Johnson and illustrator Jay Cooper are giving readers a chance to solve a murder mystery for themselves with their new "You Are the Detective" interactive whodunit series.

Five Best: Books From a Detective Series Selected by Richard Osman, the author, most recently, of the novel ‘We Solve Murders.’ By Richard Osman Share ...

The real-life disappearance for 11 days in 1926 of English mystery writer Agatha Christie is the basis for “The Christie Affair,” an ingenious novel told through the voice of the ...

But given that it fits more comfortably in the mystery genre than her previous romance books, “Detective Aunty” is a departure for her. There’s a reason that I read everything that Jalaluddin writes.