True crime reads are - both new and old - are expected to be a holiday essential this summer. Whether you're new to the genre ...

Our columnist is keeping track of the best crime novels of 2025 ... Murphy’s novel, about a graduate student’s amateur investigation into the apparent overdose of her best friend, is a ...

Bryan Gruley has built a career writing about small towns with tragic names — Starvation Lake, Purgatory Bay, Bleak Harbor. He has conjured up another in Bitterfrost, which is also the title of ...