The best true crime books read like thrillers, with twists and turns to keep you hooked. But they also tell a story larger story, contextualizing the crime as if they were gripping works of ...

This Sheffield-set crime novel is a multi-layered novel which explores far more than your average police procedural. Hemlock Press, £16.99 In Victorian London, a talented conwoman sets out to mine the ...

The cosy crime book genre is packed with reads to dig into this autumn, so here are 10 of the best cosy crime novels to bookmark right now. Since the death of her gran five months earlier ...

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From the cliffs of the Shetlands to the back streets of Glasgow, if you’re searching for some gritty and gripping Scottish crime books that embody the moody mystery of the country, here are a ...

Children’s picture books don’t often feature in these pages. More’s the pity. But this, the first such book by poet, novelist and former Makar Jackie Kay, seems a worthy way to break that ...

A book by a former KELOLAND News crime reporter will be the featured title of this year’s One Book Siouxland. Lou Raguse’s ...

And did he get off? Absolutely riveting, a book you won’t forget. Kate Summerscale more or less singlehandedly detonated the recent explosion in true crime with her award-laden account of a ...

My current read is an advanced copy of Janelle ... like myself and resorted to the CliffsNotes. Which books got you hooked on crime fiction? As a very young reader, I adored Encyclopedia Brown ...

As recounted in Richard Esposito’s Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told The Truth (Crime Ink, 360 pp.), Breslin's head pounded the bar with such force that witnesses differed over whether he went ...