The teen detectives and alien enigmas of the Nova Scotia-set “Hobtown Mystery Stories” return for a third supernatural outing. By Sam Thielman Sam Thielman is a reporter and critic based in Brooklyn.

A long-standing physics mystery has been solved with the discovery of emergent photon-like behavior inside a strange quantum material. The finding confirms a true 3D quantum spin liquid and unlocks a ...

“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” has officially landed on Netflix, and just like the rest of the film series, it boasts a star-studded cast. Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is back, and ...

When I was in my early teens, I was both a devout churchgoer and an avid reader of mysteries. One of my favorite writers was P.D. James, whose Anglican faith informed her fiction in subtle ways. For ...

Is geography destiny? Is heredity fate? Does nature trump nurture? Such questions haunt the leading figures in three of 2025’s outstanding works of crime fiction. The title character in Ron Currie’s ...

Forget ghosts. Forget seances. Forget mazelike passageways constructed to confuse vengeful spirits. The real mystery of the Winchester Mystery House is how it’s such a fascinating study in ...

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Sarah Weinman Sometimes I want to spend time with characters I can root for, ordinary ...

What's under the digital Christmas tree? That's the question Fanatical is asking with its Holiday Edition of the Mystery Box Bundle. Like previous years, you can get a Steam key for a PC game for as ...

Trader Joe's "mystery packs" appear to have sold out, again. Not long after the California-based grocery chain unveiled a new canvas Micro Tote, customers began to "unbox" another item, one that sells ...

Long before EDC became a buzzy acronym, quality packs made to haul essentials existed, built with premium materials, considered construction and an emphases on utility. One such pack was Mystery Ranch ...

The theater chain's popular series of unannounced pre-release showings keeps audiences frantically guessing — and studios scrambling to get in on the buzz. By Jordan Hoffman It is commonly accepted ...

Crime fiction, which includes mysteries and thrillers, is a top genre for a reason, bolstered by authors who deliver rich plots, with fully realized characters of diverse backgrounds and settings. Big ...