While most people wouldn't commit the crimes they read about, crime fiction allows readers to get familiar with the private, darker sides of human nature.

Crime fiction is booming as never before - and with dozens of new titles translated into English for the first time, there’s a detective for every holiday destination.

Crime-fiction and thrillers are one of the most popular genres in literature. They are generally fast-paced and hard to put down, which makes them an enjoyable experience for most readers. Here we ...

Here are five crime novels perfect for a deep dive this summer and which authors they look to for inspiration.

Crime fiction today is written, published, sold and read on all continents. In many countries, it ranks among the most popular forms of literature.

Plus Camilla Trinchieri’s “Murder in Pitigliano.” ...

Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading ...

Bestselling novelist Elly Griffiths will be honoured with the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award in recognition of her remarkable crime fiction writing career and ‘unwavering ...

“Crime fiction stimulates parts of our brain that we often don’t fire off, and it creates a chemical cocktail that can be quite addictive (such as the releasing of adrenaline), ...

From its beginnings, the genre of crime fiction has stressed this note of the suburbs being unnatural and sinister. Here is Dr Watson passing through the recent suburban developments in Brixton ...

And I’m certainly not alone in this. The hugely popular Scandinavian crime fiction genre has been doing this since the 60s, starting with the Martin Beck novels of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo ...