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.

From wrongful convictions to chilling historical cases, these gripping books are sure to captivate any true crime enthusiast.

Fox News host Trey Gowdy announced his thrilling fiction debut on Tuesday, the psychological crime novel "The Color of Death.

The creator of detective Erast Fandorin faces a 14-year sentence in absentia for his outspoken criticism of Russia's war and ...

Sunny summer days are best spent lounging with a good book. In the coming weeks, crime writers offer mysteries steeped in science, and contemporary and historical fiction opens windows into singular ...

Martin Cruz Smith, who transported readers behind the Iron Curtain in his multifaceted crime novel “Gorky Park,” a Soviet-era blockbuster that topped bestseller lists and kicked off a long-running ...

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 ...

Kate Flora is the author of 28 books across crime fiction, true crime, memoir and nonfiction.

The standout titles of 2025 so far span inter-war espionage, gritty violence in modern Glasgow and the return of a cult writer ...

A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

This is a great month for Irish crime fiction, with more strong releases than one column can fit, including titles by Jane Casey, John Connolly and Catherine Ryan Howard. In Jane Casey’s The ...