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Almost every one of Christie's most popular books features Poirot. But what about her dear Miss Marple?

“Gary Robinson died hungry." So began Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and crime writer Edna Buchanan's now-famous news story...

One of the most popular types of detective fiction? Hardboiled detective fiction. In a lot of ways, the hardboiled detective was born as a direct response and counterpoint to the classic detective. But how do we define these genres? What makes them different from one another, and how are they similar?

Cozy mysteries are as quaint as the towns their located in, but what exactly is a cozy mystery? We have the inside scoop.

The etiquette around talking murder: How not to scare your family during the holidays. We asked. Authors answered.

In 1963, Thanksgiving was not a happy holiday for a country in mourning. 

Detective fiction: There's mystery, suspense, and crime, and as the reader, you get to play along with the detective as they work to solve the case.

You've heard of unreliable narrators, especially in crime stories and suspense books. But what does it mean to be an unreliable narrator?