The Rap Sheet

Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more. ...

More than a handful of blog and Facebook posts have been written over the last 24 hours in memory of Chantelle Aimée Osman, the senior edito...

(Editor’s note: This is the 191st installment in The Rap Sheet ’s continuing series about great but forgotten books.) By Steven Nester ...

Although there will certainly be many readers of this blog who knew Susan Saint James best for her co-starring role (with Jane Curtin) in...

We previously drew notice to Barnes & Noble’s choices of “the best mystery and thriller books” of 2026, so let us now highlight that sa...

Publishers Weekly now weighs in with its own dozen nominations for the best mystery and thriller novels of 2026: • The Amateur , by Chr...

Six out of the seven Anthony Awards presented last evening at Bouchercon 2026 in Calgary, Alberta, went to women authors, including Louise ...

During last night’s opening ceremonies at Bouchercon 2026 in Calgary, Alberta, Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine revealed the winners of i...

Norwegian author Ørjan Karlsson’s Into Thin Air (Orenda) has won the 2026 Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. “Ø...

The late author Peter May’s wife, Janice Hally, has announced on Facebook a series of events designed to honor her husband, who died on Sep...

Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more. ...