The Rap Sheet

There was a time when the Macavity Awards, sponsored by Mystery Readers International and Mystery Readers Journal, were handed out each year at the Left Coast Crime convention. But that gathering took place this last spring, and the 2026 Maca...

Editor Gerald So made the announcement this morning that he’s “probably” going to shutter his fine crime poetry blog, The Fifty-Two, as a result of policy changes by his online management system:

Mark Pryor, best known for penning the Hugo Marston and Henri Lefort mystery novels, “passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on October 8, 2026,” according to

We’re moving swiftly into that hectic season when newspapers, magazines, and book-oriented Web sites weigh in with their idiosyncratic lists of favorite crime, mystery, and thriller fiction from the year past. Crime Fiction Lover is taking part in that exercise once more, after sitting out 2025 due to a staffer’s “serious health issues.”

Starting today, the b...

Well, it was inevitable that this would happen sometime.

American bookseller Barnes & Noble is first out of the gate with its choices of the “best mystery and thriller books” released in the United States over the last 12 months. ...