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


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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 editor at Simon & Schuster’s audio-first imprint, Simon Maverick, who

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

By Steven Nester

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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 the 1980s sitcom Kate & Allie, my memories of the California-born actress—who

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

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