Blog Posts by Subject: Mysteries, Crime, Thrillers

Set the kettle, turn off your phone, and cozy up with one of these new reads.

Not familiar with the term "cozy mystery"? They are quick, lighthearted reads in contrast to unsentimental, hard-boiled detective fiction.

Here are a few titles that feature women who are certainly horrific, but who keep us coming back for more.

Adult, young adult and children's historical fiction, romances and mystery series set during the suffrage era and involving suffragists.

A beach read is in the eye of the beholder—it depends on what you want to read and what frame of mind you want to be in as you relax in the sun, shade or a/c.

Dark magic, svengali professors, mentally disturbed students, psychotic cliques and vanishing friends...

Foes are vanquished, crimes are solved and justice is almost always served—so much better than real life!

In the midst of the holiday planning, take some time for yourself with one of our coziest recommendations for the season. Includes a Spotify playlist!

If your heart is still pounding from director-star John Krasinski's thriller, we have some reading suggestions for you.

Have you been called to serve your civic duty? Here's a list of books you'll want to check out.

Here's a list of books filled with Christmas miracles, opposites attracting, lovers reuniting, families reconciling, happily ever afters, mysteries being solved and villains being vanquished—plus lots of snow and holiday merriment!

We've put a master of detective stories up against a master of detectives. Even though the words were written more than a century apart, Sayers and Sherlock share a similar sensibility and a wicked sense of humor.

An all-American teen is dead, a small town full of secrets and suspects. What could have happened to a teen with the seemingly perfect life? What secrets were they hiding? Someone better find out the truth before another person turns up dead. If this sounds familiar, you may be a fan of Riverdale.

Bleak, dark, grimly realistic, morally and psychologically complex with a dash of gallows humor. Scandinavian Noir has some serious competition from its Irish cousin. Check out some Irish crime writers this St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

A review of 5 mystery novels and the films noir that they inspired.

The 2016 Best Books for Teens is a great list, but there are books I love that didn’t make the final cut. So to make sure these awesome books get their due, here are 10 fiction books I think should’ve made the list.

Here are a few colorful detectives and crime/thriller/mystery series from NYPL staff for all you crime drama fans.

It's the birthday of Alfred Hitchcock. To honor the Master of Suspense, our crackerjack team of book experts came up with a list of books that would do him proud: psychological suspense novels that give readers the same creepy, think-y thrill as watching his movies... and feature twists that no one saw coming.

Some of my favorite YA novels are books that challenge me, that pull my brain in different directions, and make me think, “What the hell just happened?”. Sometimes, it’s because the narrators are choosing not to tell us the whole story, or because for some reason they can’t tell us the whole story. Sometimes, it’s because the author writes the story in such a way that it takes readers a while to figure out what’s going on. Here are thirteen YA novels that will take your brain in unexpected directions!