Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Detective fiction is a creative sub-genre of crime and ...

This week’s Read This Next focues on new fiction that is well written, absorbing and worth settling into, whether you prefer ...

It’s 1917 and policewoman Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks is patrolling the parks of Adelaide, armed with a five-foot cane. She’s ...

Our crime columnist recommends books starring hard-boiled investigators who are ready to travel down the meanest streets to root out the darkest truths. By Sarah Weinman When the hard-boiled ...

A singular, cartoonish eye blinks under the lens of a magnifying glass inspecting a darkened, smoky room from floor to ceiling in the hopes of finding a clue. The tip of a deerstalker cap undulates ...

Penguin Books, First Thus edition, 2014. Author Georges Simenon, 1969. MASTERPIECE on PBS aired an exciting new adaptation of author Georges Simenon’s iconic Maigret stories, bringing the legendary ...

The class was talking about Betty, who they originally thought was such a nice girl. “She just seemed so innocent …” said one student. “She’s not the one you’d expect to be a straight-up liar.” ...

The collection offers a panorama of voices that form a portrait of contemporary India, mirroring anxieties and attitudes of ...

The author of “The Note” traces her “real obsession” to discovering “a slew of smart, gritty female sleuths who began to feel like friends.” Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by A prank threatens a ...