When all the Hallmark movies, yuletide carols and unrelenting family time begin to wear away your Christmas spirit, it’s time to retreat, if only for a few hours, to some quiet corner with a classic ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I don't know about you, but I like to think of myself as an amateur detective of sorts. I mean, once ...

This riveting 1843 short story by legendary author Edgar Allan Poe is told by an unnamed narrator who has just killed an elderly man. While the narrator justifies his crime, his conscience drives him ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a researcher focusing on how the media we consume shapes us. People have been captivated by mystery novels for almost two ...

A dead body is found at the bottom of the stairs. A child is kidnapped. A wife vanishes without a trace. What happened? Who did it? And, perhaps most importantly, why? These are the questions that ...

From Gothic tales to cops-and-robbers, from “whodunit?” stories to true-crime dramas, mystery stories have long fascinated us. The quest to solve a crime or mystery draws us in until it is solved. The ...