A Gamble Too Far

Character Is Destiny

Locked-room mysteries with a contemporary twist

The Diminutive Detective

How beloved series characters spring into being

Suchana Seth: Oh Mother!

The incomprehensible crime of an AI startup founder allegedly killing her four-year-old son

A Farewell to the Crime of Adultery

An American Spy in Iran

The return of a master and the moral content of thrillers

Of Crimes and Conceits

Masters heighten the suspense by playing with the genre

An Anatomy of the Mystery

What unites crime classics by masters and debutants

Serial Bungling

What the Nithari case says about police investigations in India

All Murders Are Imperfect

A sensational killing gets a life sentence for one of India’s leading artists