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Bright and Tender Dark
by Joanna Pearson

Pearson’s debut is set in the college town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where the brutal murder of a bright young student in 1999 still haunts her former roommate two decades later.

10 Questions for Nicola Solvinic
​By John Charles

Nicola Solvinic has a master’s degree in criminology and has worked in and around criminal justice for more than a decade. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and cats, where she is surrounded by a secret garden full of beehives.

Top 10 Debut Mysteries and Thrillers
by Annie Bostrom

​Historical mysteries, socially aware themes, and superbly rendered settings are just a few of the dominating elements of these ten superlative mysteries and thrillers from first-time writers and authors new to crime fiction.

Top 10 Mysteries & Thrillers for Youth: 2024
by Maggie Reagan

Reviewed in Booklist between May 1, 2023 and April 15, 2024, these MG and YA mysteries push genre boundaries and investigate social issues as thrilling as their plots.

Top 10 Mysteries & Thrillers: 2024
by Susan Maguire

​The top ten mysteries and thrillers of the year, reviewed in Booklist between May 1, 2023, and April 15, 2024, feature multiple narratives, hot-button issues, and, of course, murder.

10 Questions for Elly Griffiths
By John Charles

Elly Griffiths is the USA Today best-selling author of the Ruth Galloway and Brighton mystery series, as well as the standalone novels The Stranger Diaries, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel; The Postscript Murders; and Bleeding Heart Yard, winner of the Fingerprint Awards’ Crime Book of the Year.

Episode #34: Summer Scares 2024
By Susan Maguire

This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares! The reading program, a collaboration between Booklist, the Horror Writers Association, United for Libraries, Book Riot, and NoveList, announced their title picks in February. Host Susan Maguire sat down with the folks behind Summer Scares to talk about the books they want you to read this summer, different levels of scariness, and the importance of snacks for patron engagement.

10 Questions for Nick Medina
By John Charles

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Nick Medina appreciates blues-based music, local folklore, and snowy winters. A member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, he drew on personal and family experiences, along with research into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) epidemic, to inspire his debut novel, Sisters of the Lost Nation.