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6 Stories on Mystery Novels
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When fact meets fiction, the cases are harder to solve

The saying goes that life imitates art. But that's the last thing you want when you write crime fiction. You never want to see the things you write about mirrored back to you in real life.

Crime writer Walter Mosley debuts new series

Fans of the character Easy Rawlins don't want to hear it, but author Walter Mosley says he has officially moved on.

Time.com: Tony Hillerman, Mystery Author, Dies

Tony Hillerman, author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels, died Sunday of pulmonary failure. He was 83

Report: Rowling working on crime novel

J.K. Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.

Fortune: MADISON AVENUE'S MYSTERY GUY

As CEO and creative director of the J. Walter Thompson USA advertising firm, James Patterson, 41, often treads a thin line between fact and fiction. But in his other career -- as an award-winning m...

Fortune: PURSUING A MYSTERIOUS PASSION After a hard day, mystery novels challenge without demanding too much -- and they're collectible.

An American mania for mystery is most conspicuous these days in the solve-it- yourself whodunits staged everywhere from hotels and cruise ships to corporate meetings. But it's the printed page that...

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