During election week or whenever life gets stressful and you need to decompress (or step away from reality entirely), these are PEOPLE staffers' favorite cozy, comforting, stress-free books.

As twisted and gory as Montanari's previous two suspense ... homicide detective Jack Paris, this time pitted against a man who mutilates and... A starred review indicates a book of outstanding ...

When NOPD homicide detectives Reuben ... is considering for her next book strikes too close to home in bestseller Jackson’s loosely constructed third romantic suspense novel set in Savannah ...

Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air ... She is an associate editor of and contributor to Mystery and Suspense Writers (Scribner) and the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism ...

Welcome in fall with our picks for the best fiction, nonfiction and celebrity memoirs Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms.

Guy Ritchie’s film isn’t based on any of the original stories by the books’ author ... of the greatest creators of suspense movies. It is unique, as the “detective” is unable to ...

Echo’ by Tracy Clark. Thomas & Mercer, 364 pages, $16.99  A legacy of privilege, entitlement and lots of revenge fuel Tracy ...

Lone-wolf investigator Jack Reacher pursues a sniper and exposes a conspiracy with the help of a female detective. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears.

Find what to watch on Apple TV+ including the latest releases. Filter by movies, TV shows, release years, genres and more. When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage ...

“Rather than a book you ‘can’t put down,’ it’s one you might pause from precisely to prolong its mild suspense and poetic ... Along with the promised detective story, about the search ...

Slow-burn thrillers have the unique ability to draw us into a world of tension, mystery, and suspense. Unlike fast-paced thrillers, these slow-burn thrillers use atmospheric build-up, allowing ...