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One-Year Subscription (Four Issues) PLUS a FREE copy of The Best American Mystery And Suspense 2023 (Edited by Lisa Unger), and a Free Sherlock Holmes Bookmark
Each issue of The Strand Magazine brings readers a curated selection of fiction from bestselling authors such as Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Faye Kellerman, and Alexander McCall Smith. Whether you prefer a gritty hard-boiled mystery or a classic English country house whodunit, The Strand is the ultimate magazine for mystery enthusiasts.
Our exclusive interview section has featured conversations with literary icons like David Baldacci, R.L. Stine, Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, Mary Higgins Clark, and actor David Suchet, renowned for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot. In addition, we’ve proudly showcased unpublished treasures from legendary writers, including Agatha Christie, Shirley Jackson, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, H.G. Wells, P.G. Wodehouse, and Raymond Chandler.
Complementing this rich content are insightful reviews of the latest mysteries, thrillers, and audiobooks, helping readers discover their next favorite story.
The Strand Magazine stands out as the only mystery magazine published in a large format, with full-color pages printed on glossy, high-quality paper—a treat for both the eyes and the mind.
“For a quarter of a century, The Strand has not only been bringing fabulous contemporary mystery and thriller stories to readers—but it has also managed, on an astonishingly regular basis, to dig up unpublished and long-lost stories by the titans of the past, including James M. Cain, Shirley Jackson, Raymond Chandler…”
—Douglas Preston (New York Times Bestselling author)
A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger and series editor Steph Cha.
“This form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intensely, to capture character, time, place, and story with immediacy,” writes guest editor Lisa Unger in her introduction. The transporting stories in this year’s The Best American Mystery and Suspense are populated by those who exist on the fringe of our society and want more than what life has dealt them: A haunted veteran turned career criminal is on the run. An injured fighter turned bouncer seeks vengeance for his lost love. An assassin on his last job finds himself questioning his life choices and breaks all the rules to understand his final victim. By turns thrilling and enlightening, each story, according to Unger, “will have you holding your breath, flipping the pages, will leave you thinking about people and why they do the dark, dangerous, frightening things that they do.”
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 includes Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier • William Boyle • S. A. Cosby • Jacqueline Freimor • James A. Hearn • Ladee Hubbard • A. J. Jacono • Adam Meyer • Silvia Moreno-Garcia • Walter Mosley • Leigh Newman • Joyce Carol Oates • Margaret Randall • Annie Reed • Anthony Neil Smith • Faye Snowden • Jervey Tervalon • Joseph S. Walker • Thaai Walker • Jess Walter
Caleb –
A great magazine, I loved every page of it. I wish they had less ads, but still you get about as much material as you would in a paperback book.
Sonali Matthew –
Kudos to the team for bringing the Strand back, they have been around for 26 years and that’s kind of like a miracle. Seems that but for brands everything from the 90s is gone. They have historical, modern, cozy, stories that are fun and gripping. The author interviews are great, and authors are so generous with their advice. I enjoyed the reviews as well and those lost works by famous authors are always fun to uncover. The Capote story set in Italy was something that E M Forster would write.
Dave Faulkner –
I did not enjoy Strand, if you compare it to the old Strand this magazine has less material. Some of it is good and a nice thing to read on the subway station, but I’m a quick reader and I need more than 50,000 words to keep me happy.
Austin Lee –
A lost Rod Serling story, I felt I was in the TWILIGHT ZONE when I picked this bad boy up at my local bookstore. A slick neat magazine that I enjoyed from cover to cover. I wish they were more than quarterly.
Maggie Lewis –
Magazines are dying but not this one. I wish they had more than five stories, but whatever I read I enjoyed. In the past five years, I’ve read lost works by Agatha Christie, Steinbeck, Chandler, Louisa May Alcott and Rod Serling.
Rachel Cleary –
I fun magazine, has some literary stuff now and again, but it’s mainly for those who enjoy fiction. The niche of Strand has been uncovering lost works, I like that but I’m more into everything being 100% mystery and suspense.
Jamie Cohen –
The covers are evocative and not pulpy, that sets the scene for the magazine. They have a refined thing going in terms of how it looks, but that quickly ends when you read some of the stories that are noir and hard edged. They also publish some cozy things but despite not like cozy, I enjoyed the works I read. I think the technique here is never relying on the same formula and it must work.
Elizabeth Warfield –
A good magazine, they were late in sending me copies out but a chat with customer service easily fixed everything. I’m a hug sucker for all the unpublished works by Steinbeck, Shirley Jackson, and Hemingway.
Rona –
I recently read the issue with a Rupert Holmes interview and I didn’t realize he became a writer and is a huge fan of mysteries. Ya learn something new I guess.
Danny Mandoulli –
Love this magazine. Great fiction, book reviews you can trust and some awesome interviews.
Melisa Ramirez –
I liked this magazine, it has a refinement about it without being on the pretentious side. If you like stories with a surprise ending then this is the magazine for you. They interviewed the actor Paul Giamatti and I had no idea he was such a book nerd and a reader. I also enjoyed a back issue I picked up with a edgy short story by Raymond Chandler about a homeless man caught up in a corrupt and greedy healthcare system. The reviews are pretty good but I wish they were friendlier.
Andy Gardner –
A well designed magazine with some good fiction, I read a creepy story by Joye Carol Oates that had me rivetted from start to the end. I I also read something by James Lee Book which in today’s climate feels so on point. The interviews with authors are always fun and never feel generic.