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Crime fiction

March 2024

  • Trees in mist

    Thrillers of the month
    Crime and thrillers of the month – review

  • Richard Coles.

    Books interview
    The Rev Richard Coles: ‘I think my CV looks like the work of a fantasist’

  • Tana French, pictured in 2019.

    The Hunter by Tana French review – a master of her craft

  • man and girl reading book

    The magic of audiobooks? Deep down, we still long to be read to

    Elizabeth Quinn

February 2024

  • Richard Osman – he is standing outdoors with light shining through blurred trees in background, and is wearing a dark jacket, black jumper and black-rimmed glasses; he has a short greying beard and swept-back light brown hair

    Richard Osman to publish first novel in new crime series

    We Solve Murders introduces a new detective duo – but the author has not abandoned his Thursday Murder Club characters
  • Thief in house.

    Thrillers of the month
    Crime and thrillers of the month – review

    An intruder strikes fear into a family in a brilliant debut, while a life of luxury turns very dark indeed. Plus, one of Nicci French’s finest novels yet

    • Other lives
      Jeremy Cameron obituary

    • Crime and thrillers roundup
      The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

    • The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey review – girl turns detective

January 2024

  • Lisa Jewell

    Audiobook of the week
    None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell audiobook review – is she who she says she is?

  • James Lee Burke and Lynda La Plante.

    Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke share Diamond Dagger lifetime award

  • The author Cate Quinn

    My month in rehab: alcohol was killing me – until I made that crucial call

  • (L-R): Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, Space by Stephen Baxter, The Professor by Lauren Nossett, My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand, My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber, Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley.

    Ultimate summer reads
    Pulp, page-turners and pure joy: the ultimate summer reading list, picked by you

  • Ultimate summer reads
    Steamy, dishy, heart-thumping: the ultimate summer reads

  • Thrillers of the month
    Crime and thrillers of the month – review

  • Ultimate summer reads
    The ultimate summer reading list: 15 crime thrillers and mysteries to keep you guessing

  • New thriller from master of twists and turns Harlan Coben comes to Netflix

December 2023

  • ‘The first time I read it, I thought: “What a furious little book”’ … David Jonsson as Luke Fitzwilliam.

    Feminism, folk horror and an outsider hero: how I brought Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy to the small screen

    While some viewers prefer screenwriters to remain faithful to a beloved book, as a 21st century woman of colour I make no apology for which parts of the novel spoke to me
  • 450106,Agatha Christie's Murder Is Easy<br>Agatha Christie's Murder Is Easy,First Looks,Luke Fitzwilliam (DAVID JONSSON),Mammoth Screen,Mark Mainz

    Perfect escapism: why cosy crime stories are a Christmas essential

    From Agatha Christie to Richard Osman, playful, quirky mysteries are particularly appealing at this time of year
  • Kindle Storyteller Award 2020 Jason Dalgliesh in Kings Lynn Norfolk J M Dalgliesh was a stay-at-home father when he sent a crime novel that he had written to six literary agents - only to receive a polite rejection letter or no response at all. Refusing to give up, he found inspiration in a friend’s suggestion that he try self-publishing it. The advice could not have been better. That novel, Divided House - the story of a detective’s path to redemption - was to become the first of 22 self-published crime thrillers, three series of police procedurals that have sold more than two million copies.

    Five years and 2m copies later, self-published author lands UK book deal

    Norfolk-based crime writer JM Dalgliesh topped the Amazon and Kindle bestsellers before being signed by a traditional publisher
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