Mick Herron wins crime novel of the year award for Slough House
Judges praised the author for combining ‘intrigue, peril and humour in a deft exploration of international espionage’
Meantime by Frankie Boyle review – the comedian’s dark, funny Glasgow noir debut
Withnail and I meets James Bond as two druggy neighbours and a celebrity crime novelist join forces to investigate a murder
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Partisan by Patrick Worrall; More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez; The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda; All I Said Was True by Imran Mahmood; The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre
Susie Steiner obituary
Journalist and author of the Manon Bradshaw crime novel series with an intuitive understanding of the dynamics between people
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
The tensions of a small community inspire a couple of ‘island noir’ crackers, while three female authors explore revenge
Mick Herron: ‘I’m interested in incompetence, things going wrong’
The Slow Horses author on the ‘virtue of limitations’ and drawing life lessons from The Wind in the Willows
Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London novels are set for TV adaptation
All nine fantasy-detective books will be used to produce a new ‘ridiculously brilliant’ television series
Summer reading: the 30 best holiday reads – chosen by authors and critics
Novelists including Johny Pitts, Monica Ali and Nina Stibbe – plus Observer critics – on their essential holiday books
Summer books: Bernardine Evaristo, Hilary Mantel, David Nicholls and more pick their favourites
Authors recommend their favourite recent reads, from addictive novels and fascinating cultural history to a game-changing graphic memoir
Summer reading: the 50 hottest new books for a great escape
From pageturning thrillers and comic novels to an antidote to doomscrolling – our pick of the best new fiction and nonfiction. Plus 10 brilliant paperbacks, and 10 great reads for children and teens
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles; Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto; Wake by Shelley Burr; Sun Damage by Sabine Durrant; Aurora by David Koepp
Thrillers of the month – review
The Rev Richard Coles makes his cosy-crime fiction debut in convincing style, while Robin Morgan-Bentley offers a tense spin on the locked-room mystery
Murdering the competition: Richard Osman thriller tops UK library loans
Stats from 2020-21 reveal that the Pointless presenter’s The Thursday Murder Club is the biggest hit in UK libraries
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor review – outback noir that lives up to the hype
Set in a remote town where a schoolgirl disappears, this debut arrives with high praise from other crime novelists – and it’s truly excellent
The king and queen of popular fiction: Marian Keyes and Richard Osman on their successes and struggles
The bestselling novelists are friends and fans of each other’s work. They talk frankly about the highs of writing and the lows of addiction – and why neither would do Strictly