Top 10 Scottish crime novels
Scottish novelists from William McIlvanney to Ian Rankin and Denise Mina deliver all the gut-punch thrills of crime without forgetting its human cost
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins; We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker; Making Wolf by Tade Thompson; The Lizard by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart; The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos; and Love in Amsterdam by Nicolas Freeling
Bill Clinton writing second thriller with James Patterson
Pair behind The President is Missing writing novel about kidnapping of a former president’s daughter
In brief: The World Aflame; The Last Protector; Beneath the Streets – review
Images of the world wars are given colour; Andrew Taylor’s latest 17th-century mystery; and what if Jeremy Thorpe got away with murder?
Whodunnit? Did Agatha Christie ‘borrow’ the plot for acclaimed novel?
Translator uncovers twist in the tale of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd … it may have been inspired by Norwegian author’s story
Research finds reading books has surged in lockdown
Survey of 1,000 people reports time spent with books has almost doubled, with thrillers and crime the favoured genres
Maj Sjöwall obituary
Co-author with Per Wahlöö of the Martin Beck crime series that blazed a trail for Scandinavian crime fiction
In brief: Magpie Lane; I Want You to Know We’re Still Here; The Language of Birds – reviews
A child goes missing from an Oxford college, a daughter uncovers a family secret about the Holocaust and the Lord Lucan scandal gets a vibrant rewrite
What’s Left of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott review – breakup thriller
A Japanese man is paid to seduce a married woman
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
A pandemic locks down London and a doctor faces a dilemma over child abuse
Book clinic: Can you recommend a replacement for Rumpole of the Bailey?
From courtroom dramas to the Just William stories, a barrister and crime writer recommends novels about the quest for justice
Keeper by Jessica Moor review – atmospheric, timely
Male violence in all its forms is at the heart of Jessica Moor’s confident and skilful debut
The best recent crime novels – review roundup
The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel; Keeper by Jessica Moor; The Man on the Street by Trevor Wood; Black Rain Falling by Jacob Ross; Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet; and The Clutter Corpse by Simon Brett
Book clinic: Which thrillers and crime fiction will keep my teenager hooked?
From Agatha Christie to Anthony Horowitz, writer Peter Swanson recommends the best of classic and modern
Making a killing: what can novels teach us about getting away with murder?
From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn, readers love an untraceable method or a villain who wins. Author Peter Swanson says there are eight examples of the perfect murder