The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson review – a presidential thriller

There is a sprinkling of psychological authenticity in this bestseller mix

The best recent crime novels – review roundup

Snap by Belinda Bauer; The Old Religion by Martyn Waites; Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh; The Good Son by You-jeong Jeong; Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall and The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet

The best recent thrillers – review roundup

Star of the North by DB John, What We Did by Christobel Kent, Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough, Nightfall Berlin by Jack Grimwood, The House on Half Moon Street by Alex Reeve, Wrong Way Home by Isabelle Grey

Top writers choose their perfect crime

Crime fiction is now the UK’s bestselling genre. So which crime novels should everyone read? We asked the writers who know ...

Observer picture archive: Patricia Highsmith, 27 April 1980

Photographer Lorrie Graham and writer Sally Vincent enjoyed a tense lunch with the notoriously prickly author.

The best recent crime novels – review roundup

The Woman in the Woods by John Connolly; The Hunger by Alma Katsu; Paper Ghosts by Julia Haeberlin; American by Day by Derek B Miller; Body & Soul by John Harvey

The perfect crimes: why thrillers are leaving other books for dead

While literary novels are sidelined, crime fiction is fast developing as the most versatile narrative of our times

It’s no mystery that crime is the biggest-selling genre in books

Sales of crime novels in the UK have soared, overtaking general fiction for the first time. But this thrilling genre can be a comfort, too

Macbeth by Jo Nesbø review – Shakespeare reimagined

Scandinavia’s king of crime turns the tragedy into a deliciously oppressive page-turner

Top 10 books about miscarriages of justice

From the Central Park Five to little Briony’s destructive decision in Atonement, here are some of the most affecting real and fictional tales of injustice

Rebus: Rankin’s gritty Scottish detective to make stage debut

Author has worked with playwright Rona Munro for complex cop’s stage bow

Tony Parsons: ‘The first half of my 20s was screaming madness’

The author, 64, talks about how yoga is intimidating for men, why everyone needs a personal trainer and how his 40s brought him more stability

The best recent thrillers – review roundup

Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr; The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton; All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson; One Clear Ice-Cold January Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Roland Schimmelpfennig; Bitter by Francesca Jakobi; Pandora’s Boy by Lindsey Davis