Beyond Sherlock: are there any good detective novels for teens?
Teens drawn to whodunnits by Benedict Cumberbatch's TV portrayal of Sherlock Holmes have a wealth of modern day detective novels to move onto
2014 in books: turn over a new leaf
The return of Sherlock on TV, Wolf Hall at the RSC and Lord of the Flies: the ballet – plus new books from Dave Eggers, Sarah Waters, Stephen King and many more
Readers’ books of the year 2013: part 3
From The Burning Ground by Roselle Angwin to JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Guardian readers pick their favourite reads of 2013
Sophie Hannah’s top 10 pageturners
The bestselling thriller writer picks 10 addictive reads - from crime to poetry, all guaranteed to be unputdownable
Elmore Leonard remembered by Peter Leonard
'Elmore was the coolest guy I knew,' says Peter Leonard, the acclaimed US crime writer's son
The best crime and thrillers of 2013
From serial killers to tartan noir, Laura Wilson rounds up the pick of the crop
Rustication by Charles Palliser – review
Charles Palliser's first novel in more than a decade is a gothic puzzler perfect for misty autumn evenings, writes Stephanie Merritt
Agatha Christie wins vote to steal crown as crime writers’ favourite crime writer
Crime Writers' Association poll votes Poirot creator best writer, and her Murder of Roger Ackroyd the best ever crime novel
Inside job: 10 crime writers turned detective
In claiming to have solved a real-life murder mystery, PD James is in distinguished company. John Dugdale dons his deerstalker and gets on the trail of other literary detectives
Nordic noir’s sexual violence attacked by British crime writer
Bestselling author Ann Cleeves condemns gruesome scenes and morbid tone of Scandinavian books and TV dramas
The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly – review
The rising waters of the Mississippi prove a perfect backdrop for Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly's dark, prohibition-era tale, writes Alison Flood
Blackwattle Creek – a rereading of the Ned Kelly award winner 2013
Andrew Nette: Geoffrey McGeachin's superior thriller about likable larrikin detective Charlie Berlin took the prize for best fiction at the Neddies.
Andrew Flintoff launches new career – as literary critic
Liz Bury: The former England cricketer brands Ian Rankin's new crime thriller the 'dullest book ever' on Twitter
Exhuming Poirot is disrespectful towards Agatha Christie’s careful burial
John Sutherland: It isn't just Christie's emphatic full stop on Poirot that makes him out of bounds, it's also the honourable story behind it
Kerry Wilkinson: ‘It’s not true that self-publishers can only be successful if they sell for under a pound’
Six books into a self-published crime series, Kerry Wilkinson has signed a 14-book deal. Will he ever go it alone again? 'Definitely'