Deon Meyer: ‘South Africa just isn’t as sexy as Scandinavia’
The South African thriller writer talks to Alison Flood about storytelling, credibility and how crime fiction relates to society
Rebus revisited – Ian Rankin picks his favourite moments
Ian Rankin looks back over his Inspector Rebus novels and chooses some of his favourite moments
Watch out – Mosby’s carrying a blade
One Leeds writer, Mick McCann, praises another, Steve Mosby, who's very big overseas but still waiting for a breakthrough here - though the Guardian has given his work approving reviews
John Gordon Sinclair: ‘I’d never read a crime novel that made me emotional’
The actor turned novelist tells Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy what inspired him to write a crime thriller
Vengeance by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black – review
The reader is kept guessing about the author's intentions as much as the plot in this fifth outing for Dublin pathologist Quirke, writes Ben East
Agatha Christie memorial to be erected
Queen of crime fiction's contribution to the stage to be celebrated with statue in London's theatreland
Can John Banville resuscitate Philip Marlowe?
Tom Williams: Raymond Chandler's estate have chosen John Banville to write a new Philip Marlowe novel – but can he capture the hero's loneliness and the bleak glitter of LA?
Ebooks roundup: Fifty shades of new erotica and roll the dice for a price
Benedicte Page: Populist titles tick the genre boxes, publishers get creative with eshort tasters and price-setting takes a new twist
Hawthorn & Child by Keith Ridgway – review
A bizarre, engaging take on the detective novel elevates the mystery of human connections above the solving of crime, writes Killian Fox
Laura Lippman: ‘He’s definitely taken more from my work’
Novelist Laura Lippman talks to William Skidelsky about Baltimore crime and appearing in The Wire
Denise Mina wins crime novel of the year award
Scottish author takes prize for her 'hugely atmospheric and haunting' story The End of the Wasp Season
PD James: inside the head of a criminal mastermind
PD James talks to Kate Kellaway about her Jane Austen sequel, and answers questions from readers and fellow authors
Andrea Camilleri: a life in writing
'In many crime novels, the events seem detached from the context. I deliberately decided to smuggle in a critical commentary on my times'
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple – review
Told through emails, transcripts, FBI reports and a 15-year-old's deadpan voice, Maria Semple's thriller is as witty as it is terrifying, writes Anna Trench
The Yard by Alex Grecian – review
Alex Grecian's exuberantly grisly serial killer tale set in 1889 London picks up where the Ripper left off, says Alison Flood