Can Hard Case Crime solve the mystery of digital era publishing?
Sam Jordison: This small imprint might have all the ingredients necessary for survival – a distinctive look, a smart logo and a clear direction
Britain’s queen of crime: Martina Cole
Martina Cole writes from the criminal's point of view. That's why Erwin James, a former lifer, found her characters so familiar – and why he was scared of meeting her
Stephen J Cannell obituary
Prolific TV writer and producer behind the hit show The A-Team
Talking About Detective Fiction by PD James – review
PD James's brief history of detective fiction is told with style and humour, says Edmund Gordon
DCI Banks: the case of the literary TV detectives
Maxim Jakubowski: The new ITV series is part of a wave of small-screen adaptations – which other literary sleuths would you like to see on television?
The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
Alison Flood admires a murder mystery in an 18th-century Cambridge college
The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women by James Ellroy
James Ellroy's high-octane strut through his sexual history leaves Julie Myerson tired and unsatisfied
An economy kept afloat by mafia cash is not just the stuff of Le Carré thrillers
Jonathan Freedland: Until we find the political will, the establishment will be happy to ignore the dirty crimes behind today's dazzling fortunes
Faithful Place by Tana French
A dark, creepy Dublin is the setting for one of the best thrillers this year, writes Alison Flood
Real-life tragedies for real-life cash
Darragh McManus: Writing books based on actual atrocities like the Holocaust or the Josef Fritzl case can lead to fame and fortune. But is it right?
Let’s start a comedy crime wave
Richard Asplin: The exhortation to 'write what you know' stops us finding the mirth in misdemeanours. Write what you like instead
How not to pitch a crime novel
Helen Carter: A major crime-writing festival, a roomful of industry names to impress, and two minutes to do it in. Gulp
A Rusty Gun by Noel ‘Razor’ Smith
An ex-violent offender offers a provocative – often funny – account of prison group therapy, writes Andrew Anthony
The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver
Sparks fly as detective Lincoln Rhyme faces a terrorist threat to Manhattan's electricity grid
Lesley Himes obituary
Other lives: Journalist and widow of Chester Himes, the father of black American crime writing