Radio review: Emerald Noir
The mystery of what's been happening in Irish crime fiction was revealed by a probing documentary
Can Scandinavian crime fiction teach socialism?
Deborah Orr: The British are used to believing that the Scandinavians, especially the Swedes, have social democracy cracked
Dashiell Hammett’s lost works found in Texas
Fifteen unpublished short stories unearthed by Andrew Gulli, who is publishing one in his magazine The Strand
Patti Smith writing detective novel
Singer to follow award-winning memoir with mystery story set in London and inspired by Sherlock Holmes
A new casebook for Sherlock Holmes
Open thread: As Anthony Horowitz gets the nod for a new Holmes novel, what mysteries do you think the detective should tackle?
Trent Reznor to score The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Nine Inch Nails frontman to showcase 'limited skills at stringed instruments' for David Fincher's film of Stieg Larsson novel
Italian authors’ invasion is set to conquer the crime fiction lists
TV series based on Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen novels heads assault on the dominance of Scandinavian detective sagas
1222 by Anne Holt – review
The acerbic sleuth Hanne Wilhelmsen, snowed in on a Norwegian mountainside, would surely recognise her debt to Hercule Poirot, says Alison Flood
Are Stieg Larsson and Dan Brown a match for literary fiction?
Novelist Edward Docx argues that genre fiction can't compete with works of true literary merit
Why do we think the butler did it?
Nate Pedersen: This plot formula has the unusual distinction of being a cliché of mystery writing without ever having been widely used
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?