Innocent by Scott Turow
America's foremost legal-thriller writer puts his most famous defendant back on trial, writes Alison Flood
Blood Harvest by SJ Bolton
This adept thriller writer's third novel, set in a remote corner of the Pennines, is her creepiest yet, says Alison Flood
Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon
Comic books, crime fiction, ghost stories… In a series of essays, novelist Michael Chabon argues that entertainment should be the primary role of fiction, writes Olivia Laing
Crime novelist sued for setting plot around Paris landmark
Lalie Walker wrote latest thriller as a tribute to a Montmartre fabric store, but store's owners say the book is defamatory
61 Hours by Lee Child
Just when thriller addicts thought they had seen the last of the great heroes, Jack Reacher strikes again, writes Euan Ferguson
Stieg Larsson – by the woman who shared his life
The first film of the Swedish writer's work is about to open in Britain, his books are smashing sales records round the world, and an ex-colleague has written a book questioning his reputation. Now the woman who shared Larsson's life tells Rachel Cooke of the grief she suffered, and her crusade to guard his flame
The thrilling world of Dick Francis
Alison Flood: 'Chick lit for men' they may have been, but Francis's novels provided me with an exhilarating glimpse of another world
Dick Francis obituary
Champion jockey who became a bestselling thriller writer
The bestselling author no one in Britain knows
Crime author Simon Beckett is huge in Scandinavia and Germany but totally unknown in his native Britain
Aren’t the Sherlock Holmes stories a bit elementary?
Darragh McManus: An indelible character, certainly, and a benchmark storytelling innovation. But the Holmes stories are nonetheless pretty thin
Is James Ellroy the best judge of his own novels?
Stuart Evers: Just because he's disowned The Cold Six Thousand, should readers automatically defer to his harsh judgment?
The queen of crime
When Maj Sjöwall and her partner Per Wahlöö started writing the Martin Beck detective series in Sweden in the 60s, they little realised that it would change the way we think about policemen for ever
Complaints about women writing misogynist crime fiction are a red herring
Val McDermid: Some violent thrillers are intelligent and challenging, some are dumb and sensationalist. The sex of their authors is irrelevant
Getting graphic with Ian Rankin
There's little to praise in Ian Rankin's graphic novel Dark Entries, but at least it draws attention to the criminally neglected world of John Constantine
Agatha Christie’s neat plots emerged from chaos – just like mine
Val McDermid: It turns out that I have more in common with Miss Marple's creator than I thought