Students offered scholarships from fictional crimefighter, Jack Reacher
Author Lee Child has set up several university funding schemes in the name of his popular character, Jack Reacher
Why does crime still have such unpardonably low literary status?
Stuart Evers: Speaking at the Harrogate crime writing festival, John Banville betrayed a prejudice we should have outgrown
Gordon Burn was one of the greatest writers of his age
Ben Myers: Gordon Burn influenced a generation of younger writers for whom northern England suddenly became a foreboding and evocative backdrop full of simmering tensions and dark secrets
Gordon Burn
Obituary: Versatile chronicler of Britain's seamy side, from serial killers to celebrities and soccer stars
Fred Vargas deserves all her prizes
Stuart Evers: There's a good reason she keeps winning the CWA's International Dagger award: she's a genius
Whodunnits for summer days
Review: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettI'm a sucker for tough-guy dialogue, says Sue Arnold
Street writing man
Though The Wire has gone to TV heaven, writer George Pelecanos is still on the case, dividing his time between crime fiction and the 'camaraderie' of telly. Amy Raphael investigates
Troubles novel written on mobile phone
The Twelve, by Armagh writer Stuart Neville, published thanks to obscure crime fiction internet site
Who’s up for a summer of Infinite Jest?
Alison Flood: For anyone who's had trouble getting around to David Foster Wallace's masterpiece, a new website offers some welcome peer pressure
‘The Booker prize money wouldn’t even keep me in cigarettes’
Her thrillers sell in their millions, so why do critics ignore her? Writer Martina Cole talks gangs, gongs and the good life with Carole Cadwalladr
The Last Child
Review: The Last Child by John Hart The Last Child is as satisfying as his previous books, says John O'Connell
Iran arrests ‘Agatha Christie serial killer’
Woman accused of drugging, suffocating and robbing her victims was inspired by classic crime novels, police claim
Angelina Jolie makes the cut for Kay Scarpetta films
The crusty coroner protagonist of 16 bestselling crime novels by Patricia Cornwell is being developed as a possible franchise vehicle for Angelina Jolie
From Tehran to Baker Street
Saeed Kamali Dehghan: Iranians love Sherlock Holmes, Poirot and Maigret. But why don't they have their own fictional detectives?
Why scene is as crucial as crime in detective fiction
Stuart Evers: Leonardo Padura's Havana continues a grand tradition of thrillers which turn their settings into characters