Northern exposure
David Peace's novels have documented the secret history of Yorkshire. Justin Quirk watches as the horror of Red Riding hits TV
Gun Crazy
A small but perfectly formed black-and-white masterpiece of flash and trash, writes Peter Bradshaw
Ruth Rendell should give up trying to be modern
Imogen Russell Williams: She tells a great story, but her fictional world has become period drama in bad modern dress
Happy birthday, Len Deighton: we need you now more than ever
Jeremy Duns: He's just turned 80, but Len Deighton's unconventional, anti-authoritarian spy thrillers are ripe for revival
Raymond Chandler: literary genius is all about hard work
Robert McCrum: How do you create a masterpiece? With a lot of graft and heartache, according to the crime fiction master
Me v the kids
For a year crime writer Nicholas Blincoe was harassed by a gang of children on his estate. Then, one night, his worst fears came true ...
My part in Ruth Rendell’s latest thriller
Jon Henley comes face to face with himself while reading a novel by the Queen of Crime
JCVD review
It’s bizarre, certainly, but bold. Is Jean-Claude in therapy or something?
‘Edgars’ shortlist heralds Poe bicentenary
Edgar Allan Poe awards nominees annnounced to coincide with the great mystery writer's 200th anniversary
1000 novels everyone must read: Crime (part two)
From RJ Ellory to Ed McBain
Modern hardboiled crime
Matthew Lewin: There is a fury and desperation in this new writing that touches on the violence and depravity of our time
The best unusual detectives
Ian Sansom: There are enough mystery-solving priests and nuns to fill a seminary
Murder One closing: did we commit this crime?
Stuart Evers: The loss of one of Charing Cross Road's best bookshops is as much down to customer neglect as the economic climate
Bloody and rare
Charles Ardai: Donald Westlake's writing was like the characters he created: broiling emotion under a straightforward, spare and efficient surface