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
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
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