In brief: The Newsmongers; The Night in Venice; Vital Organs – review
An informed history of tabloid journalism; an atmospheric Edwardian-era mystery set in Italy; and a riotous study of famous people’s body parts
Mick Herron: ‘Most people didn’t know I was writing – I was a secretive kind of writer’
His spy series became the TV hit Slow Horses, and now his earlier novels are being adapted for screen, starring Emma Thompson. Mick Herron talks about finding recognition
Jo Callaghan wins crime novel of the year with story of an AI detective
In the Blink of an Eye was praised at the Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival as ‘changing the way we think about policing forever’
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker; The God of the Woods by Liz Moore; Imposter Syndrome by Joseph Knox; How Can I Help You by Laura Sims; The Exile by Patrick Worrall
If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead
Want to watch less and read more this summer? Let your favourite series be a guide to clever, funny, moving titles you won’t be able to put down
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
A luminous tale of abducted teens, a page-turning marriage to a mass murderer – and a deadly gameshow
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith audiobook review – a compelling classic
Actor David Menkin deftly captures the antihero’s blend of guilelessness and deceit in Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley; Death in the Air by Ram Murali; The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal; French Windows by Antoine Laurain; The Man in Black & Other Stories by Elly Griffiths
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Deep-sea divers feel the pressure, Stephen King returns with some masterly tales, a mother fears her own son, and a Dorset resort isn’t as restful as it seems
A night with the Murdle squad… and hundreds of crime writers
Can a visit to the Bristol CrimeFest – this year featuring GT Karber, creator of the whodunnit series Murdle – help pin down why the crime genre is booming?
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Hunted by Abir Mukherjee; Bonehead by Mo Hayder; When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips; The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
A surprise final novel from the amazing mind of the late Mo Hayder; a race against time between a father and the FBI; and a knowing riff on the premise of Jurassic Park
Maureen O’Connor obituary
Other lives: Crime novelist and founding editor of Education Guardian
‘It really isn’t good enough’: crime novel of the year award criticised for entirely white longlist
Authors including Dreda Say Mitchell, Harriet Tyce and Sarah Pinborough have expressed disapproval of the Theakston Old Peculier award – one of the UK’s most prestigious crime-writing prizes
CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71
The creator of the highly successful crime series, set in Tudor England, was a private person who ‘preferred to be known through his novels’