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

The best unusual detectives

Ian Sansom: There are enough mystery-solving priests and nuns to fill a seminary

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

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

Patricia Cornwell gets tough on violent crime

Alison Flood: Despite a track record of colourfully visceral thrillers, Patricia Cornwell is upset that crime fiction is becoming increasingly graphic