‘I will defeat Richard Osman!’: Holly Jackson on being Britain’s top selling female crime author
The YA novelist talks about her early love of Tomb Raider, true crime and fangirling the cast of the BBC adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton; Moral Injuries by Christie Watson; The Hunter by Tana French; How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin; Every Move You Make by CL Taylor
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov – droll detective work in revolutionary Kyiv
The first in a series of crime mysteries by Ukraine’s most famous writer has a rattling plot and a torrent of enjoyable absurdities
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Three doctors’ enduring bond is put to the test in former nurse Christie Watson’s thoughtful first thriller, while Abigail Dean dissects a school shooting in a month littered with big hitters
The Rev Richard Coles: ‘I think my CV looks like the work of a fantasist’
The pop star turned vicar and radio host on his new career as crime novelist, missing the clergy and why his books speak to the anxiety of uncertain times
The Hunter by Tana French review – a master of her craft
In this sequel to The Searcher, the bestselling author picks up with retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper and co in a richly told tale of tangled loyalties
The magic of audiobooks? Deep down, we still long to be read to
An ill-matched narrator can ruin an otherwise rollicking book. But a good one can bring stories to life – and evoke our earliest childhood memories
Richard Osman to publish first novel in new crime series
We Solve Murders introduces a new detective duo – but the author has not abandoned his Thursday Murder Club characters
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
An intruder strikes fear into a family in a brilliant debut, while a life of luxury turns very dark indeed. Plus, one of Nicci French’s finest novels yet
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim; The Trials of Lila Dalton by LJ Shepherd; The Winter Visitor by James Henry; Butter by Asako Yuzuki; Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey review – girl turns detective
In 1979, tween best friends in Yorkshire investigate the identity of the Ripper while navigating their own journeys into teenagedom
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell audiobook review – is she who she says she is?
Nicola Walker and Louise Brealey play the women whose fast-friendship develops into a something far darker
Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke share Diamond Dagger lifetime award
After hotly contested judging, the Crime Writers’ Association presents prestigious honour to two writers with ‘incredible bodies of work’
My month in rehab: alcohol was killing me – until I made that crucial call
The crime author Cate Quinn thought she was entering rehab to tackle a nascent drink problem spurred by a family tragedy. The truth? She had never experienced adult life sober
Pulp, page-turners and pure joy: the ultimate summer reading list, picked by you
After we published our list of the best beach reads, we asked readers for their suggestions – including ‘mercifully brief’ fantasy, raucous comedy and a crime thriller that’s ‘tense as hell’