Michael Caine announces debut thriller to be published in November
The actor’s novel, Deadly Game, features an ex-SAS police officer called Harry who must grapple with neo-Nazis, wealthy Russians and Colombian drug cartels
Lost story by ‘poet of the tabloid murder’ James M Cain discovered in Library of Congress
Strand Magazine will publish Blackmail, a tale of a blind Korean war veteran, found by New York editor Andrew Gulli
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang – a wickedly funny publishing thriller
In the follow-up to her bestseller, Babel, Kuang delivers a hugely entertaining account of a brazen literary heist
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Last Dance by Mark Billingham; Grave Expectations by Alice Bell; Children of the Sun by Beth Lewis; Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal; The Monk by Tim Sullivan
Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins review – haunted by the past
A tale of scandal in the English countryside from the author of Magpie Lane is rich in charm and surprises
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
A village treasure hunt digs up trouble, a game of dares goes too far and a Mary Higgins Clark classic is revisited in this month’s highlights
007 meets the occult: why spies and sorcerers are a perfect fit in fiction
Espionage and magic share codes, secrets and rituals and a new cohort of writers are now casting their literary spells
Dr No by Percival Everett review – serious comedy
A maths professor meets a would-be Bond villain in a metaphysical caper through race and history from the author of The Trees
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
A teenager terrifies his uncle, Harlan Coben makes the implausible ring true – and the members of a running club have murder on their mind
Christopher Fowler obituary
Author of the Bryant & May detective novels, short stories and essays on forgotten writers – including himself
A Wild & True Relation by Kim Sherwood review – smugglers and lovers
A brooding hero, a kidnapped heroine and lusty couplings in a swashbuckling yarn that plays knowingly with the romantic genre
Tomás Nevinson by Javier Marías review – the final mystery
The last novel from the late Spanish author is a mesmerising addition to his world of spies and lies
Marlowe review – worldweary Liam Neeson makes for low-energy private eye
Raymond Chandler’s gumshoe hero is resurrected in this period adaptation of a novel by John Banville – a film that looks good but lacks a spark
Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69
Crime writers have paid tribute to the London-born author behind the long-running detective series, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2020
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
A real-life murder reimagined in interwar England, a gripping pair of mysteries set in Australia and the dark pursuit of a missing girl in London are among this month’s highlights