The Airways by Jennifer Mills review – deeply vivacious and arresting ghost story
Following her Miles Franklin-shortlisted Dyschronia, Jennifer Mills’s most recent novel revels in the ‘consciousness of the body’
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Paula Hawkins, Stephen King, Laura Lippman and Joanne Harris return with sublime tales of the unexpected
The Others by Mark Brandi review – sanctuary from a plague or something more sinister?
Author’s third novel is an uneasy, haunting tale of fear and isolation, told through the eyes of a child and let down only by its uneven pace
Mo Hayder obituary
Bestselling author whose fascination with death and violence found expression in the Jack Caffery crime novels
Crime novelist Mo Hayder dies aged 59 from motor neurone disease
Clare Dunkel, who was diagnosed only months ago, wrote 10 thrillers under the pen name and has been remembered as a ‘ferociously inventive’ presence
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Widespread Panic by James Ellroy; People Like Them by Samira Sedira; Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby; The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell; and Whitethroat by James Henry
Jean Hanff Korelitz: ‘I wanted to be a literary novelist. But I realised that I liked plot’
The author of the book behind TV smash The Undoing talks about her new novel The Plot, a thriller about plagiarism – and how she fell for Hugh Grant
Old review – M Night Shyamalan’s fast-ageing beach horror is top notch hokum
With a cast worthy of Agatha Christie, this tale of a resort where time has been terrifyingly accelerated is brilliantly poised between serious and silly
In brief: The Turnout; Conversations on Love; To Be a Man – reviews
Megan Abbott’s gripping ballet thriller, moving meditations on love, and Nicole Krauss’s impressive short story collection
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
A brilliant slice of suburban nightmare, a tense airborne drama and the return of India’s first female detective, Persis Wadia
Ceremony of Innocence by Madeleine Bunting review – on the make in the Middle East
A journalist investigates her friend’s disappearance in this original, atmospheric thriller about corruption in 1970s Iran
Bryant & May author Christopher Fowler: ‘Writing the end was really emotional’
After 20 outings, the unconventional detective duo of Arthur Bryant and John May have solved their last case. But their creator is not willing to let them go entirely …
This month’s best paperbacks: Mary Trump on ‘Uncle Donald’, a new Elena Ferrante and more
Here are some excellent new paperbacks for July, including Too Much and Never Enough, outstanding translated novels and some fizzing fantasy
Fear Street Part 1: 1994 review – Netflix trilogy kicks off with gory gusto
The first adaptation of teen horror author RL Stine’s set of supernatural books makes for a marvelously entertaining throwback slasher
In brief: An Extra Pair of Hands; The Maidens; After the Silence – reviews
Kate Mosse’s eloquent new book reveals her other life as a carer, while two thrillers delve into secrets hidden in a university and an island community