The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown review – weapons-grade nonsense from beginning to end
Code-breaking hero Robert Langdon is back for another conspiracy thriller, featuring underground laboratories and new thoughts on the nature of consciousness
Slow Horses author Mick Herron: ‘I love doing things that are against the rules’
As the hit thriller returns to our screens, its creator talks about false starts, surprise inspirations – and why he never looks inside Jackson Lamb’s head
‘Visceral, sensual wonders’: why The Talented Mr Ripley is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers detailing their most rewatched comfort films is a reminder of Anthony Minghella’s starry, sad and sinister 1999 thriller
Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronofsky’s violent, chaotic and highly enjoyable crime flick
After Mother! and The Whale, Aronofsky’s new movie centres on a washed-up alcoholic former baseball star’s encounters with a villainous underworld
‘Reminded me of Agatha Christie’: the shocking true story behind Ron Howard’s Eden
The Oscar-winning director’s new film, starring Jude Law and Sydney Sweeney, tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of mayhem on a remote island
Australian novel attracts controversy over fictionalised depiction of gay codebreaker Alan Turing
Nick Croydon, the CEO of QBD Books, has faced criticism for his thriller The Turing Protocol
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay; Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman; The Final Vow by MW Craven; The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine
Martin Cruz Smith obituary
Novelist best known for Gorky Park and the series of thrillers that followed featuring the Soviet detective Arkady Renko
Post your questions for Stephen King
As a film adaptation of the prolific US author’s The Life of Chuck hits screens, it’s your chance to ask about anything from The Shining to the number 13
Saint Clare review – Bella Thorne takes out predatory creeps in feminist revenge horror
Thorne plays a girl hunting down sexual abusers in what could be an interesting premise were it not seemingly made for viewers who don’t like really women, or men
The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson; Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson; The Good Liar by Denise Mina; The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun; Gunner by Alan Parks
Ruins by Amy Taylor review – Euro getaway turns to hell in this addictive, soapy thriller
Over one stinking summer in Athens, a thirtysomething couple open their relationship – with disastrous consequences. It’s no surprise a film adaptation is already in the works
‘Like an academic’: private papers reveal John le Carré’s attention to detail
Exclusive: Oxford’s Bodleian libraries to put archive items on display for first time, celebrating spy author’s ‘tradecraft’
Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review – debut queer thriller dares to wade into the muck of modern desire
Compelling and challenging, seductive and sickening, this screenwriter’s first novel grows increasingly unhinged as its pitiable protagonist risks it all for a crush
The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates; A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor; Death of a Diplomat by Eliza Reid; Actually, I’m a Murderer by Terry Deary; Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston