The Dark Meadow review – Andrea Maria Schenkel’s murder mystery ‘packs a lingering punch’
Schenkel returns with an excellent dark tale set in postwar rural Germany, writes Alison Flood
Summer House With Swimming Pool review – Herman Koch’s scalpel-like prose is a tonic for thriller fans
A film star on holiday with his doctor is pronounced dead, writes Anita Sethi, but was it medical error or murder?
A book for the beach: Beastly Things by Donna Leon
The 21st Commissario Brunetti mystery finds the series' characters and setting as vital as ever. An excellent holiday companion
The 100 best novels: No 42 – The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915)
John Buchan's espionage thriller, with its sparse, contemporary prose, is hard to put down, writes Robert McCrum
Bad Monkey review – Carl Hiaasen returns to form in this Caribbean caper
Severed limbs, disgraced cops and corruption in paradise add up to a rollicking mystery, says Ben East
Mr Mercedes review – Stephen King’s everyday killer of recession-hit America
Stephen King's latest novel will leave you more afraid of the guy next door than of ghosts and ghouls, writes Stephanie Merritt
The Forgiven review – Lawrence Osborne’s macabre and compelling tale
Justin Cartwright is gripped by Lawrence Osborne's story of drama and debauchery among wealthy westerners in Morocco
Skinjob review – Bruce McCabe’s thriller crackles and spits, and slips
A clash between the porn industry and the American church is a promising plot, but the characters don't come to life, says Alison Flood
Can you help solve a murder in Newcastle?
Crime Story, a festival taking place in Newcastle this weekend, offers amateur sleuths the chance to discover how a real crime can be solved with the help of scientists and police investigators. Award-winning novelist Margaret Murphy, who collaborates with forensic scientist Dave Barclay under the pseudonym AD Garrett, explains more
Blood-Drenched Beard review – Daniel Galera’s postmodern Brazilian mystery
Daniel Galera's promising novel loses much in translation, writes Justin Cartwright
A Delicate Truth review – in a great Le Carré, the state has lost its way
The story of two flawed-but-good men in a world of government corruption and cock-up – pure reading pleasure, writes Edward Docx
The Three review – Sarah Lotz’s high concept thriller is a blast
Passengers of a nervous disposition may never fly again after reading the terrifying opening, writes Alison Flood
Tomas Alfredson to replace Scorsese as director of Jo Nesbø’s Snowman
Acclaimed Swedish film-maker is to direct the seventh book in Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole crime detective series
Glow review – Ned Beauman juggles complex tangents and satisfying twists
Tim Lewis on a powerful thriller from the youngest of 2013's Granta Best Young British Novelists
Joël Dicker: ‘I lost a bit of control of my life’
He has already sold 2m copies of his debut thriller. But that reality has yet to sink in, the 28-year-old Swiss author tells Kate Kellaway