Sutler by Richard House – review
The first in a quartet of digitally enhanced thrillers is utterly gripping – even if the adds-ons are merely decorative distractions, writes Anna Baddeley
Gone Girl: what makes Gillian Flynn’s psychological thriller so popular?
A tale of marital meltdown has Hollywood hot under the collar and is up for its first literary award – and deservedly so, writes Alex Clark
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre – review
The race is on to rescue a young woman kidnapped by a mysterious assailant in Pierre Lemaitre's gripping, gory thriller, writes Alison Flood
The Jackal’s Share by Chris Morgan Jones – review
A private eye who despises the wealthy is employed by a billionaire in a memorable thriller, writes Peter Guttridge
Light Shining in the Forest by Paul Torday – review
A comically named serial killer is the least of the problems with Paul Torday's crime thriller, writes Alex Preston
SXSW follows Sundance in rejecting Lindsay Lohan’s The Canyons
Insider at Texas film festival says Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis's erotic thriller has 'an ugliness and a deadness to it'
James Franco to bring American Tabloid to big screen
Adaptation of James Ellroy novel will be next directorial project, Franco tells MTV at Sundance festival. He also plans to star
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay – review
Malcolm Mackay's remarkably original thriller shines a light on Glasgow's criminal underworld, writes Alison Flood
CJ Daugherty’s top 10 secret society books
From The Guild of the Faceless Men of Braavos in The Game of Thrones to Dumbledore's Army in Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, thriller writer CJ Daugherty picks her favourite 'secret society' novels for teens
Spies of Warsaw: why we love the murky world of spy drama
James Donaghy: Like all the best spy dramas, BBC4's adaptation of Alan Furst's novel excels at portraying the ever-shifting loyalties and dubious morality of those involved in espionage
Harbour Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh – review
Joseph Wambaugh's fifth book set in the tough, often surreal world of the LAPD is never less than compelling, writes Alison Flood
Farewell, My Lovely
Robert Mitchum is perfectly cast as Philip Marlowe in an elegaic thriller from one of Hollywood's forgotten directorial talents, writes Philip French
London: fantasy’s capital city
The many mysteries of the metropolis provide an irresistible route map for the imagination
Sophie McKenzie’s top 10 teen thrillers
The author of the Missing series picks her favourite page-turners, from The Hunger Games and Noughts and Crosses to Rebecca and The Secret History
My secret James Bond past
Mark O'Connell has been a James Bond fan since he saw Octopussy as a boy. He and his father bonded over Bond – especially when he realised his grandfather's close ties to 007