In brief: Henry V; Midnight in Vienna; Clairmont – review
A lively new study of the warrior king by Dan Jones; a wartime espionage thriller from Jane Thynne; and an engaging novel about Byron’s spurned mistress
The Order review – Jude Law leads neo-Nazi-hunting thriller with confident authority
Law is commanding opposite an icy Nicholas Hoult in true-crime story about the takedown of a far right militia in the 1980s
The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami
The biggest names are back in a stellar season for fiction, with rip-roaring feminist horror, revenge tales, family sagas, spy romps and more. Here’s our essential guide
Other Women by Emma Flint review – a gripping dissection of an affair
A love triangle culminates in tragedy in this cleverly constructed thriller, based on real-life events
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson; Guilty By Definition by Susie Dent; Sanctuary by Garry Disher; The Examiner by Janice Hallett; Sounds Like a Plan by Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith
Novelist Kate Atkinson: ‘I do feel a need to prove myself’
As her latest Jackson Brodie thriller comes out, the award-winning author discusses cosy crime, sniffy critics, and how she investigated her own family’s secrets
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
In a month full of big hitters, Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie makes a welcome return, Mick Herron’s reissued debut doesn’t disappoint – and Janice Hallett is as ingenious as ever
Mick Herron: ‘Most people didn’t know I was writing – I was a secretive kind of writer’
His spy series became the TV hit Slow Horses, and now his earlier novels are being adapted for screen, starring Emma Thompson. Mick Herron talks about finding recognition
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker; The God of the Woods by Liz Moore; Imposter Syndrome by Joseph Knox; How Can I Help You by Laura Sims; The Exile by Patrick Worrall
If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead
Want to watch less and read more this summer? Let your favourite series be a guide to clever, funny, moving titles you won’t be able to put down
Stalk, slice, bludgeon: how ‘femgore’ is reinventing horror fiction
From Boy Parts to Brainwyrms, novels by female writers are carving out a new subgenre – but is it a cathartic feminist statement or an internalised version of the misogyny it seeks to subvert?
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
A luminous tale of abducted teens, a page-turning marriage to a mass murderer – and a deadly gameshow
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith audiobook review – a compelling classic
Actor David Menkin deftly captures the antihero’s blend of guilelessness and deceit in Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller
Sleeping Dogs review – not quite total recall for Russell Crowe in over-the-top pulp-noir
Crowe plays an ex-cop receiving treatment for dementia who revisits one of his old cases, only to unearth some uncomfortable but entertaining memories
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley; Death in the Air by Ram Murali; The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal; French Windows by Antoine Laurain; The Man in Black & Other Stories by Elly Griffiths