Crime fiction: February’s new releasesThe Girl on the Train; Stumped; Behind God’s Back; Everything I Never Told YouSat Feb 14 2015 - 08:40
The Book Quiz: Crime watchTest your noir knowledge with Declan Burke's devious crime fiction quizWed Feb 11 2015 - 12:00
Will a more affecting psychological thriller appear this year?Declan Burke reviews the best new crime fiction including Colette McBeth’s The Life I Left BehindSat Jan 17 2015 - 17:05
Lock your doors and windows: it's the crime fiction Book QuizFrom Scandinavian noir to Stringer Bell, put your crime writing knowledge to the test in this week's Book QuizWed Dec 31 2014 - 12:00
The Book Quiz: murders, detectives and spies, oh my!Get your sleuth on and investigate our criminally tricky crime fiction quizWed Dec 10 2014 - 12:00
Crimewriters get under the skin and inside the mindDeclan Burke reviews John Grisham, Frances Fyfield, Keigo Higashino and Kati HiekkapeltoSat Dec 6 2014 - 12:06
Seeing is observing: Moriarty by Anthony HorowitzReview: The game’s fleet of foot in this entertaining Sherlock Homes pasticheSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:17
Crime: Murder most historic, from Roman Britain to 1870s ParisA round-up of the latest thrillers from Michael Connelly, Ruth Downie, Andrew Martin, Bob Van Laerhoven and Val McDermidSat Nov 8 2014 - 01:00
Poirot expertly resurrected, and taken to task: The Monogram MurdersSophie Hannah’s homage to Agatha Christie also serves as a critique of her workSat Nov 1 2014 - 01:16
Dennis Lehane leads the way into levels of underworld and mysteryGreat crime reads include new works by Kanae Minato, Colin Bateman and Lee Child as well as a reissued Josephine TeySat Oct 11 2014 - 01:12
Crime: dark deeds and black ops to bring Gerald Seymour in from the coldThe underrated writer’s elegiac 30th novel confirms that he is in the same league as John le CarréSat Sep 13 2014 - 01:00
The Secret Place: Murder bound up in Dublin class system and mystic teensReview: Tana French follows the advice to repeat a best-selling performance with few changes in her latest novelSat Sep 6 2014 - 01:00
Crime: A horrific truth beneath the surface of small-town AmericaNew thrillers from Megan Abbott, Andrea Maria Schenkel, Arne Dahl, John McFetridge and Jane CaseySat Aug 16 2014 - 01:00
Death in paradise: Adrian McKinty and the strange case of the CocovoresThe crime writer has turned away from Northern Ireland for his new novel, about a murder in a German nudist religious cult in the South Pacific a century agoSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Crime: ‘Prime Suspect’ author delivers her most complete offering yetLynda La Plante’s ‘Twisted’ delves into the damaged mind of a killer who is as much a victim of circumstance as those murderedMon Jul 21 2014 - 11:05
JK Rowling’s alter ego does the job and does it well: The SilkwormReview: the author’s second novel as “Robert Galbraith” is a homage to the golden age of the mystery novelSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Stephen King’s compulsively readable new thriller: Mr MercedesOn the face of it this is a conventional thriller – but it stares dead-eyed into the heart of darknessSat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00
Crime: thrillers from Alafair Burke, Marc Dugain, Alan Furst, Karin Fossum and Adrian McKintySome fans prefer to see the genre’s traditions observed. Others welcome an author who can approach the conventions in a new waySat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Pacy potboiler with a quiet heart: The Truth About the Harry Quebert AffairJoël Dicker’s bestseller is thriller escapism writ large, irrepressibly exuberant storytelling that tramples realism underfoot as it rattles along at a thunderous paceSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Harlan Coben’s cliffhanger chapters add chutzpahA round-up of the best new crime thrillers, including books by Sinéad Crowley, Jakob Arjouni, Erin Kelly and Mark BillinghamSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Prowling the mean streets of Moscow in search of justiceHistorical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale that lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern MoscowSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Prowling the mean streets of Moscow in search of justiceHistorical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale in which Renko’s investigation lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern MoscowWed Apr 23 2014 - 16:11
A note-perfect homage to ‘American Psycho’, and other murdersA round-up of the best new crime thrillersSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Hello Haller – goodbye Harry?Michael Connelly’s Lincoln lawyer may be outpacing his long-running LAPD detectiveSat Feb 8 2014 - 01:00
Mapping murder from Bangkok to Berlin, Rome and DublinDeclan Burke’s roundup of new crime fiction, featuring Jo Nesbo, John Lawton, Sophie Loubiere, Conor Fitzgerald and Conor BradyThu Jan 2 2014 - 12:41
Engulfed by tragedyScott Turow’s moving, unsettling new crime thriller, ‘Identical’, is fascinated by what love can do to usSat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00
Crime: Rebus returns to Edinburgh, Reacher returns to WashingtonIan Rankin’s ‘Saints of the Shadow Bible’ and Lee Child’s ‘Never Go Back’ are two of this month’s new thrillersSat Nov 23 2013 - 01:00
Boyd brings back Bond as he takes off on solo run in AfricaCream of crime writing rounded upSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
A return to Mississippi where past and present overlapGrisham’s 30th offering is a sequel to his debut, ‘A Time to Kill’Sat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Crime: Conjuring banal horrors from human frailty the Ruth Rendell wayThe latest, shocking Inspector Wexford mystery is joined by new crime thrillers from Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter author Tom Franklin, The Watchers author Jon Steele and former CIA officer Charles McCarrySat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Doggedly indefatigable Good confronts irrepressible Evil. Again.Old Testament imagery, suburban noir and a murdered monk all feature in the latest batch of crime novelsSat Aug 3 2013 - 01:00
The Cuckoo’s Calling, by Robert GalbraithRegardless of its author’s name, motives or reputation, JK Rowling’s work is easily one of the most assured and fascinating debut crime novels of the yearSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Black gets blacker in Quirke’s latest Dublin noir adventureThe latest crime fictionSat Jun 8 2013 - 01:00
A Delicate Truth, by John le CarréThe 23rd novel of spy fiction’s master storyteller is full of simmering rageSat May 11 2013 - 06:00
Vigilante vengeance on the great, the good and the grotesqueThe latest crime fictionSat May 11 2013 - 06:00
Barclay banks on dark tales for young adultsCrime writer Alex Barclay has turned her hand to young adult fiction but insists compromise is not on the cardsMon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Taoiseach, Nazi, soldier, spy‘One of the first things I became aware of was the divisiveness of his legacy,” says author Stuart Neville of former taoiseach…Wed Jan 9 2013 - 00:00
Take me home, country noirDANIEL WOODRELL’S reading was one of the most anticipated events at the recent Dún Laoghaire Mountains to Sea festivalThu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
'If I'm not writing, I hate myself'Harlan Coben’s novels all deal with the dark side but in his latest book Stay Close, focusing on a ’soccer mom’ and her desire…Mon Aug 6 2012 - 01:00
A Barclay to bank onCRIME BEAT The ritualistic murder of young women links parallel stories in Karin Slaughter’s 11th novel, Criminal (Century, £…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Murder and Slaughter: the art of crime fictionKarin Slaughter is on her 11th novel, which takes a trip back in time to reflect on feminism, the Atlanta police force with, …Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Digging for clues, from Vienna to DonegalCRIME BEAT: A STRIPPER DURING HER wild-child youth, Megan Pierce is now “living the ultimate soccer-mom fantasy and hating it…Sat Jul 7 2012 - 01:00
Writing that goes down to the Wire‘LET ME ASK you a question,” George Pelecanos says as our interview comes to an endTue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00