Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Nicci French’s latest gem; an unsettling brainteaser from Japanese enigma Uketsu; the tensions that mar the maiden voyage of an airship; and a sojourn on a scary Scottish island
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Havoc by Christopher Bollen; Strange Pictures by Uketsu; Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor; Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse; The Day of the Roaring by Nina Bhadreshwar
Richard Price: ‘I don’t like to write, I just don’t – it’s too much anxiety’
The US novelist and co-writer of The Wire on why his new book isn’t about cops and robbers, his 80s drug addiction and the authors who have inspired him
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie audiobook review – a starry whodunnit
Peter Dinklage’s resonant turn as Hercule Poirot gives the beloved writer’s debut a charismatic reboot
‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more
From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year
Lost story by Cape Fear author John D MacDonald published for first time
The Accomplice, a noir tale found by Strand editor Andrew Gulli, considers the temptation of a grocery clerk
Alison Flood’s best crime and thrillers of 2024
This year’s pulse-quickening picks include the tense finale of Attica Locke’s Highway 59 series, Mo Hayder’s frightening last work and a fresh murder mystery from Richard Osman
The best crime and thrillers of 2024
A choice of whodunnits, a return for le Carré’s Smiley, and dark, disturbing encounters in the woods
Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz review – tale of murdered girls is gripping but flawed
In her second novel the crime author cannily uses the trappings of her genre to explore the ways society and the justice system fail women
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
A French assassin whose memory is failing; murders in a Swedish town that no one can leave; and some light crime-solving during an Australian Christmas
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Agatha Christie meets Saw in rural Essex, dark secrets of the wellbeing industry uncovered and a gripping tale of revenge on the privileged
The Drowned by John Banville review – death and drizzle in 50s Ireland
Tight-lipped humour thrums through the latest in the Booker winner’s Strafford and Quirke crime series, which centres on a university professor and his missing wife
Foul play at the fish farm: ‘Nordic blue’, the hit new genre mixing noir and knitting
Satu Rämö has caused a publishing sensation across Europe – thanks to her novels about Hildur, a mindful cop who solves murders with her needle-clacking sidekick, then soothes her trauma with exercise. We meet the author for rhubarb cordials at her Iceland cottage
Attica Locke on the US election: ‘It’s white Americans that have to fix this’
The Highway 59 author discusses the influence of politics on her crime novels, how Beyoncé caused a backlash, and why Trump’s re-election is not as likely as it seems
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
A black girl goes missing in Attica Locke’s latest, brutal murder is all the rage across the US – and Londoners aren’t welcome in rural Wales