Peter Lovesey obituary
Crime writer known for his ‘history-mystery’ series about the Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb
BBC harnesses AI to create writing classes given by Agatha Christie
Videos will share author’s tips on everything from story structure and plot twists to the art of suspense
‘You have to be taken inside Poirot’s brain’: Ken Ludwig on the secret to adapting Agatha Christie
The US playwright and anglophile behind much-revived comedies has a flair for crime and is following a crowd-pleasing Murder on the Orient Express with Death on the Nile
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty; All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman; This Is Not a Game by Kelly Mullen; The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie; Death and Other Occupations by Veronika Dapunt
Joseph Wambaugh obituary
Bestselling crime writer whose work drew on his own experience as an LAPD detective