‘Caught between two lives’: an extract from The Secret Hours by Slow Horses author Mick Herron
Book of the day
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron review – secrets and spies
Thrillers of the month
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
Book of the day
Holly by Stephen King review – unlikely serial killers
August 2023
Top 10s
Top 10 female spies in fiction
Women’s role in espionage, largely written by women, leans less on explosions and more on perception, nuance and explorations of sacrifice – though they still kick ass
Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché review – fun, high-octane sci-fi thriller
Happy memories are weaponised with lethal consequences in the H Is for Hawk author’s stylish co-written techno-thriller
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Thrillers of the month
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
In brief: 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams; Alchemy; Mercury Pictures Presents – review
July 2023
TV review
Wolf review – this totally wild thriller has to be seen to be believed
Other lives
Carol Smith obituary
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Kala by Colin Walsh review – a sizzling debut of nostalgia and secrets
Pet by Catherine Chidgey review – sly psychological thriller
Hot off the press: authors pick their page-turners for summer
June 2023
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Black River by Nilanjana Roy; Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen; Killingly by Katharine Beutner; The End of Us by Olivia Kiernan; The Trial by Rob Rinder
Kala by Colin Walsh review – vanishings, betrayals and friends reunited in rural Ireland
This confidently plotted debut novel from the award-winning short story writer has a strong cast and vivid dialogue
Thrillers of the month
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
Michael Caine’s novel will most likely be rubbish, but I’m glad he’s found his happy ending
Xan Brooks
Michael Caine announces debut thriller to be published in November