Stalk, slice, bludgeon: how ‘femgore’ is reinventing horror fiction
Thrillers of the month
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
June 2024
Audiobook of the week
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith audiobook review – a compelling classic
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Thrillers of the month
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
‘Bond’s gone woke!’ Charlie Higson on the row around his ‘metrosexual’ 007
May 2024
Sunday with Harlan Coben: ‘New York City is a great city for walking’
A night with the Murdle squad… and hundreds of crime writers
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Thrillers of the month
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
April 2024
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Spy by Ajay Chowdhury; A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray; The Kitchen by Simone Buchholz; The Innocents by Bridget Walsh; The Grand Illusion by Syd Moore
March 2024
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton; Moral Injuries by Christie Watson; The Hunter by Tana French; How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin; Every Move You Make by CL Taylor
In brief: Four Shots in the Night; The Kellerby Code; Masquerade – review
The gripping real-life story of the murder of a spy; a funny and chilling debut in hock to the Ripley books; and the definitive biography of Noël Coward
Fervour by Toby Lloyd review – a slow-burn family saga
A dysfunctional Jewish family in north London is the focus for a study of faith and mysticism
February 2024
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim; The Trials of Lila Dalton by LJ Shepherd; The Winter Visitor by James Henry; Butter by Asako Yuzuki; Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin
January 2024
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Here in the Dark by Alexis Soloski; House Woman by Adorah Nworah; Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody; Helle & Death by Oskar Jensen; The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini
Ultimate summer reads
Pulp, page-turners and pure joy: the ultimate summer reading list, picked by you
After we published our list of the best beach reads, we asked readers for their suggestions – including ‘mercifully brief’ fantasy, raucous comedy and a crime thriller that’s ‘tense as hell’
Book of the day
The Gallopers by Jon Ransom review – gay love in the 1950s
Ultimate summer reads
Steamy, dishy, heart-thumping: the ultimate summer reads
Edge of the aisle seat: the case of the theatre critic who becomes a sleuth