“Each book captures another nuanced corner of the city,” says Crime Fiction Lover. “Maigret’s soaking up of the Paris that ...

This year saw a bumper crop of flawed and villainous heroes, some more traditional cops and the thrilling advent of a new spy ...

Often referred to as “the black Raymond Chandler”, Chester Himes’s celebrated cycle of novels have a wit and a philosophy of ...

Paperwork is Mitch’s biggest bane until he’s summoned, along with the mercurial lab technician Jub Freeman, to the scene of a hit-and-run; together they link that crime with a dead cat and a murdered ...

“The Killer Inside Me,” published in 1952, is his best-known novel. Its narrator is Lou Ford, a 29-year-old Texas sheriff who pretends to be a bland and boring rube but ends up committing every murder ...

As the star of James Patterson's successful novels, he's a super sharp intellect with a Ph. D. in psychology who also happens ...

Can stories about detectives from days gone by help students learn to think more critically? An English lecturer provides ...

The world’s favourite whisky glass, made by Scots company Glencairn Crystal, has launched a collection of gripping crime ...

Harrogate International Festivals has announced highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling thriller writer Mick Herron as ...

Yasmin Angoe’s Not What She Seems (Thomas & Mercer, £8.99) is a mystery driven by regret and revenge. It opens with ...