A luminous tale of abducted teens, a page-turning marriage to a mass murderer – and a deadly gameshow
June 2024
Audiobook of the week
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith audiobook review – a compelling classic
Actor David Menkin deftly captures the antihero’s blend of guilelessness and deceit in Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley; Death in the Air by Ram Murali; The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal; French Windows by Antoine Laurain; The Man in Black & Other Stories by Elly Griffiths
Thrillers of the month
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Deep-sea divers feel the pressure, Stephen King returns with some masterly tales, a mother fears her own son, and a Dorset resort isn’t as restful as it seems
May 2024
A night with the Murdle squad… and hundreds of crime writers
Can a visit to the Bristol CrimeFest – this year featuring GT Karber, creator of the whodunnit series Murdle – help pin down why the crime genre is booming?
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Hunted by Abir Mukherjee; Bonehead by Mo Hayder; When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips; The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer
Thrillers of the month
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Other lives
Maureen O’Connor obituary
‘It really isn’t good enough’: crime novel of the year award criticised for entirely white longlist
April 2024
CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley set for film of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club
Crime and thrillers roundup
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
Thrillers of the month
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
The Guardian view on Bridget Jones and Tom Ripley: characters that speak across time
Where to start with
Where to start with: Patricia Highsmith
‘The crime writer crime writers read’: Garry Disher, author of 60 books and finding fame in his 70s
Five of the best
Five of the best psychological thrillers by women
March 2024
‘I will defeat Richard Osman!’: Holly Jackson on being Britain’s top selling female crime author
The YA novelist talks about her early love of Tomb Raider, true crime and fangirling the cast of the BBC adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
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
Book of the day
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov – droll detective work in revolutionary Kyiv
The first in a series of crime mysteries by Ukraine’s most famous writer has a rattling plot and a torrent of enjoyable absurdities
