Crime fiction’s critics have long argued that the genre is inherently conservative. Nicholas Royle and Andrew Bennett ...

Agatha Christie in the dedication to Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938) – the novel she wrote in response to criticism from ...

Victorian penny dreadfuls: cheap, sensational horror, crime, and supernatural talesInfluenced modern horror, crime fiction, serialised stories, and p ...

Babydoll by Barnaby Hill has been announced as the winner of the Little, Brown UEA Crime Award 2025.

Edmund Crispin’s 'The Moving Toyshop' was once a celebrated mystery, yet it has slipped from the spotlight despite its ingenuity. The novel blends wit, playfulness and precise plotting, proving ...

McFadden started out life as a self-published author. A full-time physician who practices medicine in the Boston area, she ...

Meet the most iconic crime movie characters that have transcended their films to become cultural phenomena, from Hannibal ...

A family enlist the detectives to gather evidence to discredit a religious cult, who have indoctrinated their son and ...

A great Christmas novel must either cut through the sugariness of an over-commercialised period, or transport you into the ...

Such an interesting evening, Maya thought. She remembered again the salons of her childhood, the late-night readings, how she ...

Scottish crime writing has its big beasts and they don’t need recounting by anyone with eyes to read – or to watch TV adaptations of their ...

Century has acquired a new murder mystery by Kelly Mullen. Fiction publishing director Emily Griffin acquired world rights to ...