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Tana French’s Celtic fiction, vampirism in Paris, plus gruesome Nordic noir
Barry Forshaw picks his best crime reads
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More great reads from Stuart Turton, Ian Rankin, Elly Griffiths and Lee Child, collaborating with brother Andrew Child
Peter Ackroyd’s tale of murky goings on in a rural idyll only occasionally hits the mark
The Irish writer casts off his Benjamin Black disguise for his latest murder mystery
Roberto Saviano’s sequel to ‘The Piranhas’ returns to the ultraviolent gangs of modern-day Naples
Rural America and Scandicrime are highlights from the latest batch of a thriving genre
Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel begins like a traditional mystery but soon turns into a compelling tale of the narrator’s unravelling
New territory for John Grisham, Jeffery Deaver and Stephen King — plus chilly Scandi-noir
Crime and disease share a common language. They both need other bodies to thrive
Nail-biting tales by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Camilla Lackberg, Don Winslow, Michael Connelly and more
Tales of race, migrants and cover-ups from Ausma Zehanat Khan, Eva Dolan and James Oswald
Fernanda Melchor’s International Booker-longlisted novel is dense with violence and superstition
Danger lurks inside the home in new titles from Sophie Hannah, BA Paris and Lesley Kara
A new translation of the investigator’s final adventure completes a monument to one of the 20th century’s greatest writers
The genre booms, pitting sleuths against 1880s gangsters, sinister tech and a classic death on a night train
Barry Forshaw selects his must-read titles
The latest novels from Tami Hoag, Jørn Lier Horst, Linwood Barclay, Attica Locke and more
Latest works from Val McDermid, Laura Lippman, David Baldacci and more
A novel about two suicides brilliantly explores the darkest corners of the human experience
Creator of the Inspector Montalbano detective series was a lifelong anti-fascist
Adam LeBor surveys four blistering spy novels
A lively novel by Susannah Stapleton on the wild tales of Britain’s fearless female detective
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