Lucy Foley: ‘I love a really well-written yarn’
Best-selling author enjoys playing with old crime clichés
Val McDermid: Raith Rovers U-Turn on signing Goodwillie a ‘victory of sorts’
Crime writer and fan says decision was ‘just the first step on a long road back’ for club’s bosses
Val McDermid: ‘There will be a united Ireland within five years’
The novelist says Brexit will catalyse Scottish independence and have a domino effect
‘I don’t like Jack Reacher that much’: Lee Child and fellow crime writers on their creations
John Connolly, Sarah Paretsky, Michael Connelly and more on a sometimes love/hate relationship
These women have been raped and brutalised. Can we stop watching?
From Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy, we still see dead women’s bodies as entertainment
The Meeting: Real-life rape story is uncomfortable viewing
Review: This unusual film is powerful and unsettling, but what are we watching?
Kathy Reichs: ‘I’ll never put anything in just to be grisly’
After decades as a forensic anthropologist, Kathy Reichs decided to try her hand at fiction. But the woman behind ‘Bones’ has never lost her scientific edge
World reacts to Boris Johnson as foreign secretary
‘Justice: Johnson now has to lie in the bed he made,’ says editor of German tabloid Bild
Crime: Murder most historic, from Roman Britain to 1870s Paris
A round-up of the latest thrillers from Michael Connelly, Ruth Downie, Andrew Martin, Bob Van Laerhoven and Val McDermid
Literary Scotland on the independence vote
Salmond says Burns would vote Yes, but living writers are not all on the same page
Brought to Book: RTÉ’s Sinead Crowley on her debut novel and literary loves
I didn’t set out to write a book in a particular genre but there are a lot of ‘domestic noir’ books being written at the moment, psychological thrillers aimed primarily at women, and my book falls into that category
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices