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The laureate of American sleaze conjures a lost LA out of the film star’s death and a cast of real-life characters including JFK
Stephen King gives an old love her own book, Christopher Fowler’s farewell, and much more
In his fictionalised account of a sadistic real-life crime, Nicola Lagioia digs deep into Italy’s capital and its gay scene
A gripping retelling of a well-known story that inspired Melville and Golding captures the barbarity of survivors of an 18th-century shipwreck
‘Silence of the Lambs’ meets ‘Sex in the City’ and an extradition flight is pursued across the globe by a Reaper drone
A Nordic noir novel from Iceland’s prime minister, an exuberant thriller set in 1950s India and more
Barry Forshaw selects his best mid-year reads
Plus the latest from Kate Griffin, SA Cosby — and a superb translation of a Simenon classic
Characters from the crime writer’s Strafford and Quirke series join forces in this latest whodunnit that will have readers hooked
The latest novels from Åsa Larsson, Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow and more
Crime tourists who flocked to Nicola Bulley’s village expose the perils of a macabre public pastime
The latest novels from Jane Harper, Harlan Coben, Janice Hallett, Simon Mason and more
Two 1850s sex workers champion female empowerment by turning detective to solve the murders of young women
Bibliophilia collides with sexual peccadilloes in a neo-noir that takes readers on a rare-book grail quest via a lot of boudoirs
Long-term admirers of Michael Connelly will be delighted by the latest Harry Bosch, while Robert Crais and James Grady take readers on thrilling rides through the heart of underground America
Barry Forshaw selects his must-read titles
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The latest from JK Rowling’s crime-writing alter ego Robert Galbraith; a legal thriller from Scott Turow; and murder mysteries that prove the Nordic noir boom is still resounding
Social insights and eccentricities from behind the counter at one of the world’s oldest antiquarian booksellers
The crime writer witnessed wartime trauma that informed her pointed takedown of the wealthy class she knew so well
From Richard Osman’s latest to John Connolly’s supernatural thriller and the return of Val McDermid, there is plenty to savour
Barry Forshaw’s detailed study unravels clues to the Belgian writer’s prolific output and controversial life
Outback noir from Hayley Scrivenor; Tim Weaver’s widowed sleuth returns; an ingenious narrative from Victoria Selman and a prime slice of Scandicrime by Helene Flood
Observations from a real-life Sherlock Holmes are both meticulous and absorbing
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