From The Sculptress to Sharp Objects: the best TV crime novel adaptations of all time
As Andrew Scott takes on Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley for Netflix, we recommend the finest small-screen dramatisations from the archive
As Andrew Scott takes on Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley for Netflix, we recommend the finest small-screen dramatisations from the archive
One of the finest thriller novelists on how he would tackle crime in America – and why he’s quitting books to fight Trump
From ‘remote gene-editing’ to an insurrection in America, we’d best hope that 2054, a co-written novel, stays pure fiction
The author of His Dark Materials talks about censorship, identity politics – and being compared to Richard Dawkins
The literary theorist and critic talks about his ‘rough’ treatment at Oxford and his doubts about the Labour leader’s credentials
With its own army funded by drug trade profits, Wa State is a law unto itself, as Patrick Winn reports in his new book, Narcotopia
Now in his 80s, the Australian writer has become a favourite to win the Nobel Prize. He talks about his long journey to recognition
From Doctor Zhivago to the Dubliners and Anna Karenina, these snowy stories wonderfully capture the beauty and treachery of winter
The mysterious debut novelist – and/or protagonist of Matthew Vaughn’s forthcoming film – has given us a proper globe-trotting thriller
Lowden has a leading man’s charisma – and that quality essential for all Bond actors: of making the viewer trust in his ability to prevail
The Sherlock Holmes creator is lesser known for his chilling tales of the supernatural and belief in psychic phenomena
John le Carré left a gaping hole in the espionage genre when he died, but these five British spy fiction novelists are promising successors
Iain De Caestecker discusses The Winter King, starring in Coronation Street as a schoolboy, and why one BBC drama sent him into therapy
This year saw a bumper crop of historical fiction, some traditional whodunits and more than one big-ticket novel that badly needed an editor
As details of Hall and Oates's lawsuit emerge, we look at high tension between other duos, from Gilbert and Sullivan to the Gallaghers
The Consultant, Im Seong-sun’s debut, is a coolly cerebral crime novel about writing crime novels, yet one editorial lapse is blatant