feature: Could You Imagine A James Bond Film Directed By Alfred Hitchcock?

What If Alfred Hitchcock Led the James Bond Franchise?

review: Snapshots By Paul Brazill

Snapshots is a collection of 21 of his short stories published on various online magazines between 2008-11

feature: A Beginner's Guide To Crime Fiction

Ten essential crime and mystery novels

feature: Read From Camilla Läckberg's Chilling Third Crime Novel The Stonecutter

Läckberg's third novel The Stonecutter is a suspenseful tale of shattered innocence

review: Crime Fiction Round Up: Irish Independent

George Pelecanos, Casey Hill and Leif GW Persson

feature: New In Crime Fiction: A Guide To The Latest Mysteries And Thrillers

Marc Strange, Martin Limón, Helene Tursten, Eleanor Kuhns, Robert Rotenberg, Simon & Schuster and Bill Haugland

review: The Pledge By Friedrich Dürrenmatt (trs. By Joel Agee)

The story – told in first person narrative – of The Pledge explores various themes one of which criticizes detective literature as being "unrealistic" and "deceptive" and goes on to show how

feature: The Setting For Crossbones Yard By Kate Rhodes

The debut novel by Kate Rhodes is the first in a series of novels featuring Dr Alice Quentin a Psychologist at Guy's Hospital

feature: Sherlock: A Character Who's More Than Elementary

In the 125 years since Arthur Conan Doyle created the world's greatest detective, 75 different actors have played him in the movies

review: The Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne

A gritty psychological thriller set in the psychiatric unit of a Young Offenders Institution

feature: First Footage From Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher Movie Screened!

First footage from Tom Cruise's upcoming stint as Lee Child's popular crime novel character Jack Reacher

feature: ITV cracks murder mystery

ITV1 has commissioned a three-part murder mystery about a group of former wartime code breakers who use their skills to solve a pair of suspicious deaths

review: Express: Crime Fiction Round-up

The exotic and the otherworldly are the stand-out themes among the best current crime and thriller novels

news: MWA's Edgar Awards: Crime Does Pay

The Mystery Writers of America held its annual Edgar Awards ceremony last night, with Mo Hayder's 'Gone' winning for Best Novel

feature: Love And Crime Italian-style: Andrea Camilleri

Police and pasta, what's not to like?

feature: The Twelve Best Essays On Crime Fiction

I love to read essays on literature, but above all I love to read essays on crime fiction

news: Crimefest Awards - Shortlists Announced

CrimeFest has announced the shortlists for the 2012 CrimeFest Awards. Now in their fifth year, the awards shortlists are stronger than ever, as high profile names battle for acclaim

review: Bloodman By Robert Pobi

Canto XII of Dante's Inferno takes place in the First Ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell where sinners who used violence against others suffer for all eternity in a boiling river of blood

feature: The Complete Works: Ranking All 62 Stephen King Books

The tough, ruthless calls to rank them all — no cop-out ties allowed

feature: The Best Novel Nominees, Or How To Handicap The 2011 Edgars

For the first time in recent memory, none of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award nominees for Best Novel have ever been nominated before

review: The Damage By Howard Linskey

Incredibly enjoyable sequel to the highly successful debut novel The Drop

feature: Lauren Child's New Girl Detective

Lauren Child is best known for creating Charlie and Lola but her new girl-detective Ruby Redfort is closer to her heart

feature: Crime 'one of the world's top 20 economies', says UN official

Crime generates an estimated $2.1 trillion in global annual proceeds - or 3.6pc of the world's gross domestic product

feature: Alfred Hitchcock silent films to be celebrated by BFI

The British Film Institute has revealed details of its celebration of film-maker Alfred Hitchcock, which includes restorations of his silent movies

feature: Why Are We So Hungry For Scandinavian Crime Fiction?

So why do we love Scandi-crime so?