Crime Fiction Spot the KillerAn eclectic crop of detectives in our midst—a constable in a backwater town; an inspector examining deleted audio files; a woman detective in 1920s Bangalore; and a middle-aged bachelor-priest Everyone Loves a Good Serial KillerThe dark heroes of popular culture The Originality of EvilThe best of crime fiction tells us that murder is sometimes the solution to greater malevolence True Detectives The Landscape of the NovelWhen nature rises to the level of a protagonist Death is a LabyrinthThe logical reasoning of Japanese locked-room mysteries The Body In the AtticI Saw Him Die | A Will to Kill | Shed No Tears | V2 | Midnight Atlanta The Dark Old WorldThese murder mysteries share a fascination for the past, which some authors explore by paying homage to the crème de la crème of classical mysteries and to the art of crafting them Killer InstinctFrom metaphysical thrillers to Agatha Christie redux A Detective’s DietWhen Agatha Christie cooks Poirot’s breakfast Garden Variety CrimesReading Agatha Christie and other gardening pleasures The Novel VirusLawrence Wright’s new thriller shows with chilling prescience how the world will reckon with a pandemic Knives OutMysteries for pandemic times—from a virus which is the weapon of mass destruction to a US Congressional intern caught in political intrigue Twists in the TalesGrand capers that explored murder and politics with depth and humour The Meek Must Protect the EarthFour novels answer the question of justice and law The Sixth SenseHold your breath, smart detectives are at work JK Rowling: The Colour of MurderEvil and redemption take centrestage as JK Rowling in the guise of Robert Galbraith returns for her fourth Cormoran Strike novel Bill Returns to the Oval OfficeBeing inside the head of the world’s most powerful man is enough to make you clutch pen and paper tight A Time to ThrillBeware the woman in the window Triple DeceptionMasters of the genre tell tales of espionage and revenge. And Then There Were NoneFour storytellers redeem the modern whodunnit by defying the familiar props of the genre Mysterious MindsHow Arthur Conan Doyle found the perfect scientific detective The Beautiful Blood CeremonyWhat the best of Japanese noir says about democracy, authenticity and the nation
