A sinister start to the spring

In praise of delectably dark escapism

Past and future killings

There is better crime fiction being written

This selection of new fiction is marked by both novelty and tradition

Not all is grim and gloom in the British Library’s Tales of the Weird series

From Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, crime novels invoke the genre’s heritage, sometimes ably and sometimes not

Professor Jeremy Black rounds up the best autumnal reads that are successful in grounding a sense of place

Crime and thriller titles have replaced Strictly Come Dancing as the new craze for celebrities

Jeremy Black’s ominous murder mystery round-up for the early summer