Alison Flood
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
The past catches up with nine criminals; a carer finds work with a woman accused of murder; and more than one child goes missing → Read More
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
An Indian village seeks mob justice after a girl’s death, the great Inspector Banks bows out, and clerical investigations resume for Richard Coles → Read More
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
All the passengers on a luxury liner have disappeared, an author is riled by a one-star review and a new offering from Catriona Ward is eerie and disturbing → Read More
‘Hillary and I were both broken women’: Louise Penny on writing a political thriller with Clinton
As her most famous creation hits the screen, the author talks about the inspiration for Inspector Gamache, her fearless, fine-dining Canadian cop – and remembers how she co-wrote a hit with the presidential hopeful → Read More
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
An orphan held hostage in the forest and a woman waking up confused in a luxury Mexican retreat are among this month’s highlights → Read More
Ghouls, demon slayers and socially anxious students: how manga conquered the world
They range from science fiction epics to high-school romance and are selling faster than publishers can print them. But what has driven this new appetite for Japanese comics? → Read More
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
Former cases, former boyfriends and former tenants return to haunt new works by Louise Penny, Nicci French, Charlotte Northedge and BA Paris → Read More
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
A 50-year-old treasure hunt haunts its creator’s daughter, detectives Strike and Robin pursue a mysterious cyber-criminal, and Tuva Moodyson, and a creepy home provides chills → Read More
Fairy Tale by Stephen King review – a terrifying treat
Teenager Charlie must journey to another world in this transporting tale with echoes of HP Lovecraft and The Wizard of Oz → Read More
‘More zeros than I’ve seen in my life’: the author who got a six-figure deal via ‘BookTok’
After she was dropped by her agent, Alex Aster turned to a books-obsessed corner of TikTok to gauge interest in her YA novel … and now it’s one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year → Read More
The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup
The tensions of a small community inspire a couple of ‘island noir’ crackers, while three female authors explore revenge → Read More
Thrillers of the month – review
The Rev Richard Coles makes his cosy-crime fiction debut in convincing style, while Robin Morgan-Bentley offers a tense spin on the locked-room mystery → Read More
Thrillers of the month – review
This month, in clever, tense tales by Gillian McAllister and Jack Jordan, two mothers are on a mission to save their sons → Read More
Thrillers of the month – review roundup
Suburbia grows sinister in Joanna Cannon’s third novel, a singles club hides secrets in Jacqueline Sutherland’s debut and a twin hunts her sister’s killer in Will Dean’s latest → Read More
Thrillers of the month – review roundup
The author of The Last House on Needless Street is back with a new terrifying novel → Read More
Edgar Allan Poe’s pocket watch among donations to museum
Owned by the author while he was writing The Tell-Tale Heart, in which a ticking timepiece drives his narrator mad, the bequest also includes a fragment of Poe’s original coffin → Read More
Obscure poetry collection’s sales soar after TikToker dreams about it
The publisher of The Fifth Window by poet Russell Thornton has ordered a reprint after orders flooded in following viral fame → Read More
Margaret Atwood joins writers condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine
The author was among more than 1,000 signatories to an open letter by PEN International saying there ‘can be no free and safe Europe without a free and independent Ukraine’ → Read More
‘A symbol of new beginning’: Mosul’s university library reopens
The institution suffered a devastating attack by Islamic State in 2014. Eight years on, an international effort has seen it reopen as ‘a lighthouse of knowledge’ → Read More
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Danya Kukafka upends the power dynamic of male serial killer and female victim in a thrilling second novel → Read More