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What we’re reading: Irvine Welsh, Janice Hallett and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in August

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Predicament by William Boyd; The Killer Question by Janice Hallett; The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman; 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon; Deadman’s Pool by Kate Rhodes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more

From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2024

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Crime and thrillers of the month – review

In a month full of big hitters, Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie makes a welcome return, Mick Herron’s reissued debut doesn’t disappoint – and Janice Hallett is as ingenious as ever

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Best crime and thrillers of 2023

A splendidly tricksy locked-room mystery, a fortune teller in Georgian high society and Indian mobsters make this year’s list

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023

Alison Flood’s best crime novels and thrillers of 2023

Seasonal scares starring Stephen King’s detective Holly Gibney, plus Terry Hayes’s follow-up to I Am Pilgrim and Catriona Ward’s terrifying Daggerman

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

Crime and thrillers of the month – reviews

There’s little goodwill among the cast in Janice Hallett’s latest, while there are chills aplenty in an Icelandic thriller and a tale of a woman showing signs of Alzheimer’s

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett; West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman; Mrs Sidhu’s Dead and Scone by Suk Pannu; Kennedy 35 by Charles Cumming; The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett review – on the trail of a cult

The author of The Appeal compiles a dossier of evidence with dramatic results in this dark tale of Satanic rituals

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Mysterious Case Of The Alperton Angels and The Cloisters by Katy Hays.

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

A new Janice Hallett mystery, a pair of post-apocalyptic locked-room spine chillers and a shadowy death in a sun-kissed Greek resort are among this month’s highlights

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023

8 brand-new paperbacks perfect for holiday gifts

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Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

The blockbuster book trends of the year

From cosy crime to queer romance, Francesca Brown looks at the literary trends dominating the charts, and filling our shelves

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2022

In brief: The Twyford Code; Is This Love? A Working-Class Family Ages Badly – reviews

Janice Hallett’s rich puzzle of a novel; the gripping twin tale of a crumbling marriage; and Juno Roche’s fearless memoir

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2022

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett review – a mind-bending, heartwarming mystery

The author of bestseller The Appeal returns with a complex thriller that includes brilliant pastiches of Enid Blyton

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