Bestselling author Alex Barclay is sharing the secrets of her success with aspiring authors, writes Marjorie Brennan.

JK Rowling will publish her second crime novel this summer, with her private detective, Cormoran Strike, on the trail of a killer who bumps off a novelist.

Thrillers

Author Iain Banks has died following a battle with gall bladder cancer, his family are reported to have said.

The Vanishing Point

John Connolly and Declan Burke convinced great writers to write about their favourite mystery novels. Val Nolan is impressed

Poet and librarian Thomas McCarthy celebrates a collection that recognises the social power and importance of libraries

Val McDermid’s perspective as a woman is key to her ability to write crime fiction, but the genre is more than it seems, she tells Declan Burke.

A WOMAN’S work is never done, especially when that work involves excavating the fears, hopes and traumas that lie at the heart of crime fiction.