F ew crime writers come with the credentials of Peter James.He is the author of more than 30 bestselling novels – including 20 consecutive Sunday Times number ones – his books having sold over ...

Crime novels account for a huge proportion of the book industry, and they are widely considered to be the most popular genre.

Let's face it, who doesn't love a good crime drama? Here, let's try and tackle the colossal task of franking the top 15 ...

The Hunter By Tana French. Crime fiction fans were lucky to get a new novel from French, who has long displayed a languid but total command of the genre’s storytelling possibilities.

In Cold Blood is widely considered the greatest true crime novel of all time, despite being an inexplicable literary detour at the time of its release from the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s ...

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published 19 books, ...

The 20 best dystopian novels of all time. While the world may feel hopelessly dystopian, these works of classic and modern fiction hold up a mirror with entertaining stories of our worst possible ...