Category: Books

John Thaw and Kevin Whately as Inspector Morse and his faithful sidekick Sgt Lewis (Image: PA) Nothing beats an odd couple when it comes to detective films. Think Mel Gibson…

The Hiding Season by A C Glass, Hardback, £18.99 After her husband leaves her, Maya Landry moves to Montana and takes a job maintaining exclusive ski lodges off-season in the…

Spy writing legend Len Deighton has died at the age of 97. The former chef and cookery writer, whose early break came when his ‘cookstrips’ – a combination of a…

Len Deighton, who has died at 97, saw Michael Caine star as Harry Palmer in film of The Ipcress File (Image: Shutterstock) In the spring of 1960 a 31-year-old former…

Olivia Colman and Dame Judi Dench in Murder On The Orient Express (Image: PA/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp/Nicola Dove) Fifty years after Dame Agatha Christie’s death, the world still can’t…

John Grisham has revealed his favourite books (Image: Getty) A best-selling author has shared his favourite books, with one being by a beloved crime writer. John Grisham has written 37…

Ryan Gosling stars in Project Hail Mary based on Andy Weir’s bestseller (Image: AP / Amazon MGM Studios) First published in Daily Express on May 8, 2021. Science-Fiction writer Andy…

Tobias Santelmann as Harry Hole in new adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s bestselling Norway-set novels (Image: Netflix) The actor bringing troubled but brilliant detective Harry Hole to life in a must-watch…

Sarah J Maas’ sixth installment of her best-selling series comes out in October (Image: Getty) Sarah J Maas’ meteoric success looks to soar even higher with her release of her…

The Dark Heart by Neil Lancaster, Hardback, £16.99 Neil Lancaster’s crack police anti-corruption squad returns for its seventh outing in The Dark Heart, set against the backdrop of a devastating…