Mark Billingham’s freshly published thriller is blighted by the remnants of covid and today’s politics, making it a modern and relatable read. But does it live up to its hype?

Wish You Were Dead is the sixth instalment of Peter James’ acclaimed crime novel series to be adapted for the stage and continues Detective Superintendent Roy Grace’s story.

Follows fiction’s funniest serial killer as she seeks out salacious sex parties, plays with frog poison and seduces unwitting millionaires, all for one purpose. Murder.

A Conservative MP has claimed that violent male crime is caused by recent female castings of male characters in film and TV.

The government’s proposals to tackle crime include the relaxing of stop and search rules and electronic tagging on burglars after their release.

As the true crime genre continues to grow, what are the implications?

An innovative combination of forensic science and magic 

What is graffiti to you? Should it be considered an art or a crime?

I was very excited to hear two 'suspense' novelists talk about the genre of crime and thrillers, the idea of the 'domestic noir' and how they build suspense in their writing.