The Constant Soldier review: A good German takes on the NazisDeclan Burke found William Ryan’s WWII novel both nuanced and grippingSat Aug 27 2016 - 15:23
Crime fiction: Paris parlay, Dublin yawp, Caribbean heat and cold war thrillsReviews: A Climate of Fear; Blood for Blood; The Killing of Polly Carter; The Last One and The Unfortunate EnglishmanSat Aug 06 2016 - 05:55
Paradime by Alan Glynn review: darkly comic thrillerA veteran of the war in Iraq meets his double in a compellingly paranoid conspiracy taleSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:22
Crime fiction: Ghetto blasters on a road trip to their doomReviews: ‘Dodgers’, ‘Art in the Blood’, ‘Ghosts of the Desert’, ‘Girls on Fire’, ‘Nomad’Sat Jun 11 2016 - 01:02
New crime: ‘Maestra’, ‘The Trap’, ‘Six Four’, ‘The Wing-Orderly’s Tales’Reviews by Declan BurkeSat Apr 16 2016 - 01:12
Crime fiction reviews: Sophie Hannah’s new murderer has a poetic licence to killSophie Hannah’s The Narrow Bed; Ava McCarthy’s Dead Secret; Mary Paulson-Ellis’s The Other Mrs Walker; Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer; Nicholas Searle’s The Good LiarSat Feb 20 2016 - 00:20
The best crime fiction of 2015Irish authors feature prominently among the year’s best additions to the genre, writes Declan BurkeSat Dec 19 2015 - 01:00
Crime fiction: How Prime Suspect’s Jane Tennison turned into a trailblazerThe young policewoman has a baptism of fire in Lynda La Plante’s latest novel, set in 1973Sat Oct 24 2015 - 01:00
Crime reviews: Elaborate confessions, historic skeletons, heartbreaking tragedyMark Henshaw’s The Snow Kimono; Andrea Carter’s Death at Whitewater Church; A Little More Free by John McFetridge; Julia Heaberlin’s Black-Eyed Susans; Jamie Kornegay’s SoilSat Aug 29 2015 - 01:00
Quirke back doing the right thing in ‘mean and mendacious’ cityDeclan Burke reviews the best new crime fiction including a new Benjamin Black bookSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
The Golden Age of Murder, by Martin Edwards | ReviewThe hows and whys of the great whodunnitsSat Jul 11 2015 - 06:00
Murder in a Belfast family, a Greek drama and Jesuit sleuthsDeclan Burke's crime writing roundupSun Jul 05 2015 - 16:00
Crime writing: new thrillers by Stephen King, Karin Fossum, Philip Kerr, Jarlath Gregory and Renee KnightDeclan Burke: ‘Misery’ loves company as Stephen King’s literary recluse meets makerSat Jun 06 2015 - 07:29
Belfast Noir, edited by Adrian McKinty and Stuart Neville: Not that dark up NorthA fascinating if uneven showcase of impressive Northern Ireland crime writers, says Declan BurkeSat May 23 2015 - 01:07
World Gone By by Dennis Lehane review: criminal classDeclan Burke admires the tragic complexities of a guilt-ridden American crime lord in this follow-up to ‘Live By Night’Fri May 15 2015 - 00:52
Crime: ‘A Song of Shadows’, ‘The Girl Who Wasn’t There’, ‘Killing Ways’, ‘Hold the Dark’ and ‘The Shut Eye’Review: New fiction by John Connolly, Ferdinand von Schirach, Alex Barclay, William Giraldi and Belinda BauerSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
Crime: plenty of spills and thrills in latest batch of noirish novelsDeclan Burke reviews the best new crime fiction, including Steve Cavanagh’s pacy debutSun Mar 15 2015 - 13:00
The Book Quiz: going under coverThis week the Book Quiz gets out its trench coat and magnifying glass for a close look at spies, detectives and crime fictionWed Feb 25 2015 - 16:00
Crime fiction: February’s new releasesThe Girl on the Train; Stumped; Behind God’s Back; Everything I Never Told YouSat Feb 14 2015 - 08:40
The Book Quiz: Crime watchTest your noir knowledge with Declan Burke's devious crime fiction quizWed Feb 11 2015 - 12:00
Will a more affecting psychological thriller appear this year?Declan Burke reviews the best new crime fiction including Colette McBeth’s The Life I Left BehindSat Jan 17 2015 - 17:05
Lock your doors and windows: it's the crime fiction Book QuizFrom Scandinavian noir to Stringer Bell, put your crime writing knowledge to the test in this week's Book QuizWed Dec 31 2014 - 12:00
The Book Quiz: murders, detectives and spies, oh my!Get your sleuth on and investigate our criminally tricky crime fiction quizWed Dec 10 2014 - 12:00
Crimewriters get under the skin and inside the mindDeclan Burke reviews John Grisham, Frances Fyfield, Keigo Higashino and Kati HiekkapeltoSat Dec 06 2014 - 12:06
Seeing is observing: Moriarty by Anthony HorowitzReview: The game’s fleet of foot in this entertaining Sherlock Homes pasticheSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:17
Crime: Murder most historic, from Roman Britain to 1870s ParisA round-up of the latest thrillers from Michael Connelly, Ruth Downie, Andrew Martin, Bob Van Laerhoven and Val McDermidSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Poirot expertly resurrected, and taken to task: The Monogram MurdersSophie Hannah’s homage to Agatha Christie also serves as a critique of her workSat Nov 01 2014 - 01:16
Dennis Lehane leads the way into levels of underworld and mysteryGreat crime reads include new works by Kanae Minato, Colin Bateman and Lee Child as well as a reissued Josephine TeySat Oct 11 2014 - 01:12
Crime: dark deeds and black ops to bring Gerald Seymour in from the coldThe underrated writer’s elegiac 30th novel confirms that he is in the same league as John le CarréSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
The Secret Place: Murder bound up in Dublin class system and mystic teensReview: Tana French follows the advice to repeat a best-selling performance with few changes in her latest novelSat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00
Crime: A horrific truth beneath the surface of small-town AmericaNew thrillers from Megan Abbott, Andrea Maria Schenkel, Arne Dahl, John McFetridge and Jane CaseySat Aug 16 2014 - 01:00
Death in paradise: Adrian McKinty and the strange case of the CocovoresThe crime writer has turned away from Northern Ireland for his new novel, about a murder in a German nudist religious cult in the South Pacific a century agoSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:00
Crime: ‘Prime Suspect’ author delivers her most complete offering yetLynda La Plante’s ‘Twisted’ delves into the damaged mind of a killer who is as much a victim of circumstance as those murderedMon Jul 21 2014 - 11:05
JK Rowling’s alter ego does the job and does it well: The SilkwormReview: the author’s second novel as “Robert Galbraith” is a homage to the golden age of the mystery novelSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Stephen King’s compulsively readable new thriller: Mr MercedesOn the face of it this is a conventional thriller – but it stares dead-eyed into the heart of darknessSat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00
Crime: thrillers from Alafair Burke, Marc Dugain, Alan Furst, Karin Fossum and Adrian McKintySome fans prefer to see the genre’s traditions observed. Others welcome an author who can approach the conventions in a new waySat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Pacy potboiler with a quiet heart: The Truth About the Harry Quebert AffairJoël Dicker’s bestseller is thriller escapism writ large, irrepressibly exuberant storytelling that tramples realism underfoot as it rattles along at a thunderous paceSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Harlan Coben’s cliffhanger chapters add chutzpahA round-up of the best new crime thrillers, including books by Sinéad Crowley, Jakob Arjouni, Erin Kelly and Mark BillinghamSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Prowling the mean streets of Moscow in search of justiceHistorical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale that lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern MoscowSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Prowling the mean streets of Moscow in search of justiceHistorical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale in which Renko’s investigation lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern MoscowWed Apr 23 2014 - 16:11
A note-perfect homage to ‘American Psycho’, and other murdersA round-up of the best new crime thrillersSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Hello Haller – goodbye Harry?Michael Connelly’s Lincoln lawyer may be outpacing his long-running LAPD detectiveSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Mapping murder from Bangkok to Berlin, Rome and DublinDeclan Burke’s roundup of new crime fiction, featuring Jo Nesbo, John Lawton, Sophie Loubiere, Conor Fitzgerald and Conor BradyThu Jan 02 2014 - 12:41
Engulfed by tragedyScott Turow’s moving, unsettling new crime thriller, ‘Identical’, is fascinated by what love can do to usSat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00
Crime: Rebus returns to Edinburgh, Reacher returns to WashingtonIan Rankin’s ‘Saints of the Shadow Bible’ and Lee Child’s ‘Never Go Back’ are two of this month’s new thrillersSat Nov 23 2013 - 01:00
Boyd brings back Bond as he takes off on solo run in AfricaCream of crime writing rounded upSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
A return to Mississippi where past and present overlapGrisham’s 30th offering is a sequel to his debut, ‘A Time to Kill’Sat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
