The Therapy House review: A devastating testament on behalf of the victimsIn Julie Parson’s thriller, the action proceeds inexorably to a complex, satisfying climaxSat Jun 03 2017 - 06:00
Murderous women having a moment in new crime thrillersNovels by Sinéad Crowley, MJ Arlidge and CJ Skuse explore dark female psychesSat May 20 2017 - 06:00
Into the Water review: The Girl on the Train gets a dunkingPaula Hawkins’s new thriller is about a ‘strange place, with a downright bizarre history’Sat May 06 2017 - 00:00
Meet Maeve Kerrigan, my new favourite detectiveCrime round-up: ‘Let the Dead Speak’, ‘Every Man a Menace’, ‘Hoffer’, ‘Summary Justice’ and ‘What Remains of Us’Sat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00
Crime fiction: An absorbing, seductive read superbly writtenReviews: ‘Little Deaths’, ‘Sirens’, ‘A Hunt in Winter’, ‘The Dry’ and ‘Behind Her Eyes’Sat Jan 28 2017 - 06:00
Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders a compendium of dark delightsDeclan Hughes on the welcome revival of the traditional mystery in crime fictionSat Oct 29 2016 - 05:00
The Trespasser by Tana French review: a procedural with added animal spiritsIt’s hard to say goodbye to yet another enthralling thriller from the Irish writerSat Sept 24 2016 - 05:00
Crime fiction: I see plenty more Gone Girl/Girl on a Train grip-litDeclan Hughes reviews ‘I See You’, ‘Lie With Me’, ‘I Don’t Like Where This Is Going’, ‘Out of Bounds’ and ‘Darktown’Sat Sept 03 2016 - 05:00
Wilde Lake review: A great crime writer at the top of her gameLaura Lippman has been writing brilliant thrillers for 20 years. This is among her bestSat Jul 30 2016 - 01:00
Crime reviews: glittering and seedy get equal time in subtle procedural‘The House of Fame’, ‘Die of Shame’, ‘Distress Signals’, ‘The Passenger’and ‘The Blade Artist’ reviewsSat May 14 2016 - 00:28
A Time of Torment by John Connolly review: Cut to the quickThe latest Charlie Parker thriller, an eerie tale of a village of remorseless cult killers, is as vivid and enthralling as anything Connolly has ever written, says Declan HughesSat Apr 09 2016 - 01:08
Reviews: Viral; 13 Minutes; A Savage Hunger; Penance; The Last Good KissCrime book reviews by Declan Hughes: revenge porn issues and psychological thrillersSat Mar 19 2016 - 04:00
Crime reviews: Real Tigers; After You Die; Black Widow; The Quality of Silence; Rain DogsAction spy thriller meets dry irony and laugh-out-loud funny in ‘Real Tigers’Sat Jan 23 2016 - 00:34
New crime: Bosch and Rebus dust off their gumshoesCrime reviews: Declan Hughes on the latest from Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin and JK Galbraith and a compendium of women crime writersTue Nov 24 2015 - 13:26
Crime reviews: slave labour, winged monsters, and Kerrigan’s assured returnBrian McGilloway’s ‘Preserve the Dead’; Louise Penny’s ‘The Nature of the Beast’; Malcolm Mackay’s ‘Every Night I Dream of Hell’; Jane Casey’s ‘After the Fire’; and David Lagercrantz’s ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’Sat Sept 26 2015 - 01:00
John Connolly’s literary teeth are sharp as everCharlie Parker series shows no sign of flaggingSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Last dame standingBIOGRAPHY: DECLAN HUGHES reviews A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman By Alice Kessler-Harris…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
A swingin' affairBIOGRAPHY: Frank: The Making of a Legend By James Kaplan, Sphere, 786pp. £25Sat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00
'This book will break your heart'FICTION: Drawing on harrowing real life cases of abduction and abuse, Emma Donoghue’s latest novel is charming, funny and unbearably…Sat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
A glimpse of Banville through GlassCRIME: The Lemur by Benjamin Black Picador, 185pp. £12.99Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
The thrill is in the chaseSo, you could dine a deux on Veal's Brains in a Walnut, Asparagus and Passion-fruit Coulis at that chi-chi new cafe everyone'…Sat Feb 14 1998 - 00:00
REFUGEES AND RACISMSir, - In response to various articles which have appeared in the media about asylum seekers and the "surprise" increase in numbers…Thu Jun 12 1997 - 01:00
VERONICA GUERINSir, - As a human rights worker and former employee of the Independent, may I add publicly my revulsion at the horrific execution…Fri Jun 28 1996 - 01:00
