What is the best detective novel in your opinion? (Image: Getty)As we are in the depths of summer, you may be thinking about the books you want…

Deliverance by Saima Mir, Paperback Original, £9.99Having turned her back on her father’s brutal crime syndicate, Jia Khan was building a career as a lawyer until the…

Rather like Lindsay Bagshaw in Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time, I have always believed “books do furnish a room”. It doesn’t matter if…

What book do you think everyone must-read at least once? (Image: Getty)Books are subjective and can be a very personal topic for some. They can leave an…

Superstar writer David Baldacci photographed in London for the Express (Image: Phil Coburn / Express)Having sold 200 million copies of his thrillers, it’s fair to say David Baldacci…

Bestselling author Elly Griffiths has spoken of her joy after winning one of Britain’s most prestigious literary prizes – after being nominated a record eight times in…

Harrogate award winning writer Frances Crawford is the author of A Bad, Bad Place (Image: Asadour Guzelian / Gerard Binks)Frances Crawford was in Lidl with her husband…

It’s been longer between now and the last A Song of Ice and Fire book than it was between the time it took George RR Martin to…

Elly Griffiths was crowned crime queen of the year for The Frozen People (Image: Harrogate International Festivals)A bestselling author nominated a record eight times for one of…

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses (Image: Apple TV)The headlines this summer are full of war, political strife, underhand dealings and power grabs. So it’s…