Martina Cole is a British crime writer, born in Essex on 30 March 1959, whose novels are mostly set in London’s gangland underworld. Her first book, “Dangerous Lady”, was published in 1992, and four of her novels have been adapted for television, including “The Take” and “The Runaway”. Cole was the youngest of five children … Read more
Stuart MacBride is a Scottish crime writer, born in Dumbarton on 27 February 1969 and raised in Aberdeen, best known for the Logan McRae novels set in and around the “Granite City”. He also writes the Oldcastle novels, several of which feature Ash Henderson, along with standalones, novellas and short stories. MacBride studied architecture at … Read more
Mark Billingham is an English crime novelist, born in Solihull on 2 July 1961, best known for the Tom Thorne series about a London detective, which began with “Sleepyhead” in 2001. He has also written four standalone thrillers and the Declan Miller series, and he worked as an actor, television writer and stand-up comedian before … Read more
Don Winslow is an American crime novelist, born in New York City on 31 October 1953, best known for the Cartel trilogy, “Savages”, “The Force” and the Danny Ryan trilogy. His books range from private eye mysteries to long novels about the drug trade, police corruption and organised crime. Winslow was born on Staten Island … Read more
Dennis Lehane is an American crime novelist and screenwriter, born in Boston in 1965, whose books include “Mystic River”, “Shutter Island” and the Kenzie and Gennaro detective series. He has published fourteen novels, five of which have been made into films, and most of his fiction is set in and around Boston. Lehane grew up … Read more
Stieg Larsson (1954 to 2004) was a Swedish journalist and crime writer whose Millennium novels, about the hacker Lisbeth Salander and the investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist, were all published after his death. He completed three books, beginning with “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, and the series has since been continued by David Lagercrantz and … Read more
Val McDermid (born 4 June 1955 in Kirkcaldy, Fife) is a Scottish crime writer whose five series include the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novels, adapted for television as “Wire in the Blood”, and the Karen Pirie cold case novels, adapted by ITV. According to her official biography she has sold more than 19 million … Read more
Robert Galbraith is the pen name under which J.K. Rowling writes the Cormoran Strike novels, a series of London detective stories that began with “The Cuckoo’s Calling” in 2013. Eight books have been published so far in a planned series of ten, and they have been adapted for BBC One as “Strike”, with Tom Burke … Read more
Peter James (born 22 August 1948 in Brighton) is a British crime writer best known for the Roy Grace novels, a police series set in Brighton that began with “Dead Simple” in 2005 and has been adapted by ITV as “Grace”, starring John Simm. His official site credits him with 21 Sunday Times number ones … Read more
Sir Ian Rankin (born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife) is a Scottish crime writer best known for the Inspector Rebus novels, a series set mainly in Edinburgh that began with “Knots and Crosses” in 1987 and reached its twenty-fifth book with “Midnight and Blue” in 2024. The Rebus books have sold more than 35 … Read more
