Victorian crimes against women have unsettling parallels with the present, says Lucy Worsley

Railways gave criminals a vast pool of people from which to target victims - and at the same time offered a new, fast means of escape and a chance to remain anonymous. TONY STREETER and GEORGE DENT don their deerstalkers and head back in time…

The ingredients of a classic crime novel

It’s 50 years since Agatha Christie died, but her crime fiction still captivates audiences old and new

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Inspector Lynley is back! But not as you know him, say the stars of the BBC remake, Leo Suter and Sofia Barclay