Country house murder mysteries

Can you work out whodunnit when a woman is killed at the Little Snodbury Crime Festival?

You’d have to be clueless not to have noticed the massive resurgence in popularity of Golden Age mystery fiction. Contemporary readers are as hooked on the combination of intricate plotting, brain-twi

Agatha Christie is a writing and publishing phenomenon. Her play The Mousetrap still draws in audiences 73 years after its premiere. Nearly 50 years since her death, her books are still selling by the

AJ West has had a varied career. He started out as a journalist before appearing on TV in the Big Brother house. Now he’s an author whose historical novels have won plaudits. His first book, The Spiri

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month

WHAT d’you reckon, sir?” Sergeant Winner sidled up to his long-time inspector with a worried look. His grey eyes swivelled towards a swelling crowd of newspaper men. Under an early-morning sky which t