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GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR JO NESBO TELLS CRIME MONTHLY WHAT INFLUENCES HIS WRITING

Ahead of Slow Horses’ fifth season, the show’s emotional linchpin, Rosalind Eleazar, reflects on the thriller’s sleeper success and turning pain into power

BY THE BOOK I’m writing to say how ...

Will Bryer on coveting a hound’s sense of smell, novel excuses for falling off and having to accept his wife is always right

JOSH dabbed expertly at the cut he’d just finished sewing up. He’d made a neat job of it and it should heal very nicely, leaving only a line. It wouldn’t be seen, anyway, once the cat’s fur grew back.

I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i