In conversation with the rev richard coles

The Reverend Richard Coles – known for broadcasting, writing and being one half of pop duo The Communards – shares the reads that have left a lasting impression on him

Nothing much happened in the village DS Dottie Reed was posted to – until a body was found

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Much to his own wife’s relief, author Peter Swanson has just used his imagination — and a love of Hitchcock — to fire his latest thriller about a failing marriage

The actor and star of The Thursday Murder Club talks slow travel, curry for breakfast and breathtaking scenery at a certain bewitching castle

With the film arriving on our screens, Anniki Sommerville visits the retirement community that inspired Richard Osman’s hit novels