Crime Fiction
The stars of crime fiction discuss their grisly craft
Ann Cleeves - Raven Black
Ann Cleeves discusses her novel Raven Black with Harriett Gilbert and the WBC audience
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Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon discusses her celebrated novel Death at La Fenice.
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Lee Child - Killing Floor
Leading thriller writer Lee Child discusses Killing Floor and its hero Jack Reacher
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Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
Patricia Cornwell - Post Mortem
The first book in the series in which forensic investigator Kay Scarpetta appears
Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story
Val McDermid - A Place of Execution
Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama
Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in most successful crime novel debut ever
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PD James - Original Sin
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is confronted with a vicious murder and an ingenious puzzle.
Ian Rankin - Black and Blue
Inspector Rebus must disinter four cases to nail just one killer in gripping thriller.
Ruth Rendell - A Judgement in Stone
Popular British crime writer Ruth Rendell talked to the programme about her work.
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Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen
Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow
Sara Paretsky
American crime writer Sara Paretsky talks about her detective novel 'Indemnity Only'.
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Scott Turow
Scott Turow joins an audience to answer questions about his novel Presumed Innocent.
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