Review: Her work is perfect for TV. This drama, though flawed, manages not to muck it up

Book review: Seishi Yokomizo’s ‘locked room’ thriller is translated into English

Ex-aide to Cameron says prince used word during 2012 meeting at Buckingham Palace

Sarah Phelps’s brooding adaptation is politically charged and narratively uncanny

Saudis never expected horror story of murder would be broadcast around the world

Review: What this lacks in characterisation, it makes up in sheer, hurtling momentum

Knives Out, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, The Goldfinch and The Report among the contenders

Toronto film festival: Opening weekend also included Knives Out, Greed and Sea Fever

Book review: Kate Weinberg’s intelligent debut is set in a vividly rendered English university

Take a trip to Darklands, the OAP B&B, Trinity or the Rotunda over the year ahead

The author Colm Tóibín discusses female Irish novelists, families, and when he wishes he had a TV

Despite critical maulings, you can’t keep Shyamalan down, as he returns with ‘Glass’

Review: director Drew Goddard has made a pastiche of a pastiche of a pastiche. Could that be right?

Plus the return of Sara Gran’s brilliant Claire DeWitt and new thrills from Sophie Hannah, Jean-Claude Izzo and Ace Atkins

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

It’s not only princess-to-be Meghan Markle who can do London like a royal. A weekend trip can take in their hang-outs, favourite shops and refined bars – at a price

Avengers: Infinity War directors have made sure the new film’s story remains a secret. But if they did tell you, would it really spoil the experience?

The Ray D’Arcy show will discuss consent in wake of Belfast trial while Aidan Gillen plays Dave Allen

‘I relish the chance to be alone with my thoughts, even if they are mostly about how uncomfortable I am’

Director Brett Ratner says will ‘step away’ from work with Warner Bros amid claims

After decades as a forensic anthropologist, Kathy Reichs decided to try her hand at fiction. But the woman behind ‘Bones’ has never lost her scientific edge

Gemma Tipton gets to grips with wonderful Vietnam

In ‘Into the Water’, her follow-up to the bestseller, Hawkins writes about women’s greatest fears – so often at the hands of men. But nobody is innocent in her books

International Women’s Day marks an opportunity to return to normal life

Second phase of western corridor would be utter folly

Jess Kidd’s debut novel is atmospheric but too cliched to really score as mystery or drama

When Irish academic John Curran, the most ardent fan of the world’s bestselling writer, found her notebooks, he realised this glimpse into her plotting process had to be shared

With Poirot-like diligence, expert John Curran has gathered 126 facts about the Queen of Crime

Eamon Dunphy wonders why Martin O’Neill’s didn’t take the lift against Georgia

The actor talks about becoming an accidental activist, the real Hollywood and her plans for the future

TV Review: There’s no fun to be had watching this dull series about a dinner party

BBC’s latest drama has more than a shade of Agatha Christie, with Scotland putting in a stunning cameo or three

‘And There Were None’ proves a compelling piece of costume drama, while Luke Kelly gets an affectionate, enjoyable treatment

It all started so well, with a pint of porter and a wallet full of crisp €50 notes

Compelling tale of a hen party with a murderous twist is let down by its denouement

John Curran, author of The Notebooks of Agatha Christie, on the thrill of exploring the treasuire trove of the author's 73 jotters packed with plots and possibilities

David Lagercrantz is a household name in Sweden, thanks to his biography of the soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But now he’s set to tackle Stieg Larsson’s legacy, with his follow-up to the Millennium trilogy

‘First Editions’ in Dublin’s Ballsbridge is a popular destination for book lovers

Like many good summer reads, these three novels are moving page-turners, but their headlong dive into the dark challenge the notion of sun-holiday fiction

The hows and whys of the great whodunnits