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From Mick Herron’s Slow Horses and Ian Rankin’s Rebus to new books from Bret Easton Ellis and Emma Cline, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

Murder mystery navigates its way through a century of detective influences, from Conan Doyle to Gillian Flynn

Widows is about so much more than a heist, but it still introduced some strong female heroes.

Jason Reitman’s 2011 film has largely faded from critical attention but is worth revisiting to meet Mavis, a chaotic black hole of empathy

CHICAGO — Margot Douaihy reached Chicago's Lincoln Park in a roundabout way. She grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She came from a religious family and a long line of clergy. She went to Catholic school, but as she got older, Douaihy felt distanced from the church. She was queer and…

In honor of "Gone Girl’s" 10th anniversary, here’s what you should know about the influential novel

The best-selling thriller about a wife who goes missing turns 10 this autumn

Surely you can’t go wrong with Gillian Flynn’s favourite Patricia Highsmith novel? Sigh... yes, you can