| BRIGHTONROCK | 1938 murder thriller by English author Graham Greene whose main antagonist is the violent seventeen-year-old Pinkie Brown (8,4) |
| HELLRAISER | Horror film franchise whose main antagonist is Pinhead ... and an alternate title to the grid after observing the circled entries from the bottom up? |
| GREENE | English author, Graham - (6) |
| BRIGHTON | Novel by Graham Greene whose central character is Pinkie (8,4) |
| ARCHFOE | The main antagonist is out of reach! (4-3) |
| OURMANIN | ___ Havana, 1958 thriller novel by British author Graham Greene set in prerevolutionary Cuba (3,3,2) |
| TRAVELS | - with My Aunt; novel by Brighton Rock author Graham Greene (7) |
| TENSION | Feeling of suspense created by murder thriller (7) |
| THEMORNINGAFTER | 1986 murder thriller |
| JEANARTHUR | Stage name of Gladys Georgianna Greene, whose films include Mr Deeds Goes to Town and Mr Smith Goes to Washington |
| HOUSEOFCARDS | Popular American political thriller by Beau Willimon which is a story of a Democrat from South Carolina and is based on the novel of the same by Michael Dobbs: 3 wds. |
| AGENDA | The Icarus ___, 1988 thriller by Robert Ludlum that is the sequel to The Chancellor Manuscript |
| ALNAKBA | The Palestinian name for the violent dispossession of their lands in the creation of Israel (2,5) |
| GREEN | Sounds like author Graham is the colour of envy (5) |
| GREENERY | Foliage seen by author Graham on the railway (8) |
| PINKIE | Nickname of the main antagonist in Graham Greene's 1938 novel Brighton Rock |
| LORDOFTHEFLIES | Novel whose antagonist is Jack Merridew |
| BRANDISH | Mark is taken to hospital with one of the violent shakes (8) |
| OCONNOR | Flannery ___, author of novels The Violent Bear It Away and Wise Blood (7) |
| JANE | Eastender seriously injured by the violent actions of her adopted son Bobby (4,5) |
