Crime fiction lovers looking to keep their to-be-read piles of books at a manageable height this summer will receive no help whatsoever from our sister site, The Rap Sheet. Earlier today, that blog put up a post highlighting more than… Continue Reading
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Steven Nester, host of Poets of the Tabloid Murder, a weekly Internet radio show heard on the Public Radio Exchange [PRX]. Nester is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Rap… Continue Reading
The great nations of the world, the ones whose internal or external intrigues are guaranteed global headlines, all seem to have a neighbor that serves the role of awkward younger sibling. I’ve lived in two of them. Believe me, I… Continue Reading
Today brings the seventh and final installment in The Rap Sheet’s “Favorite Crime Fiction of 2016” series—just in time for any last-minute shoppers desperate to purchase books for their mystery-loving loved ones. This year, the blog’s well-read critics chose a… Continue Reading
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. He’s the youngest… Continue Reading
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. He’s the youngest… Continue Reading
You don’t need anyone to tell you that By Gaslight is epic. One look at this potentially toe-crushing novel is enough to tell that story. At nearly 750 pages, it’s a big book. And though there will be those who… Continue Reading
Brad Meltzer’s new thriller, written with Tod Goldberg, is called The House of Secrets (Grand Central). The title comes from the name of a television program in which the host, Jack Nash, debunks mysteries. (It’s a lot like the author’s own… Continue Reading
What is the world’s best premise for a literary festival? Well, for crime fiction fans, things can’t get much better than the Dave Robicheaux Literary Festival which will take place in Iberia Parish, Louisiana on April 8 to 10th. If… Continue Reading
Hard as this might be to believe, 2016 will mark 45 years since the 1971 debut of Shaft, the Richard Roundtree crime-thriller film based on Ernest Tidyman’s novel of the same name. In anticipation of that anniversary, British banker-turned-writer Steve… Continue Reading