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So sad to lose two crime fiction notables last week: Australian novelist Peter Temple, who died Thursday at age 71; and American mystery and science-fiction writer Kate Wilhelm, who expired on that very same day at age 89. The Rap Sheet reports…
Nicole Kidman will star in a HBO series based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s 2014 novel, You Should Have Known. The series will be called “Big Little Lies.” From Deadline Hollywood: HBO is re-teaming with key auspices behind its breakout Big Little Lies,…
Fans of Alan Bradley’s series of mysteries featuring adolescent sleuth Flavia de Luce will be happy to hear that the series will be adapted for television. From Mystery Fanfare: For those patient thousands of you who have been enquiring, here it is:…
With spring in the Northern Hemisphere fast approaching—on March 20—The Rap Sheet has posted its latest seasonal round-up of new and soon-to-be-released books of particular interest to fans of crime, mystery and thriller fiction. Among the authors represented in that rundown are…
Jonathan Lethem’s stunning 1999 novel Motherless Brooklyn “inspired” a new film directed and starred in by Edward Norton, who is no newcomer to the sort of edgy material covered here. Cannavale plays Tony Vermonte and Roberts plays Danny Fantl, both characters from…
On February 12th, the mystery community lost a solid and beloved writer and cat lover in Bill Crider, author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series and friend to many. In The Rap Sheet, J. Kingston Pierce delivers a moving eulogy for an…
The Los Angeles house where the Black Dahlia murder allegedly took place recently sold for $4.7 million. Designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son in 1927, the Los Feliz-based Sowden House has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, maid’s quarters and a detached…
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? Does it come in a bag or a can? Do you spend hours in the kitchen preparing it, or do you pick up the phone? The fuels of…
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is not meant to be a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while…
Last week January Magazine editor Linda L. Richards took a long look at Dietrich Kalteis’ latest book, Zero Avenue (ECW) for The Rap Sheet. From the review: I once heard his fellow Canadian author Owen Laukannen describe Dietrich Kalteis’ writing as being…