Aussie Women in the Spotlight
First came the finalists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards. Now we have what’s being billed as the “rather long shortlist” of contenders for the […]
Crime Fiction
Two Can Play at That (Spy) Game!
It’s not easy keeping up with Max Allan Collins’ literary production. Over the last nine months alone, that Iowa-based author has come out with Skim […]
Crime Fiction: Moonflower Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
Three years ago, author-screenwriter Anthony Horowitz’s Golden Age-style whodunit, Magpie Murders, won critical applause on both sides of the Atlantic. And not without ample justification. […]
Harlan Coban’s The Woods to Netflix
Harlan Coban fans (and there are a lot of them) should keep their eyes out for a six-part Netflix mini-series based on The Woods, Coban’s […]
Investigating Crime for the Holidays
Among the changes I made in my life during these last 12 months was to accept an invitation to join the staff of an independent […]
Souless Rambo Draws Author’s Ire
Critics have been hating on the latest Rambo movie, calling it “MAGA fantasy,” an “orgy of death” and worse. But critics aren’t the only ones. […]
Double Feature: Murder, Mystery and Madness
I seem to be flipping back and forth this summer between fiction and non-fiction, all of it dealing in some fashion with crime. I usually […]
Motherless Brooklyn Expected to Wow TIFF
Jonathan Lethem’s seminal 1999 novel Motherless Brooklyn gets an all-star film treatment from actor-filmmaker Edward Norton. From Deadline Hollywood: Norton adapted the Jonathan Lethem novel […]
Benny Cooperman’s Howard Engel Dies at 88
The Canadian mystery writer Howard Engel has died at age 88. According to the CBC, Engel was recovering from a stroke, but died of pneumonia. […]
Crime Fiction: Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ali Karim, the chief British correspondent for The Rap Sheet and the assistant editor of Shots. He would like […]
