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So Much for Spade’s SerenityEver since I first wrote about the possibility of Clive Owen starring in a TV series as Sam Spade, I’ve been waiting for further developments....
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Shooting San Diego(Above) Bouchercon 2023 was held at the Marriott Marquis, a capacious and comfortable hotel on San Diego’s waterfront. Until I took part...
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What About the Davitts, Dammit?I apparently missed mentioning one in my rush to wrap-up the numerous prizes that had been dispensed during my time away at Bouchercon in San...
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Bad Prose Inspires Good ChucklesEvery year I think what fun it would be to submit a kernel of corny creative writing to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, but I have never...
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What’s the Best Setting for Crime Fiction? Why, the Answer Is Elementary …By Fraser Massey When you think of the all-time great settings for crime fiction, London always has to be somewhere on the list—possibly right...
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In Quest of Scandi StatureOrganizers of the annual Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year today released their shortlist of seven nominees for the...
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Dusting for Fingerprints(Above) Adele Parks picked up the Audiobook of the Year honor for her 2022 thriller, One Last Secret . By Fraser Massey Delighted...
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Keeping Current with the KudosSeptember always brings with it a profusion of news about crime-fiction prizes, but this last week seems to have exceeded expectations. In addition...
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Abundant Bouchercon WinningsI’ll have more to say (and show) regarding this last weekend’s Bouchercon in San Diego. But for now, let’s at least run through the awards given...
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What Say You, Charlie Chan?(Editor’s note: Lou Armagno is a Cleveland, Ohio, writer, former U.S. Air Force postman, singer, and the brains behind The Postman on Holiday...
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Revue of Reviewers: 8-29-23Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more....
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A Final Summer ReminderI’ll be posting a lengthy list of fall and early winter crime-fiction releases after Bouchercon. But in the meantime, take a last look at The Rap...
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Smatterings of Intelligence• What is the real identity of Icelandic crime novelist Stella Blómkvist? It’s a long-standing mystery, though some claim to know the answer. In...
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The Book You Have to Read: “White Rabbit,” by David Daniel(Editor’s note: This is the 180th installment in The Rap Sheet’s continuing series about great but forgotten books.) By Steven Nester...
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And Another Thing …• The recipients of this year’s Silver Falchion Awards, given out during the recent Killer Nashville convention in Tennessee, have been...
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Bullet Points: Broadcast Beat Edition• Season 3 of Van der Valk , the British-made crime drama starring Marc Warren as Nicolas Freeling’s fictional Amsterdam cop, Piet Van der...
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Spy Novelists Well Worth Shadowing(Editor’s note: Northern California resident Peter Handel has reviewed and written about crime fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle , the...
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PaperBack: “Deadly Weapon”Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider . Deadly Weapon , by “ Wade Miller ,” aka Robert Wade and...
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The Changing Role of CadaversAmerican novelist Amor Towles, who may be best known for his books A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway , has also edited the...
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Ripley’s Last, Believe It or NotBritish critic Mike Ripley has followed through on his threat , made earlier this year, to discontinue his “Getting Away with Murder” column for...
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Revue of Reviewers: 8-11-23Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more....
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Violent Crime from a Vibrant RegionThe following news comes from In Reference to Murder : Five writers have been shortlisted for the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction,...
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Let Us Now Extol the Marsh-SeekersCraig Sisterson, the founder of New Zealand’s Ngaio Marsh Awards , is enthusiastic about the diversity of authors included among this year’s...
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Busy Farrell Can Finally Rest in PeaceParticularly during the 1960s and ’70s, actress Sharon Farrell—who was recently reported to have died of natural causes on May 15, aged 82—seemed...
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Aspiring Crime-Fictionists, Take NoteThanks to a three-way alliance of interested parties, a new crime-writing prize has been founded to encourage the work of “unagented, debut...
