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Spring Brings a Finale and a FeastThis coming spring promises to deliver both a welcome change of weather (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere) and the unwelcome end of...
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Rapid-Fire Crime HitsToday’s collection of crime-fiction-related news items that don’t justify posts of their own, but may be of interest to readers: • The British...
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Revue of Reviewers: 2-29-24Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more....
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The Duke DecampsWhen, in this year’s Season 4 of the period crime drama Miss Scarlet and the Duke , Victorian police detective William “Duke” Wellington...
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Thrilled to Make This News KnownAlthough I somehow missed receiving the memo (ahem!), the International Thriller Writers organization earlier today announced its nominees for the...
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Before the Season ChangesSometime in the next several days, The Rap Sheet will post its mammoth catalogue of new crime, mystery, and thriller novels due out this spring...
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The Barry BunchDeadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine today announced its nominees, in four categories, for the 2024 Barry Awards. Best Mystery or Crime Novel:...
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Competition Heats Up in L.A.Yesterday, the finalists were announced for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, in a dozen categories. Below are the five candidates for...
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PaperBack: “Desperate Moment”Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider . Desperate Moment , by Martha Albrand (Dell, 1952)....
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Osman Expands His BrandIt seems that making a killing with his four (so far) Thursday Murder Club novels just isn’t enough for English author and TV presenter Richard...
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Executive Reading DecisionsToday is Presidents’ Day here in the United States, honoring the birthdays of both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln (although neither of...
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Revue of Reviewers: 2-17-24Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more....
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Sherlock’s Problem ChildImagining a daughter for Sherlock Holmes isn’t exactly a unique idea. South Carolina author Leonard Goldberg has been writing novels about Joanna...
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One (More) and DoneI have been reading and enjoying Max Allan Collins’ novels starring Chicago-based private eye Nathan Heller ever since 1986, when I picked up his...
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We Miss You, BillBlogger Jerry House reminds us that it was six years ago today that Texas author Bill Crider —one of the nicest members of America’s...
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Bullet Points: Valentines EditionForgive me, dear readers, for I have sinned. It’s been three and a half months since my last “Bullet Points” news wrap-up . Which doesn’t mean...
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Before the SnapI’m not a football follower, but I know plenty of other crime-fiction readers who are. So for their benefit—and with Super Bowl LVIII set to be...
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Book-alikesOne of The Rap Sheet’s first blog posts , back in May 2006, focused on the all-too-frequent proliferation of copycat book fronts, those “that...
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Bouchercon Discord Hits Social MediaOrganizers of this year’s Bouchercon conference in Nashville, Tennessee (August 28-September 1), seem to have courted controversy by inviting...
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In the Race for the AgathasOrganizers of the annual Malice Domestic conference (to be held this year from April 26 to 28, in Bethesda, Maryland) today announced their...
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My 50-Year Search for Patty Hearst(Editor’s note: The following essay comes from Roger D. Rapoport , a Michigan-based author, film producer, journalist, and playwright who now...
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Mann’s PlansAmerican film and television director Michael Mann appears to have found a new career in the composing of thriller novels. Deadline reports...
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Aural AccomplishmentsThe Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced its finalists for the 2024 Audie Awards, touted as “the premier awards program recognizing...
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So Much for Smiley’s PeaceWe brought you news in November that Nick Harkaway, the son of legendary espionage-fiction author John le Carré, has composed a new novel...
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Let Us Be Your GuideIt’s a new month and a new opportunity for you to visit The Rap Sheet’s extensive rundown of new books for fans of crime, mystery, thriller, and...
