Reading James Sallis is like reading poetry, or having a dream that is vivid and tactile but yet somehow elusive. That’s the feeling evoked in his last, posthumous novel, Backwater. Though it is ostensibly a police procedural set in a small southern community – a backwater – it is really a series of ruminations about life, death, and music from the perspective of the narrator, a retired cop turned jazz musician named Bishop. Read more
Tag: Crime
Winner of Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Revealed
The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths, which follows a detective working for a time-travelling police cold case team, has been named crime novel of the year. The book is the first in a new series and sees investigator Ali Dawson travel to Victorian London in 1850 to explore a series of killings that have 21st century consequences for politicians and her own family. Read more
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Seicho Matsumoto’s ‘A Quiet Place’ Is a Dark Fairy-Tale of Post-War Japan
Pico Iyer reflects on a reissued masterpiece of psychological fiction. Read more
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Adaptation of ‘Crime 101’ is Now Streaming
Set against the sun-bleached grit of Los Angeles, Crime 101 weaves the tale of an elusive jewel thief (Chris Hemsworth) whose string of heists along the 101 freeway have mystified police. When he eyes the score of a lifetime, his path crosses that of a disillusioned insurance broker (Halle Berry) who is facing her own crossroads. Convinced he has found a pattern, a relentless detective (Mark Ruffalo) is closing in, raising the stakes even higher. As the heist approaches, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur, and all three are faced with life-defining choices–and the realization that there can be no turning back. Watch trailer
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‘The Keeper’ Is a Grand Finale to Tana French’s Cal Hooper Crime Series
The Cal Hooper books, like all great detective series, are about time and loss and the uphill struggle to repair the world. The detectives rarely succeed in any lasting way, but we readers love them because they try. Read more
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Crime and the City: Reno
The international crime reading series pops in on the biggest little city in the world. Read more
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‘The Final Score’ by Don Winslow
A collection of six short stories about crimes both planned and accidental, the collision of dreams and reality, and the things people do for love. Read more
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Mark Billingham Wins Diamond Dagger Award
Author Mark Billingham has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger for his contribution to crime writing. The 64-year-old, who was born and raised in Birmingham, is best known for his 19 novels in the Tom Thorne series, which began with his debut volume Sleepyhead. Read more
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Adaptation of ‘The Ax’ by Donald E. Westlake Is in Theaters Now
After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition. Watch trailer
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‘Destiny of the Republic’ Adaptation is Streaming Now
Death by Lightning dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him. Watch trailer
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