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Tag: Crime
‘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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Books About Talented Criminals and Con Artists
Jesse DeRoy on literature’s greatest thieves. Read more
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Suspected Burglar Caught After Sitting Down With Book
A would-be burglar in Rome was caught after stopping to read a book on Greek mythology in the middle of a theft, Italian media reports. Read more
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‘Highway Thirteen’ by Fiona McFarlane
McFarlane is a master at just about everything: dialogue, setting, comic timing. One of her best stories, “Podcast,” is a spot-on send-up of a true-crime podcast, with its giddy silliness and flashes of compassion for the victims (McFarlane has said that these stories were partially inspired by a podcast she followed during the pandemic). But her biggest accomplishment is creating an empathic bond with people whose lives are touched by unexplainable violence. Read more
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‘Bad Monkey’ Premieres August 14th on Apple TV+
Based on Carl Hiaasen’s New York Times bestselling novel and enduring cult favorite, “Bad Monkey” tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vince Vaughn), who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he’ll be back in. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey. Watch trailer
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The Best Crime Novels of the Year (So Far)
Looking for some murder and mayhem (fictional, of course)? Read more
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