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Anthony Rainone's Criminal Thoughts (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
The Mercantile Library Center For Fiction is kicking off The Big Read in New York City with a month's long celebration of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon . Big things have been planned and they include the following events: * A special screening on April 12th of The Maltese Falcon , John Huston's 1941 film version, starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. The screening will be held at The Campbell...
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This Book Is For You (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir , edited by Megan Abbott If there's one thing in this world that I'm sure of, it's that any project with Megan Abbott's name on it may as well be stamped with the damn Good Housekeeping Seal. Well, maybe -- if that Seal was sepia-toned and smeared with a few bloody fingerprints, and if the woman throwing it into her shopping cart had dark circles under...
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Murderati (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
by Zoë Sharp I enjoy going to conventions. Sounds pretty obvious, but I know not everybody does. I went to my first one in the US almost by accident. We had some car photoshoots lined up in Daytona Beach, Florida...
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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
OK, true confessions here. I haven't read Toronto Noir yet, the latest in Akashic Books’ acclaimed “noir” series, which is due out in May. But I’ve been hearing about it for a while. Quite a while. You want a Canadian city that justifies a noir anthology? Think Montreal. Seriously. Or Vancouver. Halifax. Hull. St. John's. Yellowknife. Moncton. Sudbury. Even fucking Moose Jaw. But Toronto? The
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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 12/03/2007
Since I’m still locked in mortal battle with my first cold of the season (and does anybody know where I left my latest box of Kleenex?), I shall confine myself today to a wrap-up column. The Rap Sheet should resume its normal overachieving pace as this week rolls forward. • The Carnival of the Criminal Minds baton falls this week to that Irish maestro of mischief, Declan Burke, who’s filled his
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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 09/26/2007
Like many, if not most of you, I won't be attending this year’s Bouchercon, which begins tomorrow in Anchorage, Alaska. For me, living in Seattle, it's not really that distant a destination. But I have already enjoyed one crime-fiction convocation this year, and don't want to push my luck. Besides, my strongest memory of Anchorage is a bit weird. I’ve been to a number of places in Alaska, from
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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 05/10/2007
It's been a while since we last checked in on Dave Robeson's Bloodstained Bookshelf rundown of upcoming crime works. So it comes as no surprise to find a plethora of promising novels due out in coming months. Those include new works by Con Lehane (Death at the Old Hotel, June), James Lee Burke (The Tin Roof Blowdown, July), Alafair Burke (Dead Connection, July), Michael Koryta (A Welcome Grave,
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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 04/19/2007
• SleuthFest 2007 is slated for this weekend, April 19-22, in Miami, Florida. Guests of honor will be author Linda Fairstein (Bad Blood) and René Balcer, a noted screenwriter for the Law & Order franchise. (Would somebody please ask him whether he’s worried by media reports that two of the three L&O shows might not be renewed for the 2007-2008 season') Also scheduled to participate are Stuart M.
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Hillbillies and Hitmen (Free subscription) | 02/15/2007
The snow is two feet deep with no end in sight. The windows rattle when the town plow goes past. I’m pacing my office trying to work out a problem with Bitter Water Blues . It doesn't take long before I’m convinced that I suck, and would be better off as a car wash attendant or telemarketer. The CD player clicks. Muddy Waters at Newport gives way to John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers’ “Beano” album—you...
