MOB CITY: Prestige promo

by | Sep 24, 2013 | TV

Prestige is the latest promo for MOB CITY, Frank Darabont’s forthcoming TNT series. The series, set in the 1940s, is based on John Buntin’s true crime book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City. In MOB CITY, Det. Joe Teague...

David Osborne and BROKEN RIVER BOOKS

by | Sep 23, 2013 | Books

Tell us about yourself: My name is J David Osborne. I’m a crime writer from Norman, Oklahoma. I’ve written two novels: BY THE TIME WE LEAVE HERE, WE’LL BE FRIENDS and LOW DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY. I’ve been a noir and crime fiction fan ever since...

Flashback: THE SHADOW by Tom Jenkins

by | Sep 22, 2013 | Flashback

THE SHADOW by Tom Jenkins Originally published in Crimespree issue 5. An urbanized latter-day Scarlet Pimpernel to the rescue. Suddenly from out of the darkness, a cloaked figure begins to take shape from only a blur in the shadows to become a mysterious and...

2013 Anthony Award winners.

by | Sep 21, 2013 | Awards, Books

A short time ago, the 2013 Anthony Awards were handed out  at Bouchercon in Albany, New York. The awards are voted on by the attendees. BEST NOVEL The Beautiful Mystery – Louise Penny [Minotaur] Other nominees: Dare Me – Megan Abbott [Reagan Arthur] The Trinity Game –...

TNT cancels KING & MAXWELL

by | Sep 21, 2013 | Home Entertainment, TV

After just one season, TNT is saying goodbye to KING & MAXWELL, the series featuring the characters of David Baldacci. Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn were Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former Secret Service agents turned private Investigators. The series averaged...

TNT cancels KING & MAXWELL

by | Sep 21, 2013 | TV

After just one season, TNT is saying goodbye to KING & MAXWELL, the series featuring the characters of David Baldacci. Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn were Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former Secret Service agents turned private Investigators. The series averaged...

NBC developing Linwood Barclay's NEVER LOOK AWAY

by | Sep 21, 2013 | TV

Linwood Barclay’s NEVER LOOK AWAY is being developed by NBC. A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife, Jan, and their four-year-old son. But what begins as a pleasant family outing turns into...

2013 Shamus Award winners

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Awards, Books

A short while ago, The Private Eye Writers of America presented the 2013 Shamus Awards at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Albany, New York, Best Hardcover P.I. Novel: TAKEN, by Robert Crais (Putnam) Other nominees: ROBERT B. PARKER’S LULLABY, by Ace Atkins (Putnam)...