Muffled gun shots and squealing tires. A secret midnight meeting in a dark alley. Alone in an exotic city with enemies lurking around every corner. Everyone recognizes the classic elements of a good cloak and dagger story.
Elmore Leonard is something of a living legend among lovers of crime fiction. A favorite of millions of readers, a hero to scores of writers, he's been called "America's greatest crime writer." The 86-year old author has been writing bestselling books for sixty years, mostly Westerns and crime novels. Many of them have been turned into hit movies, including "3:10 to Yuma," "Get Shorty" and "Out of Sight."
James Sallis may be the best crime writer you've never heard of.
For many Americans, summer vacation is over and the kids are headed back to school. The temperatures are still sweltering in much of the country and many of us could use a good book to escape these dog days. Whether you're firing up the e-reader or headed to your local library, here are a few ideas on some hot reads, from the supernatural to surfing, plus a pair of top shelf puzzlers.
In a summer crowded with books about vampires, werewolves and things that go bump in the night, a young novelist is stepping forward with his own fresh take on the supernatural suspense thriller.
He's a best-selling crime novelist from a Scandinavian country, but don't call Jo Nesbø the next Stieg Larsson. It's not that Nesbø doesn't care for the comparison. He just believes it's misleading.
Why do food and murder go so well together?
Pete Wentz, Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell, Hayden Panettiere and Emma Roberts share their scariest food experiences.
Even lawyers are powerless against the economy.
She is one of the best-known crime writers of all time but few know the extent of Agatha Christie's archaeological pedigree.
Though she was reportedly offered the job, four lesser known actresses are now in the running for the coveted role
Yet, still no word on who will play computer hacker Lisbeth Salander
Everyone from "Twilight Moms" to "Family Guy" fans is waiting in line at Comic-Con. This nearly 40-year-old convention is mainly devoted to comic books, and it was sold out before the exhibitors and speakers were even announced this year. Why are so many people there?
From self-help guides to mystery novels, she has plenty on her Kindle
Certain groups of die-hard fans are protective of the characters they hold on a pedestal. "Star Trek" has its Trekkies and "Star Wars" has the Jedi religion.
The saying goes that life imitates art. But that's the last thing you want when you write crime fiction. You never want to see the things you write about mirrored back to you in real life.
Fans of the character Easy Rawlins don't want to hear it, but author Walter Mosley says he has officially moved on.
Tony Hillerman, author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels, died Sunday of pulmonary failure. He was 83
J.K. Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.
As CEO and creative director of the J. Walter Thompson USA advertising firm, James Patterson, 41, often treads a thin line between fact and fiction. But in his other career -- as an award-winning m...
An American mania for mystery is most conspicuous these days in the solve-it- yourself whodunits staged everywhere from hotels and cruise ships to corporate meetings. But it's the printed page that...
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