Tag: crime noir
Scotland Noir crime drama Shetland begins seventh season in U.S. via BritBox
Shetland arrives in the U.S. today for its sixth season, hot on the heels of UK airing
Retro review–Raymond Chandler’s early hardboiled crime novel, The Big Sleep
Kiss Her Goodbye–Spillane and Collins bring an older Mike Hammer back to NYC for one more job
Retro review–Erle Stanley Gardner’s Shills Can’t Cash Chips, a twisty, fun, hard-boiled crime story
Retro review–Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man, and a TCM marathon of Nick, Nora, and Asta for New Year’s Eve
Retro review–Erle Stanley Gardner’s unpublished, “lost” Cool & Lam novel, The Knife Slipped
Donald E. Westlake’s novel “A Travesty” back in print 43 years later in Double Feature
Now streaming–Exciting, stunning, and gritty, Motherless Brooklyn is simply as good as it gets
The fifth season of BBC’s Shetland wraps in a compelling finale
Max Allan Collins conquers Mickey Spillane’s next Mike Hammer tale in Murder, My Love
Hinterland–Your next recommended mystery/crime series to stream on Netflix
Killing Town–Mickey Spillane’s lost first Mike Hammer novel makes it to publication 70 years later
Book review– Back in print 77 years later, Gardner’s crime noir novel Turn on the Heat
Opening weekend review–Blade Runner 2049 an earnest, ambitious follow-up to the original
Retro review–Double Indemnity writer James M. Cain’s last, “lost” novel, The Cocktail Waitress
Retro review–Sinner Man, Lawrence Block’s lost, first crime novel
Seduction–New true crime series looks back to classic pulp crime comics
