The Rap Sheet

Just this morning, the Short Mystery Fiction Society released its list of nominees for the 2026 Best Anthology Derringer Award: • Crimeuc...

Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more. ...

The Audio Publishers Association has released its list of finalists for 2026 Audie Awards, given to audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment...

His publisher, Soho Press, shared the news last evening that James Sallis , Arkansas-born author of the Lew Griffin private-eye series and ...

We’re now less than a week out from the February 5 Netflix premiere of The Lincoln Lawyer , Season 4. Its 10 episodes will be based on Mic...

Mark Billingham, the English actor-comedian turned novelist best recognized for creating the Tom Thorne police procedural series, has won ...

Pinkerton detective-turned-author Dashiell Hammett realized he had something special on his hands when he submitted his revised, typewritte...

Had it not been for the unexpected failure of my office technology, I would have posted about many things on this page before or immediately...

Malice Domestic has released its lists of contenders for the 2026 Agatha Awards. The winners are to be revealed during this year’s Malice Do...

Mystery Writers of America today released its lists of nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, “honoring the best in mystery fiction,...

As you can discern by the presence of new posts on this page, my recent computer problems have been overcome—for the most part, anyway. My ...

It’s been many moons since I last attended a Left Coast Crime gathering, but I’m fully registered and ready for the 2026 convention in San F...

The Mystery Writers of America organization this week revealed the winners of its three 2026 special prizes . Prolific authors Donna Andrews...

Sorry for the recent dearth of updates to this page, but my computer crashed right before Christmas, and it is still in for servicing. I sh...

Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more. ...