The Rap Sheet

Just a month after celebrating his 97th birthday, British spy novelist Len Deighton —author of The IPCRESS File , Funeral in Berlin , SS-GB ...

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine  has released its list of contenders for the 2026 Barry Awards, in four separate categories. Best Myste...

This wasn’t the sort of news I was longing to receive on a Thursday morning. As Shotsmag Confidential ’s Ayo Onatade reports , It is with d...

This is rather sad news, but was certainly expected at some point: PBS-TV’s Masterpiece umbrella series has announced that the upcoming Sea...

(Above) R-Evolution , American artist Marco Cochrane’s 47-foot-tall, steel rod-and-mesh sculpture of a nude woman, rises from Embarcadero P...

Three recent news items that might have passed through your radar unnoticed, as they almost passed through ours: • The Glencairn Glass Cri...

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

Just last evening, the Audio Publishers Association revealed the recipients of this year’s Audie Awards, recognizing quality in audiobooks ...

I just returned home from San Francisco and the 2026 Left Coast Crime convention. I’ll have more to say about that event soon, but for now, ...

(Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series comparing noteworthy crime, mystery, and thriller novels against their Hollywood ...

We were already aware that the streaming service Apple TV+ intended to adapt the late Philip Kerr ’s excellent Berlin Noir thrillers for th...

Presentation of the 2026 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes is set to take place on Friday, April 17. In the run-up to that, five final contende...

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