Engaging and entertaining neo-noir film that may have slipped by your "ought-to-see" radar. Michael Keaton stars, and it's his directorial debut.

Precipice, Robert Harris’s terrific new historical novel about UK leadership at the start of the Great War is all the more shattering because it's grounded in tragic reality. A story of obsession.

A delicious setting with some unappetizing people. Will keep you guessing, not about the choice of victim, but who made it?

You can see last week's expert advice about writing a great short story in action in the current EQMM.

Here are offbeat characters not out of the usual thriller playbook—a failed encyclopedia salesman, a bowling hustler, a maker of potions—traversing the vast spaces of western Canada toward the same risky destination. Quite entertaining!

Want your next crime story to have a little something special? How about a dog? Tips from a police service dog handler.

Author Laura van den Berg on appreciating the oddities and mysteries in life. She's from Florida. There, oddities and mysteries are what it's all about!

Three sets of crimes weave together in a thrilling tale of revenge and deception. New from Tim Weaver.

The elements short stories need and what editors look for when reviewing them. Advice from the experts.

Wildfires produce stories of heroism, tragedy, and the chance to cover a crime. But the operative principle for thriller writers is "out of control."

A cinematic trip to the dark side. Enjoying our neo-noir zoom class immensely.

Charles McCarry on why spies are like novelists--and he was both.

The dark comedy Coup! is a bit of a sleeper, but I enjoyed it more than some of the heavily promoted films of late. Fun!

The long history of poisoning hasn't ended yet, especially not for crime and mystery authors. And we appreciate the big impetus poisons gave to the development of modern forensic science and some of our most intriguing characters.

Of all the world's mysteries, the ones inside the human mind may be the deepest. Two stories that use therapists as protagonists.

A pair of movies that, though quite unalike, soothe more than stimulates, but still worth watching. The Widow Clicquot and Thelma.

In upstate New York you can imagine what it was like in colonial times, when unbroken forest stretched "forever." The waterways were key.

The Cold War never ended, it just slept for a while. Harriet Crawley's exciting new thriller shows the nap is over. Her characters are ones you'll love to cheer all the way to the finish line.

An inspiring and useful compendium of promotional advice for crime fiction writers from Sisters in Crime.

Stay cool this weekend – in the movie theatre! Two choices out there now that I’d recommend.