As we filed in, there at the head of this class was someone who could best be described as an older gentleman, in the truest sense of both words. En verité, his head was not egg-shaped, and it was thinly covered with white hair. He was easily in his 60s, had a thin white mustache,…
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn by Chris Vola is a tale about a vampire who must choose between love, revenge, and immortality (available May 30, 2017). Why not make yourself an “Only the Dead Drink Brooklyns” cocktail to sip while reading? Ryan Driggs has lived in Brooklyn for 128 years, 96 of them as one of the…
Vampires may need blood to survive, but what about when they vant to have a bit of fun? They get down with a few of this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Only the Dead Drink Brooklyns” cocktail, inspired by Chris Vola's horror thriller,…
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle follows Charles Thomas Tester in Jazz Age New York as he unknowingly opens a door to a deeper realm of magic that might swallow him whole if he can't manage to escape it (Available February 16, 2016). People move to New York looking for magic and nothing…
Crooked Brooklyn by Michael Vecchione and Jerry Schmetterer is a harrowing, true tale of the chief of Brooklyn's Rackets Division who helped clean up the storied New York City borough (Available November 17, 2015). Read this exclusive excerpt of Crooked Brooklyn by Michael Vecchione and Jerry Schmetterer, and then make sure you're signed in and comment…
Check out this beautiful infograph that breaks down the biggest bank robberies of the 21st Century, courtesy of Fast Locksmith. Over at The Lineup, True crime author Fred Rosen recounts his investigation into the murder of 18-year-old Jennifer Robinson, where the gruesome details almost made him quit his job. Author Jonathan Maberry lists five futuristic…
In Hannibal's 3.10, it's getting late, but Tooth Fairies are night owls, and Francis Dolarhyde (Richard Armitage) takes his pedo-van to Maryland on a pilgrimage to Hannibal's old, plastic-shrouded office. Within, he jumps wires in the telephony before unwrapping and starting up Hannibal's old computer, perhaps surprisingly, not claimed by law enforcement as a part…
In Among Thieves, a standalone thriller by John Clarkson, a group of Brooklyn ex-cons rally together to take down a corrupt brokerage firm where millions of dollars are on the line (available February 3, 2015). They thought they could cover up what an out-of-control trader at a Manhattan brokerage firm did to Olivia Sanchez. She…
Dead Red by Tim O'Mara is the third Raymond Donne mystery set in NYC about the ex-cop turned school teacher who is dragged back into the criminal world (available January 20, 2015). New York City school teacher Raymond Donne has no idea how bad his night is going to get when he picks up the…
The Drop (previously titled Animal Hospital), a Brooklyn-based mob-thriller is set to debut in theaters on September 19, 2014. Starring Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini, and written by Dennis Lehane, the film is centered around Hardy and Gandolfini, who own a bar in Brooklyn that is used as “the drop point” for seedy money exchanges…
