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Easy Rawlins

Review: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

By Eric Beetner

July 8, 2016

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley is the 1st book in the famed Easy Rawlins series. Since his introduction in 1990, Easy Rawlins has been the star of more than a dozen novels by MWA grandmaster Walter Mosley. In his debut outing, Devil In A Blue Dress, Rawlins arrives fully formed. At its…

5 New Books to Read this Week: June 14, 2016

By Crime HQ

June 15, 2016

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Check back every Wednesday and see what we're reading for the week!

The ZINNG: “You Like Me! You Really Like Me!”

By Crime HQ

November 24, 2015

No Sex in the Reading Room – Sometimes, there are no words available to describe the passion and intimacy of a sexual encounter. And in literature, some authors might want to remember that before committing adultery to the page. Thankfully for us, some authors flounder about like a dying fish when it comes to the…

And Now, The Starting Lineup for Your Maltese Falcons!

By Bill Syken

August 6, 2015

An observation I had in my years working for Sports Illustrated: athletes and the heroes of crime fiction have much in common, but most simply this—a ruthless clarity of purpose and an ability to perform at their best when the action reaches its climax. Below I’ve assembled a football team populated by great characters from…

Fresh Meat: Little Green by Walter Mosley

By Victoria Janssen

May 10, 2013

Little Green by Walter Mosley marks the return of detective Easy Rawlins as he investigates the dark side of L.A.’s 1960s hippie haven, the Sunset Strip (available May 14, 2013). Little Green by Walter Mosley at last brings back Easy Rawlins, this time from a near-death experience; that experience and the fallout from it is…

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Death Brackets: Toughest Dicks vs. Baddest Thriller Heroes: Quarter Finals

By Guy Bergstrom

September 29, 2011

And the tournament continues! This is our fourth Death Brackets post, and the suspense is horrible!  In the Intro, you met the contestants and learned the rules. During the First Round (Part 1 and Part 2), you got the tales of the tape, their competitive advantages, disadvantages, and the first corpses left behind in elimination. …

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Death Brackets: Toughest Dicks vs. Baddest Thriller Heroes: First Round, Part 2

By Guy Bergstrom

September 28, 2011

This is the third installment in our Death Brackets: Toughest Dicks vs Baddest Thriller Heroes.  In the intro, you learned the rules and met the contestants.  In Part 1 of the First Round, we gave you the first four matches of our Savage Sixteen.  Today, the last four. And then the competition gets really stiff!

Death Brackets: The Contest and The Contestants

By Guy Bergstrom

September 26, 2011

Mysteries and thrillers, by nature, are populated by tough guys. Detectives who hunt down serial killers. Spies who uncover dangerous traitors. Assassins who take out the worst bad guys on the planet — and anti-heroes like Dexter and Hannibal Lecter with enough goodness in their dark hearts that they sometimes turn their characters around and…

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