Join Thomas Pluck for a chat with Don Winslow as they discuss his latest book, Broken, and then continue reading for a full review! Don Winslow is the bestselling author of the blockbuster epic Cartel trilogy, the NYPD cop saga The Force, the thriller Savages which was made into a movie directed by Oliver Stone, the…
Perusing the list of Edgar winners, trying to decide which I wanted to tackle for this retrospective, New Orleans Mourning jumped out almost immediately thanks to its utterly gonzo synopsis: It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncey St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. But his day of…
Published in 1989, James Lee Burke’s Black Cherry Blues was the first of his two books to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel (his other came in 1998 for Cimarron Rose). It is the third in Burke’s signature series starring Detective Dave Robicheaux, a recovering alcoholic and Vietnam War veteran from New Iberia, Louisiana.…
From one of the most inventive writers of his generation, Nathaniel Rich's King Zeno is a historical crime novel and a searching inquiry into man’s dreams of immortality (available January 9, 2018). New Orleans, 1918. The birth of jazz, the Spanish flu, an ax murderer on the loose. The lives of a traumatized cop, a…
From telekinetic waitresses to grizzled war vets, New Orleans offers refuge for all types of people. With its historic past and modern rebirth, the city is a natural host to an array of crime fiction. In celebration of Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras, we're asking everyone what New Orleans crime fiction character they are. Take…
New Orleans…it’s not all King Cakes and muffuletta sandwiches and balconies adorned with wrought-iron lace. Beneath its flamboyant exterior, the city has always had a dark heart and an aura all its own—a humid miasma composed of equal parts dried early morning puke, rotting Spanish moss, and the scent of fresh beignets. New Orleans is…
To help celebrate Bouchercon 2016, we teamed up with our pals over at Minotaur Books to help sponsor a collaborative short story penned by a huge collection of their fabulous authors. After nearly 3o authors and an impromptu roast of some of the Minotaur team members, the results were fantastic. But there's one problem: we…
Bouchercon 2016 is this weekend, held in the New Orleans, Louisiana—a city with a rich history of cocktails and imbibing. There are so many great books up for an Anthony Award (including one of CrimeHQ's own bloggers' anthology, Protectors 2: Heroes by Thomas Pluck), we couldn't pick just one to give the ol' Pick You…
If you’re going to Bouchercon in New Orleans, I’m afraid you won’t have any luck finding the King in Yellow or Lost Carcosa. But you can still have a lot of fun exploring a state known for its criminal history. Louisiana was the perfect setting for the first season of True Detective because you can…
New Orleans is a city that is rich in music, cuisine, and Mardi Gras mania. Its summers are known for their stifling heat and humidity; at one time it was notorious for the outbreaks of Yellow Fever during those steaming summers. Add to all this the fact that New Orleans has an air of mystery…
