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Noah Hawley

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Best Novel, 2017)

By Larry Clow

March 20, 2020

Early in Before the Fall, Noah Hawley’s 2017 Edgar Award-winner, protagonist Scott Burroughs describes himself as a “disaster survivor in that he had survived the disaster that was his life.” A middle-aged painter and recovering alcoholic, Scott lives on Martha’s Vineyard in a beach shack with a three-legged dog. After years of struggling, his newest…

Watch the Trippy Teaser Trailer for Season 2 of FX’s Legion

By Crime HQ

March 5, 2018

Who is the real David Haller? The trippy, Marvel-based FX show Legion returns on April 3rd for a much-anticipated second season. Based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, Legion stars Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Jeremie Harris, Jean Smart, and more.  Legion follows the story of “David Haller,” a man…

Announcing 2018’s Edgar Award Nominees

By Crime HQ

January 19, 2018

The Mystery Writers of America have announced the 2018 Edgar Award nominees and special winners. The Edgars banquet—an annual black-tie gala celebrating crime fiction, non-fiction, and television writing—will be held on Thursday, April 26th, 2018, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. As always, it's a fantastic list of great work that deserves…

2017 Thrillerfest Wrap Up

By Crime HQ

July 17, 2017

This year's Thrillerfest was a blast! Hosted at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, it was five glorious days of meeting authors, hearing their stories, getting advice and writing tips, and schmoozing with authors, industry, and fans alike. Criminal Element was lucky enough to be there for it all, and in case you missed…

Announcing the 2017 Macavity Awards Nominees

By Crime HQ

July 5, 2017

The Mystery Readers International have announced the nominees for the 2017 Macavity Awards. The Macavity Award—named for the “mystery cat” of T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats—is an annual award celebrating the year's best in the mystery genre. 

2017 Edgar Award Winners

By Crime HQ

April 28, 2017

Last night, the Mystery Writers of America presented the 71st annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Celebrating the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television published or produced in 2016, the yearly event gathers a veritable who's who in the genre. Below is a list of all…

Vote for the Edgar Award for Best Novel!

By Crime HQ

April 25, 2017

  Tell us who you voted for and why in the comments below!

Review: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

By Deborah Lacy

April 21, 2017

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley is a heart-pounding thriller that raises questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together. It is nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel. Everyone has their path. The choices they’ve made. How any two people end up in the same place at the same…

5 New Books to Read this Week: May 31, 2016

By Crime HQ

June 1, 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!

Aw Jeez, Don’t Tell Me You Missed Fargo: 9 Reasons to Binge

By Joe Brosnan

June 18, 2014

  In 1996, Joel and Ethan Coen released Fargo, an instant cult-classic that offered a glimpse into an oft-ignored Hollywood locale—northern United States. The Coen brothers’ film centers around a bumbling pushover who hires two amateur thugs to kidnap his wife so her father will pay a heavy ransom. Needless to say, things go awry,…

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