Good Friday by Lynda La Plante is a prequel story that tells the early days of the career of Jane Tennison before the events of Prime Suspect. Welcome back, Jane Tennison! Good Friday explores the early days of Tennison’s career. In an author’s note, Lynda La Plante takes us back to the early ’70s when Londoners…
Sleuth fans, we’re back again, and this time with an even longer list of the best women detectives, crime fighters, and amateur mystery solvers pop culture has to offer. When we published a round-up of 13 of the best female sleuths earlier in the month, we were delighted to see what readers had to say…
We’re the Sweeney son, and we haven’t had any dinner. You’ve kept us waiting. So unless you want a kickin’ you tell us where those photographs are. Detective Inspector Jack Regan knew how to make a point. If he were writing this he’d be telling you, “We’re British son, and we haven’t had our BAFTA.…
We told you about CBS canceling CSI: Miami, Unforgettable and NY-22, but of course networks all like to do things at the same time, so here are the crime shows that have gone belly up on the other networks and won’t be returning. ABC: Missing and Charlie’s Angels (blogger Rachel Hyland knew that one would…
On September 22, NBC will show the first episode in director Peter Berg’s “reimagined” version of the acclaimed British police procedural drama, Prime Suspect. Nothing against Peter Berg, whose directorial work I’ve enjoyed in the past. And nothing against Maria Bello, who will be playing the role of Detective Jane Timoney (formerly known as Jane…
She’s tough. She’s violent. And mystery readers can’t seem to get enough of her. Over the past six decades, female sleuths have gone from sweet (think Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple or Nancy Drew) to tough-minded (Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect) to borderline psychopathic, preternaturally talented uber-predators. Versions of the hard-as-nails woman detective…
Next week, network TV executives will converge on New York City to announce their new fall TV schedules. More than 80 new pilots are currently being screened and selected to join returning favorite shows, and here’s a glimpse at a few of the criminally inclined that we’re hoping to see on the boob tube come…
