Read an exclusive guest post from author Ivan Weinberg, then make sure you're signed in and comment for a chance to win a copy of Justice by the Pound! My only claim to the rich and famous was my closest friend in high school. Steve was always cool. He drove a cool car, had the…
(Thanks to everyone for sharing photos, especially Clark Lohr!) When Left Coast Crime attendees first arrived at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado, they were greeted with blue skies and warm weather. By the time the weekend was over, snow blanketed the resort and the temperature dipped past freezing, sending writers…
Mystery conventions (aka conferences) can be a great way to meet some of your favorite authors and to find kindred crime fiction friends. There are so many different fan conventions to choose from, ranging from those that focus on traditional mysteries and cozies (Malice Domestic) to thrillers (ThrillerFest), up to the big daddy of them…
Left Coast Crime is an annual event sponsored by mystery fans, where readers, writers, librarians, and other mystery and thriller enthusiasts gather to share their mutual interest in the genre. It’s held during the first quarter of the calendar year in Western North America, as defined by the Mountain Time Zone and all time zones…
Surely you know we bow to no one in our appreciation of The Rockford Files. Per Deadline, Universal Pictures is having David Levien and Brian Koppelman write a feature film version to star Vince Vaughn. Here’s how they put it: In the original series created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell, Rockford was a…
Shane Scully and Sumner Hitchens, homicide detectives and partners in the LAPD, are in fine form in Vigilante, their latest—and last—adventure. I’ve been reading this series since the beginning and, I confess, I read this book with a heavy heart. Stephen J. Cannell was such a talented and prolific writer, even though he was dyslexic.…
