Pretty Sinister Books

I may be cheating calling this a First Book, but it most definitely is this writer's only crime novel written for an adult audience. So ...

Jay & Gretchen are looking to relax after a series of “projects” they’ve finished in various states across the country. They find a char...

This just in... Magpie Murders , the meta-mystery novel by Anthony Horowitz about a mystery novel manuscript within a novel, is coming to Ma...

Magic fans, impossible crime aficionados, and those interested in the parallels between mystery writers' use of misdirection and a mag...

On March 5 the first episode of Feud aired on the FX cable network. This mini-series features Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis and Jessica Lan...

Whodunit? Who stole my baby? Everyone in the room looks shady ...It's a bedside mystery! Ah, the disco era! Platforms shoes, bell b...

Here’s a brief run down on Elvis Cole, the private eye super hero of The Monkey’s Raincoat (1987), for those of you unfamiliar with him. ...

"How very losable your identity was, Caroline thought, lulled and drowsy. Stripped of your social security card, your charge plates, ...

Ira Levin, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer all must be doing gymnastics in their graves. A few nights ago I saw a trail...

One of the few examples of true noir that show up on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour "Water's Edge" (season 3, episode 3 - 1964...

A recent post on Friday's Forgotten Books host site, pattinase , asked us "Do Men Read Women?" I know I do, but I thought I...

A recent post at Patti Abbott's blog (also the host blog for this weekly tribute to forgotten and overlooked books) asked us which wr...

Thanks to a lively discussion on Lee Thayer related to my previous post on The Mystery of the 13th Floor and the 1001 Midnights Thayer art...