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Noirathon - LA vs NY: Round 7



The Champ: THE GLASS WALL (NY)

Man, times sure have changed. Handsome (and obviously Italian) Vittorio Gassman plays Peter Kaban, a Hungarian escapee from a Nazi concentration camp who illegally stows away on a ship bound for New York City. He hopes to locate an American soldier whose life he saved, a clarinet player he knows only as “Tom.” Needless to say, it’s… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on April 23, 2007 at 9:26am — No Comments

Far from the last word on Young Cho...

... but because it's not possible to sustain the intensity with which I've felt this whole matter, this is likely to be the last word from me. Today's New York Times has a definitive article on what happened at Virginia Tech last week. Cho's whole life seems to have been a silent cry for help, up to the point where he decided to fight back. Unfortunately, this being Ammurrica, the way he decided to fight back was by arming himself. However long he may have had violent thoughts, we now know…

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Added by Dianne Day on April 23, 2007 at 8:23am — 2 Comments

Things That Go Bump In The Night.

Are there any fans of Scooby Do out there? If there are and they were watching they must have enjoyed the latest outing for Sea of Souls (BBC1 Tues/Thurs), as it happens so did I.

It was the most splendid hokum involving murder, black magic and the transmigration of souls, all set in a remote house in Scotland that could have come straight from a Hammer Horror film.

Predictably most of the television critics were rather sniffy about the show on the grounds that the whole thing…

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Added by Adam Colclough on April 23, 2007 at 5:48am — No Comments

Neighbours, Quakers and Olympic slumping

Managed to catch up with the neighbours opposite this morning while I was sorting the cars out - they're very sweet but they're the kind who find my writing life distinctly weird (as indeed do Marian & Siegi, our golfing friends), so I've learnt - as with M. & S. - not to bring it into the conversation when asked what I've been up to. So I've caught up on holiday news (not sure when the next will be yet), the daughter's wedding (quiet but pleasant) and her ensuing pregnancy…

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Added by Anne Brooke on April 23, 2007 at 4:47am — No Comments

Elections here in France

Today is the first voting day for the presidential election. (Second and last part on May 6th.) 2002 was pretty traumatizing here because Le Pen (extreme right) went straight into the second part of the vote. BTW my ex, Jean-Hugues Oppel, wrote a wonderful novel on the subject called French Tabloids (hommage to Ellroy of course.) Some elements of the main female protagonist were inspired by me… Continue

Added by Delphine Cingal on April 22, 2007 at 10:28pm — 6 Comments

The Outpost - Issue 3

On April 9, the 3rd Issue of The Outpost was posted. The Outpost features Australian crime fiction short stories and is published quarterly on the Crime Down Under site. So far we have seen a vast range of stories and the 3rd issue features more entertaining reading with a couple of dark humoured stunners punctuating some detective tales. You can also check back on the previous two issues…

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Added by Damien Gay on April 22, 2007 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Blog in French

I just started writing a blog (in French) http://delphinecingal.blogspot.com/

Added by Delphine Cingal on April 22, 2007 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Charles Kelly's PAY HERE cover

Added by Point Blank Press on April 22, 2007 at 11:32am — No Comments

Hard Case Crime reading Sunday, 4/22 in NYC

Sorry for the last-minute notice -- but I thought some of you might be interested. Tomorrow night (Sunday, April 22) we'll be holding a Hard Case Crime reading at KGB Bar in New York (7-9PM, 85 East 4th Street) featuring Jason Starr (co-author of SLIDE), Max Phillips (Shamus winner for FADE TO BLONDE), Peter Pavia (author of DUTCH UNCLE), and some shameless self-promoter calling himself "Richard Aleas."



All Crimespace folk who happen to be in town are welcome -- I'd love to see you and… Continue

Added by Charles Ardai on April 22, 2007 at 10:54am — No Comments

Noirathon - LA vs NY: Round 6

The Champ: PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (NY)



PICKUP is often called Fuller’s finest and it’s difficult not to agree. Irreverent, kinetic and full of great actors who deliver top notch performances, this film is one that I can watch a hundred times. A cynical pickpocket (Widmark) lifts a hooker’s wallet on the subway without realizing the wallet contains a piece of stolen top-secret microfilm destined to be sold to the reds by communist spies.… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on April 22, 2007 at 7:41am — 1 Comment

Frocks, friends and Philippes

We had a great time at Robin & Gavin's last night - as I thought, Liz and John were there too, and the six of us had a really good time. I think it's the best time I've had out at someone's house socially since Christmas - so thanks for making that possible, Robin! Whilst there, we were chatting about Liz's son, Rob, who's an up-and-coming actor and also very hot-looking too (down, girl, down!) - and so I've asked Sue (…

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Added by Anne Brooke on April 22, 2007 at 2:16am — No Comments

Why I better be remembered in the will

Hi all,



Forgive me for the lateness or rather untopicality, sort of, of this post. I had intended to post same almost since I set up this page and am just getting to it now.



For those of you familiar with my regular blog What I Know So Far, (not to worry, I'll be bringing that stuff over here, too) you know that the Barnes and Noble on 66th and Broadway in Manhattan is my new Mecca. This is precisely the knowledge used by my… Continue

Added by Dee Savoy on April 21, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Research a holic

Well, now that Boucher book is turned in, I'm back to square one on trying to find a new subject for a biography. It's been something of a back and forth process to find someone with enough available personal data to write an entire book, a willing estate, and a person who hasn't been written about in the past.

In the course of looking though, I feel my addiction coming back. I love research! I love being able to get lost in the many details of times gone by and the myriad resources…

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Added by Jeffrey Marks on April 21, 2007 at 8:43pm — 1 Comment

Cold Day in Hell, Richard Hawke

Title: COLD DAY IN HELL

Publisher: Scribe Publications, Australia

Author: Richard Hawke

Edition released: April 2007

ISBN 978-1-921215-12-4

288 pages

Genre: Crime Fiction

Reviewed by: Karen Chisholm



Fans of wise cracking, hard men with hearts of gold style Private Investigators are going to be very pleased to catch up with Fritz Malone in Richard Hawke's second book COLD DAY IN HELL.



Set in New York, COLD DAY IN HELL opens up with famous late-night… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 21, 2007 at 2:54pm — No Comments

New contests on my book blog

Once again, this week I'll be offering two ARCs. Wendy Howell Mills' latest Sabrina Dunsweeney mystery, Island Blues is due out in May, so I'm offering the ARC of the first in the series, Island Intrigue. I'm also offering the most recent Tarot Card Mystery by David Skibbins, The Star.

If you'd like to enter the contests, check out my book blog at www.lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com for details.…

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Added by Lesa Holstine on April 21, 2007 at 1:45pm — No Comments

The Body We Left

This is another flash fiction piece that originally appeared at Tribe's excellent Flashing in the Gutters site.



Way out there, we couldn’t do anything but bury the girl and leave a marker for someone to find. With Ray already limping from his knee injury, we couldn’t carry her back, and if we just left her in the woods, half naked and cut up so bad, animals would come along and no one would ever find her, or even know who she was. So I dug with the camp shovel, doing what…

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Added by J. Mark Bertrand on April 21, 2007 at 12:13pm — No Comments

The Code You'll Live By

This short piece originally appeared on Tribe's excellent Flashing in the Gutters site.



Not your fault your first shot missed, not your fault the punk returned fire. Not your fault Reymond's vest didn't cover his paunch or that he stood stock still in the doorway, fumbling with the thumb break on his new duty rig.



Not your fault he got killed.



Punk was Reymond's word. Everyone on the street was a punk to him. Or a kid.



You don't have…

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Added by J. Mark Bertrand on April 21, 2007 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Noirathon - LA vs NY: Round 5

The Champ: CRY OF THE CITY (NY)







I love the “Suitable only for adults” label on the poster. CRY is a really wonderful and often overlooked gem, directed by Robert Siodmak and featuring a perfect combination of real New York exteriors and the kind of wonderful, classic Noir backlot streets that I wish I could live on. The plot involves two Italian guys who grew up in the same neighborhood on the Lower East Side. One became a cop… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on April 21, 2007 at 6:25am — No Comments

Falling in Love Again

Okay, I admit it. I've met someone new.



Sigh. *batseyes*



Do you want to hear about him? I don't even know what to say, he's soooo dreamy. Which means, I admit, that I dream about him constantly. Daydream. You know. Oh my. But he's so amazing.



His name is Eager Gillespie.



Yes, I know, that couldn't be his real name? Could it? Maybe it is. When a while can be named Moon Unit or Metallica, Eager doesn't sound so weird. Of course, maybe it's…

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Added by Bill Cameron on April 21, 2007 at 3:14am — No Comments

The Shots Editors Celebrate Michael Marshall's THE INTRUDERS



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Added by Mike Stotter on April 21, 2007 at 2:56am — No Comments

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