Been listening to The Great Destroyer all day. And it's like this movie is playing in my head, this neo-noir hardboiled whodunnit. Not sure how well the lyrics would agree if I broke it d… Read More

We work with several successful self-publishers across a range of genres to print beautiful editions of their books. In this p… Read More

Counterweight: A Novel English | July 11, 2023 | ASIN: B0BL946YSP | M4B@63 kbps | 4h 37m | 129.76 MB Author: DjunaNarrator: Daniel K. Isaac A WIRED “BOOK YOU NEED TO READ” For fa… Read More

Among the One-Hundred: The Maltese Falcon (1941)Should it matter when The Maltese Falcon first flew my way? Those who repeat screen will understand however, so here and now may do to share w… Read More

 by Sherif M. Awad"The Shadows of Cinema: Tracing the Enigmatic History of Film Noir" There have been many film genres that have emerged in American cinema over the years. Here are some… Read More

Attention all Resident Evil enthusiasts! The highly anticipated next episode of the thrilling film noir web series, CARRIER: A Raccoon City Story, is just around the corner and we have some… Read More

THIS WEEK: A pair of excellent new series arrive from DC — Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1 and Waller Vs. WildStorm #1 — and we’ve got reviews of them both. Plus, we check in… Read More

Laura English | June 08, 2010 | ASIN: B003QL14DW | MP3@32 kbps | 6h 24m | 84.57 MB Author: Vera CasparyNarrator: Christian Rummel, Eileen Stevens, Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser Laura Hunt was t… Read More

Whether you’re in the mood for a straight-forward whodunnit murder mystery or craving a far-reaching conspiracy with huge societal ramifications, we’ve narrowed down a list of… Read More

In 1968, Warner Bros-Seven Arts released a film that forever changed the way in which car chases were shot. Directed by Peter Yates, and starring Steve McQueen, Bullitt became the gold stand… Read More

Neo-Noir is a term used to describe films that are more “neo” than classic noir. The term originated in the 1970s as an attempt to define new detective stories and movies such as… Read More

Some of the most popular films from Hollywood’s Golden Age have been dubbed “film noir” for their dark, gritty storylines. But what exactly defines a film as “noir&rd… Read More

 I've often mentioned in online musings that I discovered the detective novel via a bit of young reader's naïveté. In the wake of Chinatown, a host of new detective films ro… Read More

| We have Dark Horse Comics’ June 2022 solicits and solicitations in full, from Hellboy to Cyberpunk 77, from new graphic novels like Always Never, to old ones like AKA Goldfish. A… Read More

 Generally, I like strange books, this one not so much.  A noir tale set in a confusing mix of contemporary vernacular and 40’s hardboiled detective story.  A creeping m… Read More

Just binged the first half of the final (fourth) season of Ozark, some seven episodes of pure adrenalin, propelled by powerful plots with memorable characters and all kinds of stunning surpr… Read More

Our Double Bogie continues with The Big Sleep, adapted from the Raymond Chandler novel in which private detective Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) gets mixed up in the affairs of the wealthy… Read More

To celebrate the fact that I finally got around to reading Doomsday Clock (Johns, et al, 2017 to 2019), DC Comic’s official sequel to the seminal Watchmen (Moore, et al, 1986 to 19… Read More

One thing that remains constant in the noir films and fiction is the gun selection. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) For a big chunk of the 20th Century, handy, often pocket-sized revolvers and… Read More

After describing his previous film, Tennessee, as fresh, juvenile, and unapologetically rule-breaking, we’re excited to welcome filmmaker Jack Wedge back to S/W with his latest boundar… Read More

Armed with wild twists and silly accents, Rian Johnson’s Knives Out became a surprise box office hit last year. A modern homage to the classic whodunnits birthed by writers like… Read More

Scott Meslow is a culture critic whose other bylines include GQ, Vulture, The Week, and The Atlantic To quote a phrase I just made up off the top of my head: There’s no place like home… Read More

Dark Horse Comics have announced their plans to release a complete complete collection of Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s award-winning and internationally acclaimed BLA… Read More

Fairy tales again, but not in a noir/hardboiled style – this time it is science fiction: I’ve just got a call for a collection of SF takes on classic fairy tales, and here I am t… Read More

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of November 6-12, 2017: Special Events:45th Annual Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, October 28-Novovember 12Barb… Read More

Hello, all:I am excited to announce that my very first eBook mystery, DEAD IN THE ROSE CITY, is now up on Kindle and Nook.A cross between Body Heat and Mike Hammer, DEAD IN THE ROSE CITY is… Read More