Financial crime with real consequences. 

I love a good author event and have attended several swell appearances already this year. Here's who's up next. What about for you?

Wallace Stroby's Kings of Midnight is the follow-up to one of my favorites of last year - Cold Shot to the Heart, and I've compiled a list of ten books and films that mirror the appeal of Stroby's saga of a professional thief up against the wall.

James Sallis's novel Drive, the basis for the film of the same name starring Ryan Gosling, has got a brand new follow up - Driven. Man, that guy can write.

Another unearthed forgotten classic of the golden-age of pulps from Hard Case Crime is a good reminder of the tenants of hardboiled: Be thee lean. Be thee mean. Be'est thou unsentimental.

Last week's passing of Harry Crews leaves another significant void to be filled. Here's what I'm looking for...

In his debut novel, The Inquisitor, Mark Allen Smith has created one of the most exciting and original protagonists since Sara Gran gave us Claire DeWitt.

A list of some worthy titles that may not be on your radar including something for fans of The Hunger Games, an audio book and something that's free for your NOOK this week!

Gary Phillips, the creator of Ivan Monk, Martha Chainey and Nate Hollis, answers a few questions.

A list of some of my favorite crime songs from the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Neko Case to Bobby Darin and Vicki Lawrence inspired by the narco corrido passages in T. Jefferson Parker's latest The Jaguar.