Category: Crime

More Fatale for All

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If you’re already reading Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips then you might want to skip this post.  If you’re not reading Fatale, or it sold out before you could get your mits on a copy, then you’re in luck.  Fatale 1 and 2 have gone back to press, so there will be copies for you to jump on board to read the story of…

  • Nicolas Lash, a modern-day reporter who stumbles on a secret that leads him down the darkest path imaginable… to a seductive woman named Jo. She’s been on the run since 1935, entangled with a mobster who may be a monstrous immortal demon. As the stories of all the doomed men who have encountered Jo rise to the surface, Lash realizes that he too is caught in a deadly web. In addition to a riveting epic that blends noir and horror…

You can read more at CBR.com’s coverage of the story.

“Goodfellas” TV Series Coming to AMC

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The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that AMC is developing a new tv series based on the critically-acclaimed movie “Goodfellas.”   Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote the novel [and co-wrote the screenplay along  with director Martin Scorsese] is on board as an executive producer.

If AMC’s “Goodfellas” lives up to expectations, then they’ll have another hit on their hands.  I’m ready to set my DVR now!

Drive Sequel Due in April 2012

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Just a little over five years ago I posted about two great crime noir novels I’d just read.  One was Drive by James Sallis.  [The other was The Wheelman by Duane Swierczynski.]  Drive was the story of a get-a-way driver brought in on a heist that was a set-up from the start.  It went on to become a major motion picture that fans and critics loved.  This coming April, James Sallis and the Driver return in the sequel, Driven. 

Six years later – Phoenix.  Out of nowhere someone wants Driver dead.
Who?  Why?  Big mistake.

I’m looking forward to the novel and would love to see the team that made the movie return for the sequel.

Max Allan Collins, Chris Mills & Nolan

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Don’t you love the look of the new editions of Max Allan Collins’ Nolan crime novels coming for Perfect Crime Books?  For those not in the know, Nolan is an aging thief and Max Allan Collins is the author of the Nate Heller series, the Quarry series, and many, many other books.  I’ve never read anything that wasn’t excellent that was written by Max Allan Collins.   

Oh, by the way, our buddy, Chris Mills designed the Nolan covers and did a fantastic job.  Take a bow, Chris!

Justified Three Times Over

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Justified. 

If you’re not watching it, you should give it a go. If it’s not my favorite show it’s definitely in the top 3 [Breaking Bad and Walking Dead are right there, too].   The new season starts in January, but FX has released three new teasers to get our attention,

The first teaser is the weakest of the three, but still makes me want more.  The second teaser is my favorite.  The third teaser is the most creative in that it makes you think one thing and then realize that you’re totally wrong… the third teaser also hints at what could be a major plot point of the third season.


Rare Marilyn Monroe + Nate Heller

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Would you like to see some rare photos of Marilyn Monroe taken in 1953 when she was filming [my favorite] Monroe film, River of No Return [with Robert Mitchum]?  Thanks to The Huffington Post, you can.

If you have any interest in Marilyn Monroe and/or  historical fiction you should check out Bye Bye, Baby by Max Allan Collins.  It’s one of my favorite Nate Heller books and they are all excellent.