"Vera (TV series) Vera is a British crime drama series based on novels of the same name, written by crime writer Ann Cleeves. It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, eight series have aired. The series stars Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Vera is a middle-aged employee of the fictional Northumberland & City Police, who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. She plods along in a constantly dishevelled state, but has a calculating mind and, despite her irascible personality, she cares deeply about"
"Katherine V. Forrest Katherine V. Forrest (born 1939 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is an American writer, known for her novels about lesbian police detective Kate Delafield. Forrest is best known for her nine novels about Kate Delafield, the first lesbian police detective in the American lesbian mystery genre and is described as ""Miss Marple with k.d. lang, Sherlock Holmes with Candace Gingrich, and you've got Kate Delafield: ex-Marine, homicide detective for the LAPD, queer-as-the-day-is-long heroine."" The second novel in the series, ""Murder at the Nightwood Bar,"" was optioned for film by director Tim Hunter. The screenplay had been written and"
"Arthur B. Reeve Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called ""The American Sherlock Holmes"", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in 18 detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in ""Cosmopolitan"" magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories were released in 1918; it reissued"
"Weihe was the director. Crime and Peter Chambers Crime and Peter Chambers is an American old-time radio detective program. It was broadcast on NBC from April 6, 1954, until September 7, 1954. ""Crime and Peter Chambers"" brought to radio a fictional private detective created by author Henry Kane, who also produced the show and wrote for it. Kane introduced Chambers in the 1947 novel ""A Halo for Nobody"". and featured him in a series of novels, the last of which was ""Kill for the Millions"" (1972). Chambers was based in New York City, and his fee was $500 per day."
"literary artists. Not only did they produce a goodly number of fine fair play puzzles, but their clever tales have more intrinsic interest as social documents and even sometimes as literary novels than they have been credited with having."" This bibliography has been confirmed against a standard reference. Series characters: Lancelot Priestley, Inspector Hanslet and Inspector Jimmy Waghorn. Series characters: Desmond Merrion and Inspector Henry Arnold. Series characters: Christopher and Vivienne Perrin – 'Perrins, Private Investigators'. Written as F.O.O. (Forward Observation Officer) Written as I.O. (Intelligence Officer) Written as C. J. C. Street Written as John Rhode Written as C."
"acclaimed graphic novel ""Incognegro"" written by Mat Johnson as well as ""The Green Woman"" written by renowned horror author Peter Straub and actor/writer Michael Easton. Vankin, formerly a news editor of San Jose, California's ""Metro"" newspaper, is a graduate of Brandeis University. Jonathan Vankin Jonathan Vankin is an American author, journalist and comic book writer/editor. Vankin is best known for his books ""Conspiracies, Cover-Ups and Crimes"" and, with co-writer John Whalen, the ""Greatest Conspiracies"" series, beginning in 1995 with ""The 50 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time"". The latter has now been through four updated editions in addition to the original,"
"Crime and Peter Chambers Crime and Peter Chambers is an American old-time radio detective program. It was broadcast on NBC from April 6, 1954, until September 7, 1954. ""Crime and Peter Chambers"" brought to radio a fictional private detective created by author Henry Kane, who also produced the show and wrote for it. Kane introduced Chambers in the 1947 novel ""A Halo for Nobody"". and featured him in a series of novels, the last of which was ""Kill for the Millions"" (1972). Chambers was based in New York City, and his fee was $500 per day. Unlike many private detectives"
"Mindhunter (TV series) Mindhunter is an American crime drama web television series created by Joe Penhall, based on the true crime book """" written by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. The series is executive produced by Penhall, David Fincher, and Charlize Theron among others, and debuted worldwide on Netflix on October 13, 2017. In November 2017, ""Mindhunter"" was renewed for a second season. Set in 1977 – in the early days of criminal psychology and criminal profiling at the Federal Bureau of Investigation – ""Mindhunter"" revolves around FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), along"
"One (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) ""One"" is the pilot episode of the NBC legal drama """", the second created spinoff of the original ""Law & Order"" series, created by Dick Wolf and developed and co-created veteran ""Law & Order"" writer René Balcer. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on Sunday, September 30, 2001; the series premiere date was pushed back due to the September 11th attacks. The episode follows Detectives Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe) solving the murder of two young college students and a Canadian ex-con, which has a $300 million"
"Jane Stanton Hitchcock Jane Stanton Hitchcock (born November 24, 1946) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. She has written several plays but is known mostly for her mystery novels ""Mortal Friends"", ""One Dangerous Lady"", ""Social Crimes"", ""The Witches' Hammer"" and ""Trick of the Eye"". Hitchcock also wrote the screenplays for ""Our Time"" and ""First Love"". Hitchcock was born Jane Johnston Crowley on , to Robert Crowley, a surgeon, and Joan Crowley (known professionally as Joan Alexander), an actress known for playing Lois Lane on the radio serial ""The Adventures of Superman,"" and Della Street on the radio serial ""Perry"
"of the police officers' reactions to the crimes they investigated. To emphasise how fine a line the police (and Fitz) walk in their close association with criminals, all three series featured several stories in which the police themselves commit criminal acts or become victims of crime. The first two series were written by Jimmy McGovern, excepting the fifth serial ""The Big Crunch,"" which was contributed by Ted Whitehead. Claiming that he had ""nothing more to write about,"" McGovern originally planned to leave after the second series, but was allowed to write the controversial rape storyline, ""Men Should Weep"", when he"
"Stephen Marlowe Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser, in Brooklyn, New York, died , in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Goya, Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created in the 1955 novel ""The Second Longest Night"". Lesser also wrote under the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway, Stephen Wilder and Ellery Queen. Lesser attended the College of William & Mary, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying Leigh Lang shortly after graduating. The couple"
"Down Three Dark Streets Down Three Dark Streets is a 1954 crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman. The screenplay was written by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, based on their novel ""Case File FBI"". FBI agent John Ripley investigates the three cases his murdered partner Zack Stewart was working on, thinking there could be a connection. One involves wanted fugitive Joe Walpo, who has killed a gas-station attendant. Another concerns a department store fashion buyer, Kate Martell, who is being extorted by a man threatening to kill her daughter. Ripley and his new"
"Murder Without Crime Murder Without Crime is a 1951 British crime film directed by J. Lee Thompson (his first film) and starring Dennis Price, Derek Farr and Patricia Plunkett. J. Lee Thompson also wrote the screenplay adapted from ""Double Error"", his own successful West End play. Following a bitter row, writer Stephen Holt (Derek Farr) walks out on his wife Jan (Patricia Plunkett) and goes to drown his sorrows at a nightclub. A drunken Steve ends up returning home with the club’s wily hostess, Grena (Joan Dowling). Just then Jan calls, and announces she’s returning that night to the flat."
"biographical and bibliographical information on Reeve is available in """" Volume 1 (fiction) and Volume 2 (nonfiction) (Locke, editor). Some of his stories include: Arthur B. Reeve Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called ""The American Sherlock Holmes"", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in 18 detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in ""Cosmopolitan"" magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book"
"to consult on tough cases. As Hanks used his wits and his forensics knowledge to solve crimes, he dealt with his holistic housekeeper Angie (Rita Moreno) and his girlfriend Barbara Lorenz (Lynn Whitfield). The show was created by David Black and William Link. Link's previous series included ""Columbo"" on NBC and ""Murder, She Wrote"" on CBS. Link developed the series at Cosby's request, as Cosby wanted to make an intelligent, character-driven mystery series that did not rely on graphic violence. The show began in January 1994 as a two-hour movie, and regular episodes began airing on NBC in September. Critics"
"Law & Order True Crime Law & Order True Crime is an American true crime anthology series that premiered on September 26, 2017 on NBC. The series was ordered by NBC on July 15, 2016, and is part of the ""Law & Order"" franchise. Created by René Balcer, the eight-episode first season, titled Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, is a dramatization of the trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. The series is currently on hiatus. Filming for the series began on June"
"for her success. Christie's works include ""Murder on the Orient Express"" (1934), ""Death on the Nile"" (1937), and ""And Then There Were None"" (1939). Edogawa Rampo is the first Japanese modern mystery writer and the founder of the Detective Story Club in Japan. Rampo was an admirer of western mystery writers. He gained his fame in early 1920s, when he began to bring to the genre many bizarre, erotic and even fantastic elements. This is partly because of the social tension before World War II. In 1957, Seicho Matsumoto received the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for his short story"
"and Walker, Post also created the detectives Sir Henry Marquis of Scotland Yard (""The Sleuth of St James Square"", 1920), the French policeman Monsieur Jonquelle (""Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris"", 1923), and the Virginia lawyer Colonel Braxton (""The Silent Witness"", 1930). Melville Davisson Post Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869 – June 23, 1930) was an American author, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. Although his name is not immediately familiar to those outside of specialist circles, many of his collections are still in print, and many collections of detective fiction include works by him. Post's best-known character"
"13, 2011, ""Law & Order: LA"" was canceled by NBC after only one season, but because of the hiatus did not air its final episode until July 11, 2011. Alana de la Garza and Terrence Howard starred. In April 2016, Wolf and NBC announced they were working on ""True Crime"", a scripted anthology series that will follow one significant true-to-life case per season. Season one, titled ""Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders"" stars Edie Falco as Leslie Abramson, Gaston Villanueva as Lyle Menendez, and Gus Halper as Erik Menendez. It premiered on September 26, 2017 and concluded its"
"Harlem Detective The Harlem Detective series of novels by Chester Himes comprises nine hardboiled novels set in the 1950s and early 1960s: Their protagonists are two black NYPD detectives (whose origins can be traced to a short story Himes published (1933) in ""Abbott's Monthly Magazine"") — Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson — whose names suggest the nature of their police methods and reputation. Jones and Johnson generally go easy with, and even tolerate, numbers operators, madames, whores, and gamblers; but they are extremely hostile to violent criminals, drug dealers, confidence tricksters and pimps. Himes says that they are tough,"
"a computer."" Burke is the daughter of famed fellow crime novelist James Lee Burke. She currently lives in New York City and is married. Alafair Burke Alafair S. Burke (born October 1969) is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is the New York Times bestselling author of two series of crime novels—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher; the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Burke was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, where her mother, Pearl Pai Chu, was"
"American Crime (film) American Crime is a 2004 thriller movie starring Annabella Sciorra, Cary Elwes, Cyia Batten, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael O'Neill, Kip Pardue and Frankie Ray. It is directed by Dan Mintz and produced by Jeff Ritchie. The film is presented in a documentary program style, taking off the style of series such as ""The FBI Files"" and ""The Young Detectives"", both shows showcasing stories on crimes in America. After two strip club workers disappear and are found dead later on, a team of reporters unearth a mysterious tape which shows the women being followed and later murdered by"
"over. Mystery, crime, and horror stories appeared in a number of anthology titles from various publishers but it was not until the advent of Warren Publishing's ""Creepy"" and ""Eerie"" in 1964 that the occasional crime story with a modicum of the style or violence that marked the comics of the late 1940s and early 1950s appeared. Meanwhile, the genre had developed substantially in the hands of European and Japanese creators. In Europe, creators like Vittorio Giardino, Jacques Tardi, José Muñoz, Carlos Sampayo, William Vance and Jean Van Hamme have devoted substantial portions of their oeuvres to crime comics, especially to"
"Unit"" originated with the 1986 ""preppie murder"" case of Robert Chambers, who strangled Jennifer Levin, a woman he dated whom he later killed during what he claimed was consensual ""rough sex"" in Manhattan's Central Park. The crime inspired Dick Wolf to write the story for the season one episode of ""Law & Order"" titled ""Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die"". Even after writing the episode, however, the case continued to haunt Wolf, who wanted to go deeper into the psychology of crimes to examine the role of human sexuality. The original title of the show was ""Sex Crimes"", reflecting"
"Moonlight Mile (novel) Moonlight Mile is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published on November 2, 2010. It is the sixth novel in the author's Kenzie-Gennaro series, focusing on private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. The book is a sequel to Lehane's 1998 novel ""Gone, Baby, Gone"". Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood in 1997. Desperate pleas for help from the child's aunt led savvy, tough-nosed investigators Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. The pair risked everything to find the young girl — only to orchestrate her return"
"while still consulting for the FBI. Kay Scarpetta Kay Scarpetta is a fictional character and protagonist in a series of crime novels written by Patricia Cornwell (born 1956). She first appears in the 1990 novel ""Postmortem"". The character was inspired by former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro, MD (retired). The series is noted for the use of recent forensic technology in Scarpetta's investigations. Dr. Kay Scarpetta was born in Miami, Florida, in 1954. She is of Italian descent on both sides of her family, with the Scarpettas emigrating from Verona, Italy. She is blonde and a sharp dresser,"
"detective, Jimmy is an ex-convict who currently owns a convenience store, and Dave is a shell of a man. Jimmy's daughter disappears and is found brutally murdered in a city park, and that same night, Dave comes home to his wife, covered in blood. Sean is assigned to investigate the murder, and the three childhood friends are caught up in each other's lives again. ""Mystic River"", the Academy Award-winning adaptation of the novel, was released in 2003. The film was directed by Clint Eastwood and starred Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum (the character's last name was changed from Marcus to"
"forensic anthropologist and author Kathy Reichs, created by Hart Hanson. The series ran for 12 seasons from September 13, 2005 to March 28, 2017. For her performance, she received a 2006 Satellite Award nomination and a 2007 Teen Choice Award nomination. Deschanel and Boreanaz served as co-producers at the start of the show's third season, before becoming producers in the middle of the show's fourth season. While ""Bones"" was still in production, Deschanel also played the Brennan character on a 2015 episode of ""Sleepy Hollow"" and a 2016 episode of ""BoJack Horseman"". Deschanel, with Alyson Hannigan, Jaime King, Minka Kelly,"
"a project of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. David Burnham David Burnham (born 1933) is an American investigative journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. He rose to prominence in 1970 while writing a series of articles for ""The"" ""New York Times"" on police corruption, which inspired the 1973 film ""Serpico"". He is also known for writing a series of articles about labor union activist Karen Silkwood, who mysteriously died while en route to meet Burnham to share evidence that the nuclear facility where she worked knew that its workers were exposed to unhealthy levels"
"Confidential"" Detective Sergeant Jack Vincennes (? – March 29, 1958) is one of the major characters in ""L.A. Confidential"". Known for being flashy and colorful, as well as taking cases which get the most publicity. He famously arrested Bebop musician Charlie Parker and actor Robert Mitchum on two high-profile pot busts; from a tip off from Sid Hudgens. However, over the course of the book his actions cause an amount of guilt and throws his life into turmoil, such as the loss of his marriage. He allies himself with Bud White and Ed Exley in a way to redeem himself."
"A Night for Crime A Night for Crime is a 1943 American Mystery film starring Glenda Farrell and Lyle Talbot. The film is directed by Alexis Thurn-Taxis and was released by Producers Releasing Corporation on February 18, 1943. Murders in a Hollywood film studio baffles a reporter and PR man. Joe Powell (Lyle Talbot) a publicity director for a film studio visits his girlfriend Susan Cooper (Glenda Farrell). When they hear a woman scream, they find out that Ellen Smith who lives across the street has been strangled to death in her apartment. Later, an actress named Mona Harrison (Lina"
"James Cartee began playing the role soon after Addis's arrest in 2009, and again after Addis's death in 2012. Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of """" (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in order to write a first-hand account of the lives and experiences of its members. In 1970 he wrote an unconventional magazine feature entitled ""The Kentucky"