'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

Martin Russell's speciality as a crime novelist was to write about ordinary people in extraordinary situations, confronting intolerable ...

Ron Perlman is a charismatic actor and his presence in the cast is enough to make The Gentleman worth a look. This recent film is set in Ba...

I chanced upon Fanny Lye Deliver'd on Amazon Prime, and although I'd never heard of the film, the cast was strong enough for me to ...

The sad news of Len Deighton's passing coincided with my learning that there was an exhibition at the Manchester branch of the Imperial ...

Doctors Also Die is the rather melodramatic title of D.M. Devine's second novel, originally published in 1962. I don't think it eve...

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I was very sorry to learn of the death of Len Deighton, one of the most influential genre writers of the twentieth century, and someone whom...

The Drop is an American crime film of high quality, thanks to an excellent combination of ingredients. First and foremost, the script is te...

Death in a Domino is the American title of a novel originally published in the UK and US in 1932 and now reprinted in the excellent series ...

Czech Mate was a feature-film-length episode in the series Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense , a TV anthology series I didn't watch ...