Can you recommend a novel that features art theft, forgery or other fine art-related crimes? [more inside]
posted by Gin and Comics on Jul 11, 2012 - 41 answers

What's the best mobster movie for every country (other than America) that's ever made a mobster movie? [more inside]
posted by Afroblanco on Sep 21, 2011 - 31 answers

What-was-that-book-filter: 70's or 80's (?) heist (?) novel that involved shutting down L.A. by closing a couple of freeways and the central telephone switching system. [more inside]
posted by dersins on Jul 15, 2011 - 10 answers

What are some examples of fictional thrillers that revolve around some kind of currency manipulation or other arcane financial shenanigans? Spy novels, murder mysteries, police procedurals, action movies, doesn't matter what genre. Not interested in crimes like bank robberies, just white collar crimes. (Non-fiction about these kinds of capers is also acceptable.) The more arcane and complicated the scheme, the better.
posted by empath on Jul 4, 2011 - 51 answers

Follow-up: What could temporarily block or disable the tracking anklet my fictional character is wearing? [more inside]
posted by baronessa on Apr 25, 2011 - 16 answers

I want to read new crime fiction and/or mystery short stories. Where should I look? [more inside]
posted by dersins on Aug 18, 2010 - 6 answers

Does the government report successful bank robberies? Accounting frauds? Counterfeit schemes? If it does report them, where? [more inside]
posted by LonnieK on Jun 18, 2010 - 3 answers

I will be traveling through Toronto (from Detroit area) on the way to Muskoka soon and I am looking for some good bookstores in the region. I am interested in everything, but I really have a yen for good mystery and crime fiction. Any ideas?
posted by cows of industry on Oct 1, 2008 - 10 answers

What would a person have to do in order to get a one year jail sentence in the California penal system. [more inside]
posted by SECONDHANDSMOTE on Feb 15, 2008 - 18 answers

I need to read something in Spanish. I want excellent writing, with involving plots, and it must be in print. Good detective fiction perhaps? [more inside]
posted by andrew cooke on Aug 6, 2007 - 22 answers

Know any good horror/crime fiction? [more inside]
posted by Bookhouse on Oct 11, 2006 - 27 answers

Can you libel someone in fiction if you don't use their name? If I were to write a story based on a real murder, in which anyone from my home town would instantly recognize the source, can an acquitted murderer sue me? [more inside]
posted by Bookhouse on Jul 27, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm a pretty dedicated reader, but one of the genres I haven't explored much is classic crime/noir fiction. (I do love James Ellroy, but that's about all I've read.) I know that the big guns are Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Jim Thompson. Any suggestions as to which titles to start with (The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, and The Grifters all come to mind first, of course, because of the films), as well as other authors to consider? I'd also be happy to entertain suggestions of really high quality true crime, though my hunch is that In Cold Blood is probably unbeatable.
posted by scody on Mar 30, 2005 - 42 answers