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Best-selling American crime writer James Ellroy, author of LA Confidential and The Black Dahlia, leads a unique bus tour down the mean streets of his own Los Angeles.

The Long Firm, by Jake Arnott, provides a vivid and ferociously detailed story of London gangsters in the 1960s.

James Ellroy (LA Confidential, The Black Dahlia) churns the JFK assassination into page-turning, high-grade pulp.

Now over a decade old, Curtis Hanson's love-letter to L.A. still stands up as one of the very best examples of a crime movie.

Robbie Coltrane gives the kid's roles a rest to play a tormented detective in a twisting, suspenseful new three-part drama.

Street Kings wants us to invest in its characters. It wants Tom Ludlow to be Vic Mackey, and it wants to have depth. Unfortunately, all these ideas fall short in the end.

We see it in our mind's eye as the color of fertile black earth -but rarely do we see it growing out of that earth. We have plenty of "near blacks," but few true blacks.

Based on a real-life unsolved 1947 murder, "The Black Dahlia" is worth watching if only for its gorgeous period sets. It's not as good as the book, but few films are.

A noir-infused view of the contemporary L.A.P.D., Kings is L.A. Confidential with Keanu Reeves and an artillery of brutality.

Phil Spector, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Zappa, Janis Joplin, Doors, Elvis, Cher and Hendrix feature in rock and roll history tours of Hollywood and Sunset Strip in LA.

Sharp Teeth is a novel written in free verse, about rival gangs of werewolves roaming the streets and suburbs of Los Angeles; a sprawling story of love and death.

True Crime is a collection of nonfiction tales showcasing the best American crime writing. It can serve as a primer for creative writers who wish learn about the genre.

From July 9-15, the American Library Association's annual meeting will take place in Chicago, IL, one of the largest gatherings of librarians in the country.

Offbeat Los Angeles tour company Esotouric adds rock music, architecture and literary tours to tours like Raymond Chandler's LA, the Black Dahlia and Halloween Horrors

Teenagers have an intense curiosity about crimes, and most teens do not have the tools to avoid unexpectedly stumbling on inappropriate images or unsafe forums.

A profile of Ted Levine, the gifted character actor whose CV includes a recurring role in the TV show Monk as well as the films The Silence of the Lambs, and Heat.

Forget Fabio covers and pretty people overwhelmed with passion. B.J. Daniels is a Harlequin writer who brings depth and adventure to the line through Harlequin Intrigues.

The romance novel genre has a reputation of silly naughtiness. Books often provide easy and superficial characters, but romance genre has a wide range.

In a world of ghostly encounters, where the only real monsters are the living, one gifted young man will make it his life's work to stop the evil wrongdoings of humanity.

This handsome, comprehensive package offers superior special features, including observations by noir experts Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, James Ellroy and Eddie Muller