Today over at The Life Sentence, author and TLS Board member Bill Loehfelm gives us an excellent rundown on the progressive politics and pleasures of everyone’s favorite FBI sci-fi show of the ...
Once again, we at The Life Sentence want to bring you the best in crime fiction news and fun from across the globe, even when we can’t report on such news ourselves. So we send trusty people li...
“We can’t all be saints,” says John Dillinger in the epigraph of Chris Holm’s new thriller, THE KILLING KIND. And what a boring world it would be, one full of saints. At least on the page...
We’re all afraid of something. Some of those fears are common enough to have movies named in their honor (Arachnophobia, anyone?) and some are a little more exotic (afraid of large things? you�...
We asked for all things little and pretty to celebrate the release of Lori Rader-Day ’s second novel, LITTLE PRETTY THINGS, and you answered! The five winning entries will receive hand-made ...
entertainmentweekly : > Authors took to Twitter today to give hilarious advice on what NOT > to say to a writer via #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter—and the > results were G...
It’s a sad day when any author dies but we at The Life Sentence are especially sorry to hear of the passing of true crime legend Ann Rule at the age of 83. For many crime fiction and true crime...
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Even when the editorial staff of The Life Sentence can’t make it across the pond to events like Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, we still want you, our faithful and crime-loving ...
With the news that NBC is canceling Hannibal after three seasons , we at The Life Sentence thought it was high time we paid some well-deserved attention to Dr. Hannibal Lecter. As we did earlier...
Summer in New York City means a lot things but for thriller authors and fans, there’s just one thing: ThrillerFest. This year, our intrepid EIC Lisa Levy braved the heat and the crowds to bring...
The last time we checked in with our esteemed Editorial Board, we asked them for book recommendations. This time, we want to know what our board members are sipping while they’re reading — a...
Over at The Life Sentence, author and TLS board member Andrew Kaplan gives us a rundown on the six characteristics of a great thriller . And what IS a great thriller, according to Kaplan? “FO...
Ten years ago, Don Winslow took readers on a little Mexican vacation in The Power of the Dog. Full of sun, surf, and…drugs. Lots and lots of drugs. Wait, maybe this wasn’t really a bree...
Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles district attorney who successfully prosecuted Charles Manson and several of his followers for the 1969 Tate-LaBianca Murders, died on June 6, 2015, at age 80. ...
Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994, but the love of grunge—and all things Nirvana—never died. Over at The Life Sentence, we’re reviewing Lynn Crosbie’s Where Did You Sleep Last Night, ...
The Javits Center means different things to different people. For book people in May, it means BEA. Here’s The Life Sentence’s own Lisa Levy—founder, editor in chief, braver of massive crow...
Thanks to author, Life Sentence Editorial Board Member, and Special Crime Correspondent, Stav Sherez —and, yes, SCC is officially a thing—it’s now possible to experience the thrills of atte...
When the mood strikes us at The Life Sentence—hopefully this will be on a semi-regular basis—we like pass along gems from our fantastic Editorial Board. We ask our board members what they’r...
hiplit : > Daniel Levine is the author of the New > York Times Editor’s Choice novel, HYDE (from hmhbooks > ), which was named one of > the five best thrillers of...