Sentences with phrase «best debut crime»

His previous novels are Mission Flats, which won the Dagger Award as best debut crime novel of 2003, and The Strangler, which was an L.A.... (more)

His previous novels are Mission Flats, which won the Dagger Award as best debut crime novel of 2003, and The Strangler, which was an L.A. Times favorite crime novel and was nominated for the Strand Magazine Critics Award as best crime novel of 2007.

Not exact matches

Featuring some of Sinatra's finest work in front of the camera, the collection includes a trio of musicals («Anchors Aweigh,» «On the Town» and «Guys and Dolls») and two of the best crime movies of the era («Ocean's 11» and «Robin and the 7 Hoods»), three of which have been newly re-mastered for their Blu - ray debut.

After that, she appeared in both «Tiny Furniture» and «The Myth Of The American Sleepover» in the same year, as well as leading Adam Wingard «s «A Horrible Way To Die,» 2011 saw her return to producing with both Joe Swanberg «s «Silver Bullets» and the Greta Gerwig - written «The Dish & The Spoon,» before making her directorial debut in 2012 with crime tale «Sun Don't Shine,» one of the best - received films at SXSW (and edited by «Ain't Them Bodies Saints» director David Lowery).

While Tarantino's debut sits at a cosy stall right at a crossroads in»90s film history, Bottle Rocket might actually be deemed the better film, a bungled crime caper revolving around a lead character whose pluck and moxie shroud serious psychological damage.

While getting career - best performances from John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and Uma Thurman, Tarantino made good on the promise of his 1992 debut (Reservoir Dogs) and crafted one of the most innovative crime dramas ever.

John Michael McDonagh (writer of Ned Kelly) makes his feature directorial debut with this crime thriller that apparently has a decent amount of comedy as well.

After establishing himself as one of America's best playwrights with «American Buffalo» and «Glengarry Glen Ross,» and writing the screenplays for «The Verdict» and «The Untouchables,» David Mamet made his film directing debut with the carefully constructed crime thriller «House of Games.»

Ricky, on the other hand, fancies himself an instant organized crime big shot, leading him to do a number of none - too - bright things that draw the ire of Big Apple big boss Ruiz (Sean «Don't Call Me «Puffy»» Combs, who fares better than expected in his acting debut), his underling Horace (Faizon Love), and most of all the increasingly impatient Bobby.

Well, the Clown Prince of Crime finally made his debut in the Batman prequel series -LSB-...]

Other film credits include the recent comedy «Keanu»; Peter Bogdanovich's «She's Funny That Way,» opposite Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson; «Life of Crime,» opposite Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Tim Robbins and Isla Fisher; «Run and Jump,» which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Best Irish Feature Award at the Galway Film Festival; the Adam Sandler Netflix comedy «The Ridiculous 6,» as well as «That's My Boy,» opposite Sandler and Andy Samberg; and «The Watch,» opposite Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill and Vince Vaughn.

Britain's Crime Writers» Association is gearing up for another round of the Debut Dagger competition, its annual search for the best unpublished English - language crime fiction nCrime Writers» Association is gearing up for another round of the Debut Dagger competition, its annual search for the best unpublished English - language crime fiction ncrime fiction novel.

Of the remaining 9, though, there is only one first novelist, Alice LaPlante, who garners the treasured Mystery Showcase daily double by landing on both our top 10 and best crime - fiction debut lists.

Hachette Books Ireland bought Irish and UK Commonwealth rights for Louise's debut psychological crime novel Red Ribbons, which was shortlisted in this year's Irish Book Awards for Best Crime Novel of the Year crime novel Red Ribbons, which was shortlisted in this year's Irish Book Awards for Best Crime Novel of the Year Crime Novel of the Year 2012.

Last week my debut novel ranked as high as # 11 on Amazon's Best Selling Fiction in the Thriller / Crime category.

«Set in 1795, Kuhns's quiet, well - crafted debut, the winner of the MWA / Minotaur Books First Crime Novel competition, poignantly captures the Shaker ethos of the period.

DeSilva's debut has everything a crime fan could want: a stubborn, street - smart hero with a snarky sense of humor; a fast - paced plot; a realistic, postmillennium newspaper setting; mean, pot - holed streets; and, best of all, a knowing portrait of a small city and a tiny state famous for jiggery - pokery and corruption.

This year's best crime fiction debuts kept us entertained and on the edges of our seats as if they were authored by seasoned pros.

Fortunately, many of them are very good indeed, which is why this year's compilation of our best crime novels and best crime debuts contains more than its share.

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It was selected as one of Booklist» s Best Crime Novel Debuts of the Year and nominated for an Edgar -LSB-...]

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