Stephen King called this book "the best crime fiction I've read in 20 years," and now it's being adapted into a movie with an A-list star.

Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading ...

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A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

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Prolific crime fiction author Dennis Lehane is returning to the world of TV with a new Apple TV+ miniseries. Lehane, who created the Emmy-winning “Black Bird,” is reuniting with “Black Bird” star ...

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"The Night of Baba Yaga," a novel about Japan's yakuza underworld, has won the UK's 2025 Dagger prize for crime fiction in ...

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