The Rap Sheet

07/06/2026

Check out The Rap Sheet's selection of more than 400 works of mystery, crime, and thriller fiction—from both sides of the Atlantic—scheduled to reach bookstores between now and Labor Day.

Well, after severe time pressures this last spring compelled me to limit my list of forthcoming crime, mystery, and thriller works to U.S....

07/06/2026

Season 4 of "Beyond Paradise" will debut in the U.S. this coming Tuesday, June 9!
https://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2026/06/troubles-in-paradise.html

06/06/2026

"The new family-friendly whodunnit is a thoughtful, sweet love letter to the genre."

Featured image credit: Amazon MGM Studios via Variety In the new film The Sheep Detectives, the rules that govern murder mystery novels—specifically fair play whodunnits—are holy principles. They v…

06/06/2026

"A man has been charged with murder in the stabbing of Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy, who was in a relationship with the suspect’s mother.

"Michael Gledhill, 44, was charged after police say officers found the 81-year-old Handy stabbed in the chest and unconscious outside his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Handy was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead. ...

"Born in New York, Handy appeared in films and TV shows for decades.

"He was known for his role as an exterminator in the 1995 film Jumanji and more recently as the bartender Jimmy in the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick, according to IMDB. He also appeared in some of the top TV crime dramas, including NCIS: Los Angeles, The Closer and Cold Case."

Handy, 81, died after being stabbed, allegedly by Michael Gledhill, whose mother was in relationship with Handy

04/06/2026

"During the 1980s 'Miami Vice' was one of the few television series to receive an official 'series finale.' Most shows from that era and earlier decades simply ended without a formal conclusion when they were cancelled, with only a handful of exceptions such as 'M*A*S*H,' 'The Fugitive' and 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.'

"Frank Holman is listed as the co-writer of the final episode, a pseudonym used by Michael Mann himself. Holman was also the name of a TV character played by Ted Levine in Mann’s crime series 'Crime Story.'

"The cancellation of 'Miami Vice' was primarily due to escalating production costs and declining ratings. By Season 5 episodes ranked around 57th out of 110 series, a significant drop compared to the show’s early success (Top 10 in Season 2 and Top 30 in Season 3). Michael Mann ultimately made the decision to end the series. Don Johnson stated that it was time to move on and that all good 'Vice' stories had already been told anyway. Additionally, surpassing the 100-episode mark made the show eligible for syndication, allowing production costs to be recovered."

04/06/2026

"That’s right! The mystery-thriller of Summer ’24 is getting a Netflix adaptation! Liz Moore’s 'God of the Woods' is going to become a limited series. As the kids say, I am so *seated*."

That’s right! The mystery-thriller of Summer ’24 is getting a Netflix adaptation! Liz Moore’s God of the Woods is going to become a limited series. As the kids say, I am so seated…

04/06/2026

"The outspoken crime novelist talks his provocative new book, his hatred of technology and why the film adaptation of LA Confidential is a ‘turkey.'"

The outspoken crime novelist talks his provocative new book, his hatred of technology and why the film adaptation of LA Confidential is a ‘turkey’

03/06/2026

Jackie Yap has won the 2026 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color award for her young-adult mystery, “Isabelle Gomez Is Innocent, She Swears!”
https://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2026/06/yap-seizes-bland-prize.html

03/06/2026

Sara DiVello speaks with Lee Goldberg, author of the new mystery novel "Murder by Design."

The Plot:An investigator and his actor assistant team up to try to...

03/06/2026

"Beau L'Amour on collaborating with his father, Louis L'Amour."

Several months ago, I finished co-writing a novel with my father, bestselling writer Louis L’Amour. But Dad passed away thirty-eight years ago. So, that makes the process … somewhat different than …