Cinemystery News: The Coen Brothers to Adapt Ross Macdonald's Black Money for Film

The Coen brothers — Joel and Ethan — have signed on to adapt the 1966 Lew Archer crime novel Black Money by Ross Macdonald for Warner Bros. They may also elect to the direct the film, though that hasn't yet been determined.

The Coens have adapted and/or directed several films that have books as their source, the best known of which is probably No Country for Old Men, for which they won Academy Awards for achievement in directing and for best adapted screenplay. (The film also won for Best Picture of the year.)

More about Black Money, below. (The cover, right, is the original dust jacket for the book as published by Knopf.)

Black Money by Ross Macdonald

A Lew Archer Crime Novel

  

When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a simple case of alienated affections.

Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of gambling debts.

— Black Money by Ross Macdonald

New This Week: Ghoul of My Dreams, A Larue Donavan Mystery by Rose Pressey

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Ghoul of My Dreams by Rose Pressey

A Larue Donavan Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Rose Pressey

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Larue Donavan is a small town girl who just happens to be a world-renowned psychic medium. Yes, she talks to ghosts, but not just any ghosts … lately she's become a celebrity ghost whisperer. Famous ghosts won't leave her alone. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones interested in Larue. Evil entities have their sights set on her too, and they keep popping up around every corner.

This time Larue finds herself in the presence of iconic film star Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn is a sex symbol in the afterlife too. Also there's a mysterious man in town and Larue wonders what secrets he's hiding. She has a strong suspicion he knows about the evil spirits. Plus, a young girl is interested in witchcraft, and Larue thinks her curiosity might be related to recent sightings of the shadow people.

On a recent investigation, Larue might have unleashed a demon. Now she thinks it's after her and everyone she loves. But does that mean she has to push her best friend Mindy and boyfriend Callahan away forever? Does the mystery man hold the key to getting rid of the demons? Can Larue convince him to help? Larue might find the answers from the ghoul of her dreams.

— Ghoul of My Dreams by Rose Pressey

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The Dante Connection, A Genevieve Lenard Mystery by Estelle Ryan, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Dante Connection by Estelle Ryan

A Genevieve Lenard Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Estelle Ryan

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Art theft. Coded messages. A high-level threat.

Despite her initial disbelief, Doctor Genevieve Lenard discovers that she is the key that connects stolen works of art, ciphers and sinister threats.

Betrayed by the people who called themselves her friends, Genevieve throws herself into her insurance investigation job with autistic single-mindedness. When hacker Francine appears beaten and bloodied on her doorstep, begging for her help, Genevieve is forced to get past the hurt of her friends' abandonment and team up with them to find the perpetrators.

Little does she know that it will take her on a journey through not one, but two twisted minds to discover the true target of their mysterious messages. It will take all her personal strength and knowledge as a nonverbal communications expert to overcome fears that could cost not only her life, but the lives of many others.

— The Dante Connection by Estelle Ryan

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A Deadly Marriage, A Mystery Novel by Roderic Jeffries, New This Week from Endeavour Press

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

A Deadly Marriage by Roderic Jeffries

A Mystery Novel

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

It was common knowledge that David and Catalina Plesence's marriage was on the verge of collapse. And nearly everyone knew David was seeing a lot of an attractive widow living nearby. David longed for a divorce, but Catalina had other plans. She adamantly refused to contemplate the idea: though she was prepared to obtain a judicial separation — provided the alimony was large enough.

When a man died after having had a drink in their house, the police establish that it was the work of poison and start looking to Catalina and David for answers. Catalina finally sees her chance to exact terrible revenge against David. She claims that the poison had been meant for her and that David had tried to kill her …

But who is the real murderer? And will Catalina's allegation be held as truth? Either way, their marriage is surely over …

— A Deadly Marriage by Roderic Jeffries

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The Anodyne Necklace, A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha Grimes, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes

A Richard Jury Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Scribner

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

This title is one of over 80 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's Monthly Deals for $3.99 or Less promotion.

A spinster whose passion was bird-watching, a dotty peer who pinched pennies, and a baffling murder made the tiny village of Littlebourne a most extraordinary place. And a severed finger made a ghastly clue in the killing that led local constables from a corpse to a boggy footpath to a beautiful lady's mansion.

But Richard Jury refused, preferring to take the less traveled route to a slightly disreputable pub, the Anodyne Necklace. There, drinks all around loosened enough tongues to link a London mugging with the Littlebourne murder and a treasure map that would chart the way to yet another chilling crime.

— The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes

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Blanche Passes Go, A Blanche White Mystery by Barbara Neely, New This Week from Brash Books

Brash Books publishes innovative thrillers and novels of suspense from well-established authors and new voices in crime fiction.

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Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely

A Blanche White Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Brash Books

Price: $4.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery first published in hardcover by Viking in 2000.

Blanche White returns to Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer to help her best friend with her catering business. It's a homecoming rich with the potential for new romance and fraught with the pain of facing the man who raped her at knife-point years ago but was never prosecuted for the crime.

Shortly after Blanche arrives, a young woman is murdered and the clues point to the rapist. Blanche investigates, determined not to let him get away with another crime … nor is she willing to let his money-hungry sister marry a sweet, mentally-challenged man for his wealth.

With her usual persistence, feisty wit, and indomitable spirit, her quest for the truth reveals the racism and sexism that still permeate the new south, but also the conflicts that divide her own family … and that might prevent her from accepting the love she so richly deserves.

— Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely

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Social Death, A Clyde Shaw Mystery by Tatiana Boncompagni, Now Available at a Special Price

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Social Death by Tatiana Boncompagni

A Clyde Shaw Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

This title is one of over 80 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's Monthly Deals for $3.99 or Less promotion.

When veteran New York news producer Clyde Shaw is called to the scene of a grisly murder on the Upper East Side, she thinks it's just another high-profile crime, the kind she's built her career on. But this time the victim is Olivia Kravis, her childhood best friend and the daughter of her media-mogul billionaire boss, Charles Kravis.

As a high-stakes network-ratings war begins, Clyde's own troubled past comes back to haunt her. With her job already on the line, she risks losing everything — including her life — to track down her best friend's killer.

In the public eye and with Kravis's millions at stake, will Clyde uncover long-guarded secrets before it's too late?

— Social Death by Tatiana Boncompagni

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Dream a Little Scream by Mary Kennedy, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

Dream a Little Scream by Mary Kennedy, A Dream Club Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

The book tour of a famous chef becomes a recipe for disaster …

Behind her down-home folksy persona, celebrity chef Sonia Scott is a real Dixie diva who's made plenty of enemies in her climb to the top of the culinary world. One of them is the newest member of the Dream Club, Etta Mae Beasley, who claims Sonia stole her family's recipes and used them in her latest cookbook.

After Sonia's suspicious death from anaphylactic shock at a book signing held at Taylor and Ali's retro candy store, Etta's revelation sows seeds of doubt in Taylor Blake's mind. Now the Dream Club needs to put their heads together to determine if one of their own decided to give the chef her just desserts …

— Dream a Little Scream by Mary Kennedy

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for August 2015. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of August 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

The American, A Ryan Kealey Thriller by Andrew Britton, Now Available at a Special Price

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The American by Andrew Britton

A Ryan Kealey Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Pinnacle

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/06/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

CIA agent Ryan Kealey has no time to wrestle his demons. Former U.S. soldier Jason March, one of the world's deadliest assassins and Ryan's former protégé, is now working with a powerful terror network whose goal is nothing less than the total annihilation of the United States.

Ryan puts together the pieces of a terrifying puzzle. With the fate of the country resting on his shoulders, he finds himself caught in a desperate game of cat-and-mouse with the most cunning opponent he's ever faced, a man who won't be denied the ultimate act of evil and who is all the more deadly for being one of our own.

— The American by Andrew Britton

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The Comfort of Black by Carter Wilson, New in Bookstores during August 2015

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during August 2015 is …

The Comfort of Black by Carter Wilson, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

    

Though they seem to have everything, Hannah Parks has watched her husband, Dallin, become increasingly distant. Her hope is buoyed when the couple decides to start a family, but what Dallin reveals in his sleep one night rocks Hannah to her core. As she starts to investigate a much darker side of Dallin than she ever knew existed, Hannah peels away the layers of a diseased relationship closely tied to her own abusive past.

When Dallin attempts to have Hannah abducted, she is forced to run, doing so with the aid of a man named Black — an ex-con and expert at helping people disappear. Together they must keep Hannah safe from her husband's far-reaching grasp, all the while trying to solve the mystery behind Dallin's sudden violence. Does Hannah's dark family history hold the key to her survival?

— The Comfort of Black by Carter Wilson

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Telemystery News: Fox Orders 10-Episode Prison Break Special Event Sequel

One of our favorite network dramas was Fox's Prison Break, which aired for four seasons from 2005 through 2009. And now we're learning that Fox has confirmed that the series will return as a 10-episode special event in 2016.

"It's going to bring back both brothers, [played by] Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell," said Fox Chairman and CEO Gary Newman.

"I would describe it as a bit of a sequel," added Co-Chairman and CEO Dana Walden. "It picks up the characters several years after we left them in the last season of the show. The brothers will be back. Some of the iconic characters from that show will be back."

Given that Wentworth Miller's character died at the end of the fourth season, it's hard to see how this special event could be called a "sequel", but this is apparently what makes it "special": "What [executive producer Paul Scheuring] pitched to us was a very logical and believable — in the world of Prison Break — explanation for why our characters are alive and still moving around the world."

Still, we'll no doubt be watching, regardless of whatever logic is employed.

Dante's Dilemma by Lynne Raimondo, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

Dante's Dilemma by Lynne Raimondo, A Mark Angelotti Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Seventh Street Books

  

Blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti is faced with his most troubling case yet when he is asked to evaluate Rachel Lazarus, the estranged wife of a slain University of Chicago professor.

Months earlier, the professor's body was found stuffed into one of the exhibits at "Scav," the school's world-famous annual scavenger hunt, and — in a feast for the press — missing a vital piece of its anatomy. Though she's confessed to her husband's murder, Rachel is mounting a battered woman's defense.

Forced into helping the prosecution, Mark becomes unsure of his objectivity when his investigation uncovers uncomfortable parallels between Rachel's history and his own. That concern proves well-founded when his damaging admission at trial all but convicts Rachel. Then a tip connects the case to another suspected murder and evidence that Rachel may not be guilty after all. As he plows ahead during a brutal Chicago winter, Mark soon learns he has far more to worry about than treacherous snow and ice: someone will do anything to guarantee that Rachel takes the fall.

— Dante's Dilemma by Lynne Raimondo

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Critical Reaction, A Novel of Suspense by Todd M. Johnson, Now Available at a Special Price

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Critical Reaction by Todd M. Johnson

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Bethany House

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

After turning out plutonium for the Cold War, the shuttered Hanford Nuclear Facility's poisoned buildings still pose a risk to the surrounding community. The men who guard the facility are told the dangers are under control, but then the worst happens — a thunderous explosion in the dead of night.

Kieran Mullaney survives the blast, but his attempts to discover what really happened are met with silence and threats. Convinced that Hanford is hiding something, Kieran reconnects with his old friend, lawyer Emily Hart, and enlists her help in finding out the truth. But the deeper the two of them dig, the stranger — and more dangerous — this case gets.

— Critical Reaction by Todd M. Johnson

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New This Week: Justice for Mackenzie, The Badge of Honor, Texas Heroes Series by Susan Stoker

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Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker

The Badge of Honor, Texas Heroes Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Susan Stoker

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/06/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Daxton Chambers loved being a part of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas … the Texas Rangers. But whoever was burying women alive in his city of San Antonio was always two steps ahead of him … and he hated it.

Mackenzie Morgan lived what she considered a normal life. She worked at a non-profit agency, hung out with her best friend, had an annoying, but loving, family, was clumsy, had a tendency to ramble when she was nervous … and was still searching for the man to spend the rest of her life with.

Meeting Mack, and finding out just how perfect she was for him, wasn't a part of Dax's plan … but he'd be damned if he was going to complain about it. Unfortunately, Dax's job wasn't always safe …

Both Mack and Dax would find that out the hard way.

— Justice for Mackenzie by Susan Stoker

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Blood Will Have Blood, A Michael Spraggue Mystery by Linda Barnes, Now Available at a Special Price

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Blood Will Have Blood by Linda Barnes

A Michael Spraggue Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

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Dashing private eye turned actor Michael Spraggue who must unmask a deadly prankster in a haunted theater …

Boston Brahmin Michael Spraggue believes distinguished director Arthur Darien has invited him to the old Fens Theater because he needs financial backing for his new production of Dracula. But Arthur has a different kind of problem: His actors believe the theater is haunted. One even quit when he discovered that his pitcher of Bloody Marys had been replaced with real blood. The director offers the part to Michael on one condition: He will not only be playing Dr. John Seward; he will also be playing detective.

Behind the scenes, this Dracula is a true horror show. Infighting among the cast, money problems, and deadly threats are just the beginning. When the pranks turn lethal, it is up to Michael to find the killer lest the curtain come down on them all forever.

— Blood Will Have Blood by Linda Barnes

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