I've always been a fan of "hard-boiled" detective stories and the tough, smart, no-nonsense characters found within their pages. Mickey Spillane had Mike Hammer. Dashiell Hammet had Sam Spade and the ...

Chaucer’s Books will host Arvind Ethan David for a book talk and signing of his graphic novel “Raymond Chandler’s Trouble is My Business,” 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at 3321 State St., Santa Barbara.

An hourlong crime drama, just called Marlowe, is still in its early stages but would bring Raymond Chandler's seminal detective to a 21st-century L.A. Variety's saying that so far, there are no plans ...

The skies are blue, the sun unrelenting and the body count escalating in the Bakersfield, California, of “Honey Don’t!,” where Margaret Qualley’s private investigator tries to get a handle on the ...