The Troubles crime thriller and the future of films about Northern Ireland by Richard Gallagher

“…Troubles-based crime thrillers were once a staple of Hollywood cinema in the 1990s. …”
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Crime thrillers Binge-Watching Behaviour: Association with Personality traits and Impulsivity by Rahul Gupta, Surender kumar, Sanjay gehlot

Subjects: “…personality traits, impulsivity, crime thrillers, binge-watching behaviour.…”
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The Economy of Murder: Capital, Crime, and Crisis in Peter Murphy’s and Rachael Moriarty’s Traders (2015) by Diana Ortega Martín

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Noir Affect in Lauren Beukes’s Zoo City by Carmen Borbély

“…Hatmaker’s rethinking of noir affect as a descriptor of detective fiction, this paper contributes to the discussion of South African writer Lauren Beukes’s Zoo City as a narrative that both harnesses and fluidifies the generic conventions of the crime thriller. Pondering Beukes’s claim that her story may become the site for the transmutation or transmission of ethically adjusted emotion, the paper resorts to Lauren Berlant’s thoughts on detective fiction as a genre condensing the “cruel optimism” of the ordinary, rather than the evental, present to explore the clues of affectional attunement in Lauren Beukes’s postapartheid novel. …”
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“Chick Noir”: Shopaholic Meets Double Indemnity by Kennedy Victoria

“…However, as this paper suggests, the label “chick noir” also reflects the fact that in these novels the crime thriller has been revitalized through cross-pollination with the so-called chick lit novel. …”
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“Only I Am the Brahma”: Religion and Narrative in the Netflix Thriller Series <i>Sacred Games</i> (2018–2019) by Ana Ashraf

“…<i>Sacred Games</i> (2018–2019), based on Vikram Chandra’s novel of the same title, is India’s first Netflix crime thriller series. This series shows how the lives of a Sikh policeman, Sartaj Singh, and a powerful gangster, Ganesh Eknath Gaitonde, weave together in a mission to save Mumbai from a nuclear attack. …”
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1ST TO DIE / by Patterson, James, 1947-, author 374739

“…Full of the breathtaking drama and unforgettable emotions for which James Patterson is famous, 1st to Die is the start of the #1 New York Times bestselling series of crime thrillers.…”

“We’ve had quite a Shakespearean evening, haven’t we?”: Shakespeare and Dorothy Sayers by Alessandra Petrina

“…Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) is famous for her classic crime thrillers featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. In “Gaudy Night” (1936) and “Busman’s Honeymoon” (1937), Wimsey shares the stage with crime writer Harriet Vane: their relationship highlights the issue of the educated woman between the two World Wars. …”
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THE RIGHT TIME / by Steel, Danielle, August 14, 1947, author 339370

“…But as she climbs the ladder of publishing success, she resolutely adheres to her father's admonition: Men read crime thrillers by men only-and so Alexandra Winslow publishes under the pseudonym Alexander Green, her true identity known only to those closest to her, creating a double life that isolates her. …”

The role of a song in a Hindi film by Rajiv Vijayakar

“…It not only exists in a musical Hindi movie but is also used as a narrative device in films of every genre from comedies and romances to crime thrillers and horror films, most of which, routinely, may have five or more songs. …”
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