News — Police procedurals

Over the decades crime stories continue to keep bookworms page-turning and movie buffs nail-biting. And when the two forms combine, the results are thrilling. Delve into our selection of these fantastic crime novels that became great films… Mystic River Author: Dennis Lehane, 2001Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Sean Penn and Tim Robbins, who won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Also starring Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Laura Linney and Marcia Gay Harden. It's a must watch because: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon play childhood friends whose lives are shattered when Penn's daughter is brutally murdered. Heartbroken,...

Screen detectives have gripped audiences throughout the world since the dawn of television. From the Victorian world of Sherlock Holmes to the mean Paris streets of Spiral, these men and women are the fictional sleuths that matter and continue to influence popular culture, modern-day police methods and literature.