Bivši tenisač Tony Wendice sazna da njegova lijepa i nježna supruga Margo ima ljubavnika. To je pisac kriminalističkih romana Mark Halliday koji im dolazi u posjet. Tony smisli savršen plan koji treba rezultirati njezinim ubojstvom, nakon čega bi naslijedio novac. Angažira sumnjivog tipa s kojim je nekad pohađao koledž da ubije Margo, međutim, ne ide sve po planu.
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
Owen (D. DeVito) ima vrlo neobičnu majku (A. Ramsey), spoj čudovišta i zle vještice, koja ga svakodnevno maltretira svojim zahtjevima i zlobnim komentarima. Nesretni Owen dao bi sve na svijetu da je se može riješiti i postati pisac kriminalističkih romana. Upisuje se na tečaj pisanja koji vodi profesor Larry (B. Crystal), depresivan intelektualac sa sličnim problemima. Naime, njega je napustila žena (K. Mulgrew) i preotela mu ideju za knjigu koja je sad u njezinim rukama postala svjetski bestseler. Larry je zbog silne mžnje koju osjeća prema njoj čak potpuno izgubio inspiraciju za pisanje. Owen se dosjeti da bi jedan drugome mogli pomoći kada bi zamijenili ubojstva: on bi ubio Larryjevu bivšu, a Larry njegovu majku.
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former spy known to the literary world as John le Carré.
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
A crime writer gets involved in a murder investigation.
A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.
Elmore Leonard, author of more than 40 novels, is renowned in the literary community. From his westerns and early novels of crime based in Detroit and South Florida, right through his complex and virtually plotless later work, Elmore Leonard dissected an America whose founding sins have continued to haunt it all the days. Leonard’s depiction of America is as real as Twain’s Hannibal, Faulkner’s Mississippi and Steinbeck’s Monterey. The new documentary ELMORE LEONARD: “But don’t try to write” explores the prolific author’s legacy and his influence on generations of writers. The documentary features exclusive images and previously unseen home movie footage, family photographs, and in-depth interviews with both literary experts and those who knew him well, including colleagues, family, and childhood friends.