Stanley Ellin 2000. He also wrote book reviews for such venues as "The New York Times Book Review", chiefly of suspense novels, as well as essays such as "Mystery Novel or Crime Novel" ("Writer", vol. 86, January 1973, pp. 22–24) and "The Destiny of the House" ("Armchair Detective", vol. 12, Winter 1979, p. 195). He appeared, along with Frederic Dannay, Brian Garfield, and Denis Healey, on the television show "Crime Writers" in the episode "Murder for Pleasure" (Season 1, Episode 6, 10 December 1978). Ellin died of a heart attack (complications from a stroke) at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New
James Thompson (crime writer) James Thompson (crime writer) James Thompson (16 October 1964 – 2 August 2014) was an American-Finnish crime writer based in Helsinki. He had a master's degree in English philology from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Finnish, in which he was fluent. He studied six languages. He published four crime novels with the Finnish inspector Kari Vaara as the protagonist. "Helsinki Noir" will be published by Akashic Books November 2014. It is an anthology edited by Thompson and it includes one story he wrote. Thompson died unexpectedly in his home town of Lahti, Finland in August 2014. Kari