This book brings together the world of crime with its artistic counterpart and allows a dialogue to develop between the two. Includes over 50 interviews with detectives, actors, murderers, film directors, prison inmates and authors, among them: Ben Affleck, Jake Arnott, LAPD Chief Bratton, Michael Buscemi, Dave Courtney, David Cronenberg, Mike Hodges, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, David Mamet, Viggo Mortensen, Samantha Morton.