Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels (1986):

The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels

Edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg.

Published 1986.
Published by Robinson Publishing.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0948164212
ISBN-13: 978-0948164217

Description:

Complete and Unabridged.

12 Short Crime Novels by the masters of suspense:

The Lawless Lady, by Leslie Charteris.
Simon Templar, alias the Saint, pits his skills against an ingenious group of thieves.

Introducing Susan Dare, by Mignon Eberhart.
Meet detective Susan Dare in her first appearance, solving the murder of a fellow houseguest.

Nightmare, by Cornell Woolrich.
A murder mystery full of psychological terror in the tradition of Poe.

Death’s Eye View, by John D. MacDonald.
A chilling tale of attempted murder off the Florida coast.

The Murder Machine, by Hugh Pentecost.
Sabotage and murder set the scene at a quarry in rural Pennsylvania.

Death Rides a Boxcar, by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Lost purses, bribery, sabotage and train yards at midnight contribute to a thrilling tale of espionage.

The Bearded Lady, by Ross MacDonald.
Private eye Lew Archer sets out to solve the theft of a painting and gets involved in a double murder.

Murder Set to Music, by Fredric Brown.
Would you buy a used car from this man. Salesman and musician – but is that all he is?

The Zero Clue, by Rex Stout.
The famous Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, help a stumped New York police department solve a murder.

Storm, by Ed McBain.
A ski weekend in New England turns into a double murder for 87th Precinct Detective Cotton Hawes.

Don’t Look Now, by Daphne Du Maurier.
A classic tale of psychic events in Venice.

Booktaker, by Bill Pronzini.
Meet the most inventive thief in San Francisco – can you work out how he does it?

On this day in movie history - Heat (1986):

Heat

directed by Dick Richards and Jerry Jameson,

written by William Goldman,

based on the novel by William Goldman,

was released in France on November 12, 1986.
Music by Michael Gibbs.

Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Howard Hesseman, Neill Barry, Diana Scarwid, Joseph Mascolo, Alfie Wise, Deborah Rush, Wendell Burton, Joanne Jackson, Joe Klecko, Peter Koch, Joseph Bernard, Barry Polkowitz, Chris O'Rourke, Reno Nichols, Ron Tombaugh, Mone Swann, Robert Drake, Robert Vento, Joey Villa, Michael Lovell Farris, Alicia Arden.

On this day in movie history - Sid & Nancy (1986):

Sid & Nancy

directed by Alex Cox,

written by Alex Cox and Abbe Wool,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.
Music by Dan Wool.

Cast:

Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley, Perry Benson, Tony London, Sandy Baron, Sy Richardson, Edward Tudor-Pole, Biff Yeager, Courtney Love, Rusty Blitz, John Spacely, Coati Mundi, Ed Pansullo, Vincent J. Isaac, J. Steven Markus, Anne Lambton, Sallie Anne Field, Kathy Burke, Sara Sugarman, Mark Monero, Michele Winstanley, Andy Bradford, Tom Little, Barbara Coles, Pete Lee-Wilson, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Stuart Fox, Victoria Harwood, Jude Alderson, James Snell, Niven Boyd, Miguel Sandoval, Richard W. Barker III, Patti Tippo, John M. Jackson, Peter McCarthy, Desirée Erasmus, Gloria LeRoy, Milton Selzer, Bruce J. Magrane, Stefanie Auerbach, Jeffrey Kumer, Bradley Lieberman, Tricia Bartholome, Jeanne McCarthy, John Snyder, Ron Moseley, Fox Harris, Iggy Pop, Suchi Asano, Dan Wool, Mitch Dean, Circle Jerks, Angel Dove, Sherice Prince, Kelly Louise Lynn, Sri Johnston, Jamie L. Crowe, Julie St. Claire, Raymond Rosario, Daniel Louis Rivas, Favian Xavier, Al Alu, Bob Ellis, Peyton Kirkpatrick, Jimmy Emig, Keith Morris, Alexander Folk, Dick Rude, G.J. Thomson, Lawrence Bell Jr., Rome Jefferson Jr., Cat Vicious, Eric Barrett, Alex Cox, Colin Davis, Gary Finan, Peter Jaques, Ken Leicht, Branden Marlowe, David McCarthy, Slash, Anthony Straeger, Jaynie Sustar, Reg Thomason, Barrie Wild, Del Zamora.

On this day in movie history - Betty Blue (1986):

Betty Blue

directed and written by Jean-Jacques Beineix,

based on the novel by Philippe Djian,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.
Music by Gabriel Yared.

Cast:

Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo de Haviland, Jacques Mathou, Clémentine Célarié, Vincent Lindon, Louis Bellanti, Philippe Laudenbach, Claude Aufaure, Dominique Besnehard, Raoul Billerey, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Dominique Pinon.

On this day in movie history - 52 Pick-up (1986):

52 Pick-up

directed by John Frankenheimer,

written by John Steppling and Elmore Leonard,

based on the novel by Elmore Leonard,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.
Music by Gary Chang.

Cast:

Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Doug McClure, Clarence Williams III, Alex Henteloff, Michelle Walker, Philip Bartko, Tom Byron, Herschel Savage, Ron Jeremy, Amber Lynn, Sharon Mitchell, Ines Ochoa, Allyson Palmeter, Katherine Poland, Debra Satell, Amy White, Charles Bowden, Marc Castenada, Mike Caruso, Steven Clawson, Christopher Cory, Maurice Jenkins, John Kahnen, Bobby Ponce, Ray Vela, Robin Bronfman, Debra Berger, Laisa Carrie, Blackie Dammett, Barbara Ferris, John Francis, Conroy Gedeon, Bill Gratton, Jai M. Jefferson, Lenora Logan, Mark M. Mayuga, Lorrie Lovett, Sandra Perron, Barbara Summers, William John Murphy, Anthony Palmer, Frank Sivero, Arlin Miller, Erica Boyer, Barbara Dare, Jamie Gillis, Nicholas Grabowsky, Bill Kucera, Cara Lott, Pat Manning, Randy West, Honey Wilder.

On this day in movie history - Armed Response (1986):

Armed Response

directed by Fred Olen Ray,

written by T.L. Lankford,

based on a story by Fred Olen Ray, T.L. Lankford and Paul Hertzberg,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1986.
Music by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker.

Cast:

David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako, Lois Hamilton, Ross Hagen, Brent Huff, Laurene Landon, Dick Miller, Burr DeBenning, Michael Berryman, David Goss, Dah-ve Chodan, Conan Lee, Sam Hiona, Bob Hevelone, Patrick Culliton, Richard Lee-Sung, Suzy Stokey, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kai Baker, David O'Hara, Dawn Wildsmith, Bobbie Bresee, Brad Arrington, Fox Harris, Jimmy Williams, Fred Olen Ray, Michelle Bauer, Lisa Hayward, Lauren Hertzberg, Jordan Hertzberg, Hisako Mura, Maryann Zvoleff.

On this day in movie history - The Name of the Rose (1986):

The Name of the Rose

directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud,

written by Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin and Alain Godard,

based on the novel by Umberto Eco,

was released in the United States on September 24, 1986.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Dwight Weist, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Michael Lonsdale, Volker Prechtel, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Habeck, Valentina Vargas, Ron Perlman, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Valobra, Vernon Dobtcheff, Donal O'Brian, Andrew Birkin, Lucien Bodard, Peter Berling, Pete Lancaster, Urs Althaus, Lars Bodin-Jorgensen, Kim Rossi Stuart.

On this day in television history - Crime Story (1986 - 1988):

Crime Story

was released in the United States on September 18, 1986,

and ran for two seasons until May 10, 1988.

Cast:

Dennis Farina, Anthony Denison, John Santucci, Stephen Lang, Bill Smitrovich, Bill Campbell, Paul Butler, Steve Ryan, Ted Levine, Andrew Clay, Jon Polito, Joseph Wiseman, Darlanne Fluegel, Jay O. Sanders, David Caruso, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Deborah Harry, Paul Anka, Gary Sinise, Ving Rhames, William Russ, Christian Slater, Paul Guilfoyle, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Rooker, Lili Taylor, Pam Grier, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Stanley Tucci, Lee Ving, Anthony Heald, Bruce McGill, David Hyde Pierce, George Dzundza, Laura San Giacomo, Billy Zane, Michael J. Pollard, William Hickey, Elias Koteas, Dennis Haysbert, Eric Bogosian, Michael Madsen, Vincent Gallo, Armin Shimerman, Jim True-Frost, David Soul, James Remar, Michael Jeter, Steven Weber, Amy Morton, Fred Savage.

On this day in movie history - Popeye Doyle (1986):

Popeye Doyle

directed by Peter Levin,

written by Richard Di Lello,

was released in the United States on September 7, 1986.
Theme music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:
Ed O’Neill, Matthew Laurance, James Handy, Candy Clark, George De La Pena, Audrey Landers, Nicholas Kadi, Elias Zarou, Gary Tacon, Phil Neilson, Elizabeth Lennie, Peter Virgile, Richard Monette, S.J. Fellowes, Guy Sanvido, Philip Williams, Linda Gambell, Chick Roberts, J.K. Simmons, Richard McMillan, Joanne Perica, Alexandra Innes, Tony Rosato, Todd Postlethwaite, Susan Diol, Molly Johnson, Norman Orenstein, Charles Woods Gray.

On this day in movie history - Stand by Me (1986):

Stand by Me,

directed by Rob Reiner,

written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon,

based on the novella The Body by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on August 22, 1986.

Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Jason Oliver Lipsett, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cusack, Madeleine Swift, Popeye (the dog, as Chopper), Geanette Bobst, Art Burke, Matt Williams, Andy Lindberg, Dick Durock, O.B. Babbs, Charlie Owens, Kenneth Hodges, John Hodges, Susan Thorpe, Korey Scott Pollard, Rick Elliott, Kent W. Luttrell, Chance Quinn, Jason Naylor, Sky Siewerski.