By focusing on the consumer, this book investigates the relationship between the arts, entertainment and tourism industries and how this relationship can be developed to its best competitive advantage. It describes the general arts and tourism background, and discusses the arts and entertainment that feature in tourism.

One of Hollywood's most triumphant successes is the crime movie. Crime Wave offers an authoritative and entertaining guide to the crime movie genre from its beginnings to the present, charting its history, its sub-genres, and its developments. The book focuses on the most interesting and influential films, from Little Caesar, The Maltese Falcon, Point Blank, and The Godfather trilogy to L.A. Confidential, Ocean's Eleven, and many others.
Crime Wave covers gangster and heist movies, blaxploitation, noir, murder mystery, and vigilante and buddy cop...