Once upon a time, Jon Jordan had an idea. An idea for a magazine for lovers of mystery everywhere. A magazine in which authors could talk about anything and everything. Sick of talking about your new book? Tell us about fly fishing or your love of horror movies or the art of promotion…whatever subject tickles your fancy.

Some years have gone by and issue 50 is upon us. For this issue, it was felt that it had to be special and had to have a special cover story with somebody that is as classy as he is talented. So without further ado, here is issue 50 of Crimespree:
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Copies will ship to stores and subscribers later this month. But folks attending our 50th issue party, on Feb 23rd, at Once Upon A Crime in Minneapolis, will get first crack at these bad boys. A limited number of copies have been printed early for just this event. Check back tomorrow for more details.
Contents:
EDITORIAL BY JON AND RUTH JORDAN
WHO ARE THE CRIMESPREE WRECKING CREW?
HANGING WITH AYO
COVER STORY ROBERT CRAIS, INTERVIEWED BY BRYAN VANMETER
FICTION: CRIMINAL ELEMENTS BY PAUL M MANN
INTERVIEW: SCOTT SNYDER BY KYLE JO SCHMIDT
INTERVIEW WITH JON AND RUTH JORDAN BY MARK BILLINGHAM
THE CRIMESPREE QUESTION BY JEREMY LYNCH
FOOTPRINTS: LAWRENCE BLOCK BY RUTH JORDAN
INTERVIEW: EMERSON LASALLE BY KATE AND DAN MALMON
NEW YORK CONVERSATION WITH SJ ROZAN, ANDREW COTTO
INTERVIEW: KATHLEEN ERNST BY AMY ALESSIO
BEHIND THE BOOK: RHYS BOWEN
INTERVIEW: ALAFAIR AND JAMES LEE BURKE BY JEN FORBUS
FIVE BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE BY ELIZABETH ZELVIN
EYE ON HOLLYWOOD
CRAIG’S JOINT
MYSTERY TOWN WITH LINDA BROWN
REED FARREL COLEMAN
FICTION: PULL THE TRIGGER, TAKE YOUR CHANCES BY STEVE NEWMAN
UGLY EYE FOR THE MYSTERY GUY BY JIM PASCOE
LEGO INTERVIEW WITH CHELSEA CAIN
BUZZ BIN
BOOK REVIEWS
CRIMESPREE ON COMICS
COOKING WITH CRIMESPREE BY AVERY AAMES