by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 5, 2014 | Books, Reviews
SHOVEL READY by Adam Sternbergh January 2014 Crown This book is: Noir/hard-boiled. Post-apocalyptic. Dystopian. Palahniuk-ian. Darkly noble. Our reluctant, angry, terse antihero is Spademan. His days of collecting trash on the streets of bustling Manhattan came to an...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 19, 2013 | Author Interviews, Books
Antonio Hill took the time to answer a few questions for us. His first book is just coming out here in the US and it’s wonderful. Also one of my all time favorite book titles! THE SUMMER OF DEAD TOYS Jon: Antonio, I would like to start off by saying that the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 14, 2013 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Interview with David C Robertson, author of BRICK BY BRICK (How Lego rewrote the rules of innovation and conquered the global toy industry) Jon: David, the first thing I’d like to know is did you play with Lego as a kid, and do you still play with Lego? David: I...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 2, 2013 | Books, Reviews
THE EXECUTION OF NOA P. SINGLETON Elizabeth Silver June 2013 Crown Publishers Noa P. Singleton sits on death row, months away from her execution day. From her cell, she begins to tell her story, noting that “In this world, you are either good or evil.” Noa considers...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 20, 2013 | Books, Reviews
Crown publishing Pub date: Feb 19th, 2013 As I write this Whitey’s lawyers are trying to convince a judge that Whitey basically had a license to kill granted to him by high level members of the U.S. government. You need to know before I go any further, this story is...