by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 13, 2014 | Flashback
This originally appeared in issue 8 (Sept/Oct 2005) SHOOT TO THRILL: Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets: An Appreciation by Duane Swierczynski Hardboiled comic fans are a rare breed; tough guys don’t usually do funnybooks. Yeah, yeah, I know—Mickey Spillane got his start...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 6, 2014 | Flashback
This originally appeared in issue 8 (Sept/Oct 2005) CALL IT MURDER IF YOU LIKE: RACE WILLIAMS AS CREATED BY CARROLL JOHN DALY By Gary Warren Niebuhr Carroll John Daly (1889-1958) is credited with being the father of the private eye novel. When the short story “The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 29, 2014 | Flashback
Originally published in issue 7 (Jul/Aug 2005) The Lord of Misrule’s Favorite Son An Interview with David Bowker By Jennifer Jordan Do a Google search for David Bowker and you’ll turn up the books and little else. Except for reviews (“Bowker’s writing is...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 1, 2014 | Flashback
Why I Love New York By Rhys Bowen First published in issue 6 Until I started writing a mystery series set in New York in the year 1901, I never really noticed the city around me. I visited, took taxis, ate, had meetings, saw shows, shopped and left again. Now that New...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 27, 2014 | Flashback
You aren’t what you eat Simon Kernick June 2004 The thing about food is that when you’re at an age that you can gobble up as much of the stuff as you like without putting on a pound in weight, you never appreciate it. Then, when you get a bit older and learn to...