by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 20, 2016 | Five Things
5 Books That Changed My Life By Reece Hirsch Here are five books that had a huge impact on me and my writing: Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone. I first read Robert Stone’s novel about a heroin deal gone very wrong for the first time when I was a teenager but I reread it...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 19, 2016 | Awards
The folks behind Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival have released the longlist for the 2016 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Below is the press release in full: Giants of the genre are pitted against a clutch of new voices in one of the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 18, 2016 | Reviews
POWERS: THE SECRET HISTORY of DEENA PILGRIM Brian Michael Bendis with Neil Kleid 2016 Thomas Dunne Books I often tell my son, a 13 year old comic book fan, that he is living in a golden age—that the glut of high quality comics-inspired movies and TV he takes for...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 17, 2016 | Books
Jessica Knoll, author of Luckiest Girl Alive, in conversation with Carole E. Barrowman Tuesday April 19, at 7:00 pm at Boswell. Please join us at Boswell for an exciting conversation between Jessica Knoll, author of one of Carole E. Barrowman’s “Top 10 Books of 2015,”...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 17, 2016 | Features
TRUTH ALWAYS KILLS and Thoughts of Gary Shulze by Rick Ollerman My latest book, TRUTH ALWAYS KILLS, was dedicated to Pat Frovarp and Gary Shulze, the former owners of that fine Minneapolis independent crime fiction bookstore, ONCE UPON A CRIME. Unfortunately, we lost...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 17, 2016 | Awards
Saturday night, The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library announced the winners of the 28th annual Minnesota Book Awards. In the Genre Fiction Category, Ellen Hart won for THE GRAVE SOUL. The other finalists were: THE DEVEREAUX DECISION by Steve McEllistrem (Calumet...