THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE Lou Berney 2015 William Morrow The summer of 1986 was a violent one in Oklahoma City. Armed robbers killed six employees at a movie theatre, leaving one young man inexplicably alive. A few months later a 17-year-old girl went missing from the...
YOUNG GOD Katherine Far Morris 2014 Farrar, Straus and Giroux The dividing line between groundbreaking and gimmicky is very thin. When an author decides to take a risky approach, the results are usually either fantastic or awful. In the case of Katherine Faw Morris’...
Hope everyone is surviving this miserable winter. Maybe this week's books will warm you up: Crimespree magazine, in conjunction with Friday Reads Facebook page, is offering you a chance to win copies of GOLDEN STATE by Stephanie Kegan, SWEET NOTHING by Richard...
With just under two months until it's premiere, WAYWARD PINES has a new trailer with previously unseen footage. The 10-episode series based on Blake Crouch's best-selling novel and has been brought to life by executive producer and director M. Night Shyamalan. The...
Some people embark on a life of crime, some on a life of crime writing. Milwaukee writer Jon Kolb took up the latter years ago when inspired by the bizarre crossbow assassination of the owner of Van Trier's restaurant on the east side of Milwaukee. "I was in a writing...
THE GOOD LIFE Frank Wheeler Jr. 2014 New Pulp Press The tradition of naming is taken less seriously now than in previous generations, but the responsibility of sharing a namesake has never lost the blessings and curses that come with it. At the heart of Frank Wheeler...
