by Elise Cooper | Dec 24, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them Jonathan Freedland Harper Pub October 2025 The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland is the true story of bravery, love, and treachery. Readers...
by Elise Cooper | Dec 21, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
The Christmas Cowboy The Cowboy Academy Book 9 Melinda Curtis Harlequin Heartwarming Nov 2025 The Christmas Cowboy by Melinda Curtis is a delightful holiday read. There are some heavier subjects that are heartfelt and emotionally riveting. But the humor is a welcome...
by Peter Handel | Dec 19, 2025 | Books, Features, Reviews
Murder at the Christmas Emporium, a deliciously vicious variation on the classic “locked room” mystery, delivers a trove of holiday gifts, just not the kind one normally would expect. “…[F]or almost a hundred years, if you were a child living in the great...
by Elise Cooper | Dec 15, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah Jean Meltzer MIRA Publisher October 2025 The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer is a great holiday read. Hanukkah is known as the “Festival of Lights” and this novel shows how the characters were brought out of their...
by Elise Cooper | Dec 14, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Back Channel The Frank Yakabuski Mystery Series Book 5 Ron Corbett Ottawa Press and Publishing Mystery October 2025 Back Channel by Ron Corbett has the return of Frank Yakabuski. The plot has seventeen-year-old Meaghan McKenna not believing her mother died by an...
by Elise Cooper | Dec 13, 2025 | Features
Sitting With Dogs Rocky Kanaka DK Publisher October 2025 Rocky Kanaka is known the world over as a dog rescue advocate. His millions of fans follow along each week as Rocky visits shelters and finds dogs in need. He often finds the most hopeless cases—dogs that have...
by Erin Mitchell | Dec 5, 2025 | Features
Steve Cavanagh was kind enough to sit down with Crimespree for a chat about THE CROSS, the prequel novella to Steve’s truly excellent Eddie Flynn series, which is available in audiobook (only!) now. THE CROSS is a prequel to the Eddie Flynn series, but does it need to...
by Erin Mitchell | Dec 4, 2025 | Home Entertainment, TV
MASTERPIECE PBS has announced that it will be co-producing the upcoming six-part police procedural Winter. The series features an unconventional forensic pathologist, played by Richard Armitage (Missing You, Red Eye, Fool Me Once), whose brilliance, sharp intellect...
by Sarah Reida | Nov 30, 2025 | Books, Reviews
Jeanne Godfrey’s List of Suspicious Things, first published over the pond in 2024 and coming to U.S. bookstores this December, is a beautiful coming of age tale that captures our limited perception of the world at a certain age. Part mystery, part historical fiction,...
by Elise Cooper | Nov 30, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books
The Queen Who Came in From the Cold Her Majesty the Queen Investigates Book 5 S. J. Bennett Crooked Lane Books May 2026 The Queen Who Came in From the Cold by S. J. Bennett features Queen Elizabeth II as the protagonist and her private secretary Joan McGraw. Fans of...
