by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 5, 2005 | Features
No this is not about The Beatles Revolution #9, it’s about CRIMESPREE issue #9 shipping. It was all boxed up and sent off to the Mailing service on Friday, so it should start showing up in about 10 days, unless you are in Canada, then for some reason you...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 17, 2005 | Books, Features
The final issue of CrimeSpree for 2005 is coming your way. On the final page is our annual shout out for your favs of the year. So as management I’ll ask you to consider this page carefully and respond Can you narrow down your list of favorite reads to 5? That’s what...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 13, 2005 | Books, Features
Atticus Kodiak, Greg Rucka’s signature fiction hero is returning in the novel Patriot Acts to be published next year by Bantam. Rucka is offering a major role in the novel to the highest bidder in this week’s CBLDF eBay auction. The auction winner will be...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 9, 2005 | Features
We are plugging away on issue 9, but due to a number of factors, we might ship a little late. It isn’t slated to hit the mial till the first week of November, but we are already behind our deadline so I wanted to let people know. Factors involve a family health...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 3, 2005 | Features
This weekend Ruth and I will be celebrating 5 years of marriage. This is pretty cool because seven years ago I figured I would be single the rest of my life. A brief re-cap of the story: Ruth and I met at Bouchercon 1999 in Milwaukee. I’d been sober four years...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 24, 2005 | Comics
Well, I think at this point we could safely say that Road To Perdition did well. The movie was pretty damn good in my book. And the fact that I loved the original graphic novel didn’t hurt. Max Allan Collins has since written two novels to finish off the story,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 18, 2005 | Books, Features
It’s been a while since I’ve done an interview for the web, but I love Crimescene Scotland and Russel was kind enough to let me do one for him. The subject of the interview is one Stuart McBride, author of COLD GRANITE. Crime Scene Scotland ...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 5, 2005 | Events
Well Chicago Bouchercon 2005 is over. I’ve unloaded the truck, my dining room table is covered with books, a big pile of laundry taunting me. I’m tired, but not wasted tired. I do think I’ll be sleeping in…. So, let’s try to recap the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 5, 2005 | Events, Jon Thoughts
Well, Chicago Bouchercon 2005 is over. I’ve unloaded the truck, my dining room table is covered with books, a big pile of laundry is taunting me. I’m tired, but not wasted tired. I do think I’ll be sleeping in…. So, let’s try to recap the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 28, 2005 | Books, Features
I love a mystery. From cozy to thriller a good book provides me with hours of entertainment. A great book is magical. The bad ones are disappointments. Every book is unique. It is an experience put on the page by one individual and interpreted by another. We are all a...