The Cocaine Chronicles

A great new anthology with short stories from:Susan Straight, Lee Child, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Nina Revoyr, Jerry Stahl, Bill Moody, Emory Holmes II, James Brown, Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, Kerry West, Donnell Alexander, Deborah Vankin, Robert Ward, Manuel...

Walter Satterthwaite

Walter Satterthwaite has a new book out  called CAVALCADE.  It’s in his series featuring Pinkerton agents Jane Turner and Philip Beaumont. It’s 1924 and this case has them traveling to Berlin to investigate an assassination attempt of a local political...

Hunter S Thompson

He shot himself dead. What the fuck?!?? I’m not sure of the impact of this, but I bothers me that someone who seemed to take such joy in saying, “fuck you” to everything said fuck it and left. Especially weird when you consider the amount of booze...

Jon Thoughts: Hunter S Thompson

He shot himself dead. What the fuck?!?? I’m not sure of the impact of this, but it bothers me that someone who seemed to take such joy in life saying, “fuck you” to everything said fuck it and left. Especially weird when you consider the amount of...

Sarah posts links, me? I'll vent a bit..

Ok, I’m putting together Crimespree #5. Working away, loving Microsoft Publisher. I get to a feature that includes all the Edgar nominees. Cool. Uh oh…. The fiction titles are all nice and short, but the non-fiction stuff …. Some of the titles run...

CrimeSpree Magazine #5

It’s coming…. What do you think? Put it on t-shirts? Coffee cups? We could do the cover with Jason too. Or maybe all the covers…. Things to look for in issue 5 include: Cover story: Ian Rankin including a look at Rebus, a conversation with Ian from...

Tired of the Same ol' Books?

Rob Roberge has a new book out from Harper Collins’ imprint Dark Alley called MORE THAN THEY COULD CHEW. Rob seems like a pretty cool guy from what I could tell from his website,Rob’s Website tells who he is and what he does. Including playing in a rock band....

Superbowl? Screw that. PUPPY BOWL!!!!!!

That’s right ladies and gentleman the Puppy Bowl. Hours and hours of puppies on the Animal planet network. It was very cute and beat the hell out of watching Paul McCartney. I love the Beatles, but dude, the voice is gone. Any way, the best part was the Puppy...

Stepping Out – Joe Jackson Live

Ruth and I got tickets to see Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson live in May. I’m psyched. I saw Todd way back in 1979 and I saw Joe back on 1989. L love both and think they are wonderful performers. But seeing them on a double bill?!?!! Too Much! Here’s the...