by Crimespree Magazine | May 31, 2017 | Awards
The Private Eye Writers Of America have announced the nominees for the 2017 Shamus Awards. The awards honor the best novels published in 2016, the winners will be announced at PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Toronto, Canada. Best Private Eye Novel Reed Farrel Coleman,...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 31, 2017 | Comics
My first exposure to Wonder Woman was in the late sixties when I first started reading comics. I knew her as a member of the Justice League of America and when I had my own money and started buying comics in the early seventies I did pick up Wonder Woman on occasion....
by Crimespree Magazine | May 30, 2017 | Books
THE RED LINE Walt Gragg Berkley Pub May 2nd, 2017 THE RED LINE by Walt Gragg is an action packed political military thriller with a “what if” war story scenario. In this novel, peace is shattered as World War III has a resurgent Communist Soviet Union pitted against...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 17, 2017 | Awards
About the Anthony Awards: The Anthony Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS Best Novel You Will Know...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 16, 2017 | Author Interviews
Red Leaves by Paullina Simons was first published in the 1990s. Re-published this April it is as relevant today as it was back then. The first half of the book explores the relationship between four Dartmouth college students whose friendship seems to be unraveling....
by Crimespree Magazine | May 15, 2017 | Reviews
STAR WARS: AFTERMATH: EMPIRE’S END Chuck Wendig Del Rey Released 2/21/17 I have made no bones about being a huge Star Wars nerd. From a young age, I have devoured anything and everything that I could find in the Star Wars universe, and this was back when there were...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 15, 2017 | Author Interviews, Features
Down and Out Books May 15, 2017 It’s shortly after World War II in Danny Gardner’s debut novel, A NEGRO AND AN OFAY, and disgraced Chicago police officer Elliot Caprice has been on the run for the past year. He returns home to rural Illinois to find that his uncle has...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 12, 2017 | Writer Types Podcast
Has it been a month already? When we launched our crime and mystery podcast in January, we toyed with the idea of doing bi-weekly episodes. Back then, booking enough guests to fill 2 episodes a month seemed like the biggest obstacle. We now realize that finding...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 12, 2017 | Features
This week, CrimeSpree and Friday Reads Facebook page, are giving away copies of THE LONG DROP by Denise Mina THE LONG DROP A standalone psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of the Alex Morrow novels that exposes the dark hearts of the guilty…and...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 11, 2017 | Uncategorized