by Dan Malmon | Apr 1, 2016 | Comics
Black Mask 2015 Holy crap. Yeah. So. X’ED, huh? By now, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when a Black Mask book knocks me flat on my butt. CLANDESTINO is a brutal, raw depiction of a South American revolution. WE CAN NEVER GO HOME hit me square in all the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 31, 2016 | Reviews
YELLOW DEATH Alex Lettau July 2015 Createspace Yellow Death, the debut novel from Alex Lettau, a prominent infectious diseases physician in Charleston, South Carolina, is a complex whodunit medical thriller. The heroine of the story is Kris Jensen, a physician in the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 31, 2016 | Reviews
The Watcher In The Wall Owen Laukkanen G.P. Putnam March 15, 2016 THE WATCHER IN THE WALL, Book Five in the Stevens and Windermere series by Owen Laukkanen, is a novel with a very dark subject matter. Known for his powerful and suspenseful stories Laukkanen continues...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 30, 2016 | Home Entertainment
Not crime, but something I am delighted to share: Shout! Factory has announced they will be releasing LOU GRANT: Season One on May 24th. I remember, even as a kid, realizing it was damn good TV and am thrilled to see it finally released on DVD. Ed Asner reprises the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 30, 2016 | Reviews
THE STEEL KISS Jeffery Deaver Grand Central Publishing March 8th, 2016 THE STEEL KISS, book twelve in the Lincoln Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver, is a gripping Lincoln Rhyme’s thriller. The plot feeds right into people’s fears. Although technology today plays a large...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 30, 2016 | Books
LIVE BY NIGHT, Ben Affleck’s take on the Dennis Lehane novel of the same name, is now slated for release on October 20th, 2017. The film has moved around a bit, due in part to Affleck’s role as The Batman, but production is now underway. Boston, 1926. The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 29, 2016 | Reviews
CLAWBACK J. A. Jance Touchstone March 8th, 2016 CLAWBACK, book 11 in the Ali Reynolds series by bestselling author J. A. Jance, brings back the heroine Ali Reynolds. The story brings to mind issues revealed in the movie The Big Short and the news events surrounding...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 29, 2016 | Films
Shane Black (KISS KISS, BANG BANG, IRON MAN 3) has returned to the land of private investigators with THE NICE GUYS, his first film since IRON MAN 3. “The Nice Guys” takes place in 1970s Los Angeles, when down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Gosling) and hired...