by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 23, 2016 | Five Things
FIVE THINGS DUMB CRIMINALS DO ONLINE (A THRILLER WRITER’S GUIDE) While conducting research for my novel, The Advocate’s Daughter (St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur, March 22, 2016), I came across several reports about criminals who were caught because of their Google...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 22, 2016 | Reviews
No One Knows J. T. Ellison Gallery Books March 22nd, 2016 No One Knows by J. T. Ellison is part mystery, part psychological thriller, and part cautionary tale. It is one of those stories that show fairy tales do not always come true. The themes of trust, betrayal, and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 22, 2016 | Books
I never thought talking cats would be controversial. Honestly I’m still not sure they are, but if you saw the Wall Street Journal on March 1, or if you listened to NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” the following weekend, you’d see that I have supposedly...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 18, 2016 | Films
10 Cloverfield Lane Directed by Dan Trachtenberg Written by Josh Campbell, Matthew Stucken, Damien Chazelle Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher, Jr. The less you know going into 10 Cloverfield Lane the better. It’s not a romance, but...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 17, 2016 | Author Interviews
Off The Grid by C. J. Box brings back Nate Romanowski, the beloved rugged individualist. This book delves into a number of themes, some of which Box has become known for: getting the Federal government to acquiesce to the States, a contemporary Western, a solid...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 15, 2016 | Reviews
Off The Grid Book 16 in the Joe Pickett Series C.J. Box G.P. Putnam March 8th, 2016 Off The Grid by C. J. Box brings back Nate Romanowski, the beloved rugged individualist. This book delves into a number of themes, some of which Box has become known for: getting the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 15, 2016 | Reviews
THE SHORT DROP Matthew Fitzsimmons 2015 Thomas and Mercer This is a hell of a debut. 14-year-old Suzanne Lombard went missing ten years ago, and the media has yet to let it go. But the disappearance that has made Suzanne a national sweetheart is much more personal to...
by Elise Cooper | Mar 14, 2016 | Author Interviews, Features
What Remains Of Me by Alison Gaylin is a captivating story. The bestselling author Jeffery Deaver once said, “A thriller asks what is going to happen and a mystery asks what happened.” In this spellbinding story, Gaylin does both through her character Kelly Lund,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 14, 2016 | Reviews
FLOODGATE Johnny Shaw February 2016 Thomas and Mercer Andy Destra was a (mostly) honest cop operating in a completely corrupt city. When Andy starts digging into a case and following a trail of suspicious money to its origins, the Auction City assistant chief of...