by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 25, 2015 | Behind the Book
Behind the scenes of THE FURY If a grief-blinded cop can’t find the terrorist who murdered her husband, millions will die in a nerve-gas strike on the United States. The Fury is a work of fiction, hatched entirely by my overly caffeinated brain. But many of my...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 23, 2015 | Books
This coming Saturday Mystery One Books in Milwaukee will open its doors for business one last time. And while the store will live on doing on line sales and occasional events it’s the end of an era. If you love mystery this is a good chance to stop in and pick up some...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 23, 2015 | Films
THE GIFT Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton Starring: Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, Rebecca Hall Leaving some tragedies behind them, a young couple (Bateman and Hall) move back to Simon’s hometown and take possession of a new house and a new job. Almost at...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 22, 2015 | Reviews
IN THE DARK PLACES Peter Robinson William Morrow Aug 11th, 2015 IN THE DARK PLACES by Peter Robinson is a police procedural featuring British Inspector Alan Banks. An interesting side note is that in the UK and Canada the title is ABATTOIR BLUES, based upon the song...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 22, 2015 | Author Workspaces
“Okay, I’ll admit it — I actually cleaned up my desk a little bit from this photo. But what stayed the same is the Beatles postcards above my desk (they always cheer me up), the post-it notes all over the computer to remind me of things that I still...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 21, 2015 | Author Interviews
X, by prolific novelist Sue Grafton, has three stories rolled into one book. One story line has codes based on both numbers and letters that have the commonality with “X,” since it is both a Roman numeral and a letter. The encryption proves that Millhone was wrong...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 19, 2015 | Five Things
Your siblings are your first peers. In many ways, you are who you are because of them. Pushovers are often a product of a domineering brother or sister. Overachievers usually became that way because of their superstar hyphenate sibling who not only was an...