by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 30, 2015 | Reviews
TINY LITTLE THING Beatriz Williams June 23rd, 2015 G. P. Putnam and Sons TINY LITTLE THING by Beatriz Williams is a superb read. It combines politics, mystery and romance within a historical background. It is a character driven story line based on the issues of the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 30, 2015 | Reviews
THE MERCY OF THE NIGHT David Corbett Thomas & Mercier April 7, 2015 At the young age of eight, Jacquelina “Jacqi” Garza, was abducted by a child predator and tortured. She escaped and soon found herself under the media spotlight. Even before the abduction, Jacqi...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 29, 2015 | Reviews
BLOODY ROYAL PRINTS Reba White Williams 2015 Tyrus Books If you’ve ever been book shopping you know that while looking across shelves or piles of books there are different things that make a book jump out for you. While looking through our stacks for what to review...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 29, 2015 | Books
Val McDermid has reached the top of the charts and earned numerous awards for her crime novels. But her new book, Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime, offers us a fascinating look at the reality behind one of law enforcement’s...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 28, 2015 | Author Interviews
In this stand-alone Sam Trainor, the former top South Asia expert in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, has found a job in the private sector. He now works as an analyst for the consulting firm of Argus Systems where he stumbles upon an...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 27, 2015 | Author Interviews
Jeremy: So when we last spoke, you had mentioned that THE POWER OF THE DOG had been the biggest undertaking of your career, both in terms of the writing and the research which was something like twenty years of the war on drugs. So when you completed this Herculean...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 27, 2015 | Films
THE WOLFPACK Directed by Crystal Moselle Certainly everyone is familiar with THE WOLFPACK’s premise by now. A few years back, documentary film maker, Crystal Moselle, ran into one of the Angulo brothers wandering the streets near their housing project in lower...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 27, 2015 | Author Workspaces
Call it: Room Without a View. I wake up early to write and prefer having nothing to look at but the screen and the corner of the office behind it, the better to focus on what I’m imagining. The more I read, write, and teach, the more I agree with what Victoria Strauss...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 26, 2015 | Reviews
Secrets of State Matthew Palmer G.P. Putnam and Sons 5/26/15 Secrets of State by Matthew Palmer is a spy thriller that has diplomats instead of operatives. With Matthew venturing into the thriller writer world, it became an all in the family affair since his late...