HAP & LEONARD's east Texas will be Baton Rouge

by | Mar 6, 2015 | Books

In one of the strangest moves I can recall, Baton Rouge will stand in for East Texas for the upcoming HAP & LEONARD series for the Sundance Channel. The series is based on the books of Joe Lansdale and features a pair of unlikely friends: Hap is blue collar and...

TEN COUNT by Tom Schreck

by | Mar 6, 2015 | Reviews

TEN COUNT Tom Schreck 2014 After the brutal murder of a high school coach, Duffy Dombrowski becomes the grief counselor for the kids. Normally, this would be a run of the mill sort of situation for him, but a few days earlier, one of his patients had described the...

2015 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists

by | Mar 6, 2015 | Awards

The L.A. Times announced the finalists for the 2015 L.A. Times Book Prizes. The award is presented in 10 categories, including Mystery/Thriller. Since we tend to obsess on all things crime, let us take a look at that particular category. Mystery/Thriller DRY BONES IN...

STRESS FRACTURES by J E Seymour

by | Mar 5, 2015 | Reviews

STRESS FRACTURES J E Seymour 2014 Barking Rain Press In this second book in the series, Seymour continues with her protagonist Kevin Markinson, although it might be more accurate to say that she backs up a step to relate the circumstances which brought him to where we...

J.A. Jance: Trailer for COLD BETRAYAL

by | Mar 4, 2015 | Book Trailers

Next Tuesday sees the release of COLD BETRAYAL, the tenth book in J.A. Jance’s Ali Reynolds series. Today, we have a book trailer to whet your appetite for Ali and co. Ali Reynolds’s longtime friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm, rushes to the bedside of...

In Praise of James Ellroy, 2015 Grand Master

by | Mar 4, 2015 | Books

From the latest issue of Crimespree on James Ellroy’s Birthday we give to you: In Praise of James Ellroy, 2015 Grand Master By Craig McDonald A few days back, the reminder came from Mr. Jon Jordan that the time had arrived for another CrimeSpree column. I was...