THE HOLLOW GIRL by Reed Farrel Coleman

by | May 31, 2014 | Books, Reviews

Just a reminder, Reed is on tour RIGHT NOW    THE HOLLOW GIRL Reed Farrel Coleman May 2014 Tyrus Books A survivor of cancer, but not a survivor of grief, Moe Prager is busy drinking himself into oblivion after his girlfriend Pam dies in a car accident. A message...

THE FOURTH MOTIVE – by Sean Lynch

by | May 14, 2014 | Books, Features, Reviews

THE FOURTH MOTIVE Sean Lynch April 2014 Exhibit A   Assistant District Attorney Paige Callen is out for her morning run when she is brutally attacked on a deserted stretch of California beach. Her attacker lets her go—but ensures she knows that she will be seeing...

Jon's C2E2 2014

by | Apr 29, 2014 | Comics, Events

This weekend we undertook what has become an annual road trip to Chicago. The Crimespree wrecking crew meets up in Milwaukee and we head south for a spring weekend filled with good friends, great food and loads and loads of comics. We arrived in Chicago Friday after a...

RICHARD STARK'S PARKER by Darwyn Cooke

by | Apr 12, 2014 | Comics

RICHARD STARK’S PARKER Adapted and Illustrated by Darwyn Cooke   The Hunter – Vol 1 Richard Stark’s (Donald Westlake) classic anti-hero Parker is brought alive in this series of graphic novels by Darwyn Cooke. In the first volume, THE HUNTER, Parker is...

BLOOD ALWAYS TELLS by Hilary Davidson

by | Apr 8, 2014 | Books, Reviews

BLOOD ALWAYS TELLS   Hilary Davidson April 2014 Forge   Dominique Monaghan just wants to exact a little revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend Gary—well, revenge and maybe a little blackmail.  She meets him for a weekend escape, intent on getting a little...

NORTH OF BOSTON by Elizabeth Elo

by | Mar 29, 2014 | Books, Reviews

NORTH OF BOSTON Elisabeth Elo 2014 Viking   Pirio Kasparov was doing a favor for a friend by working on his lobster boat when a large craft comes out of the fog, cuts their small vessel in half and sends it to the bottom of the ocean.  Her friend’s body is never...

One thing ALWAYS in your refrigerator?

by | Mar 10, 2014 | Features

What is one thing that is ALWAYS in your refrigerator? I used to always end my interview with this question so I thought it might be fun to re-visit. I put the call out to a bunch of our friends both authors and folks in the mystery community and here’s what...

THE PLAYER BY BRAD PARKS

by | Feb 28, 2014 | Books, Reviews

THE PLAYERBrad ParksMarch 2014Minotaur Books  People in a small Newark neighborhood are getting sick—flu symptoms, bones snapping… some are even dying.  Carter Ross gets a tip from one of the residents and goes to investigate.  Hours later he comes down with the...