5 Things I loved in 2014

by | Mar 4, 2015 | Comics

ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger Simply put, this is a novel that saw Kent take his game to the next level. Kent’s Cork O’Connor series is, in my opinion, one of the best ongoing series today. The characters age, love, suffer loss and grow. OG is the...

Finalists for 2015 Derringer Awards

by | Mar 2, 2015 | Awards

Occasional Crimespree contributor Gerald So and the folks at The Short Mystery Fiction Society have announced the finalists for our 2015 Derringer Awards: For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words) Joseph D’Agnese, “How Lil’ Jimmie Beat the Big C”...

PAST CRIMES by Glen Erik Hamilton

by | Feb 28, 2015 | Reviews

Harper Collins March 3rd, 2015 Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton is his debut novel starring Army Ranger Van Shaw. It is a book about family and forgiveness, and how circumstances can affect the interaction between people as they embrace and reject their past. Within...

Film Review: BLACK SEA

by | Feb 27, 2015 | Films

BLACK SEA Directed by Kevin Macdonald Written by Dennis Kelly Starring: Jude Law This is a tidy little suspense film that might be missed by people who may like it. We were pleasantly surprised at how nicely it filled a February afternoon. Jude Law (in a very good...

Giving Up On An Author

by | Feb 26, 2015 | Books

When is enough enough? I was in a Target not too long ago and as I am prone to do I wondered through the books. A woman was talking to a friend and holding up the latest Patricia Cornwell novel and actually said: ” I didn’t like the last five so I’m...

Bale, Pike slated for THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE

by | Feb 26, 2015 | Books

John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee appears ready to return to the big screen. Almost two years after Dennis Lehane was hired to adapt THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE, the project has two leads to go with a director. Variety is reporting that Rosamund Pike (GONE GIRL, JACK...