STAR WARS #1 with Kate (and Dan)

::Dan witnesses his childhood teddy bear materialize out of thin air right before him. Floating in the air and emitting a soft blue glow:: D: Teddy?! Is that you? TB: Yes, Dan. It is I. Your childhood companion. D: How can you be here? And… you can talk? TB: I am now...

BREAKING CREED by Alex Kava

Breaking Creed Alex Kava Putnam Pub. Jan. 27, 2015 Breaking Creed by Alex Kava is a fascinating mystery based around a serial killer who is being chased by an FBI agent and a retired Marine. In this new series Ryder Creed uses the dog handler skills he learned as a...

Nominees for 2015 Left Coast Crime awards

The folks behind Left Coast Crime have announced the nominees for the awards that will be handed out at this year’s event. The awards will be voted on at the convention and presented at a banquet on Saturday, March 14, at the Doubletree by Hilton Portland. The...

Q&A with Sophie Hannah

The Carrier by Sophie Hannah is an intense psychological thriller. It can be considered a love story and a gripping mystery, a “who done it” of sorts. Released earlier this month in the US, it has already won the 2013 Crime Thriller of the Year at the UK National Book...

Q&A with Jack Higgins

Elise Cooper: Both books deal with the IRA. What point were you trying to make? Jack Higgins: They were fighting for the position of Ireland in the British Empire. They wanted independence as a country. In the end they achieved something of the kind. EC: In Rain On...