by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 2, 2014 | Films
Philip Seymour Hoffman July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014 My first memory of seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman on screen is the small role he had in Scent Of A Woman. He played a privileged rich kid used to getting his way, that guy we all knew in high school who did...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 11, 2014 | Books
Elizabeth Kiem’s DANCER, DAUGHTER, TRAITOR, SPY (Soho Teen) is a young adult (YA) set during the 1980’s. The main character Marina, is studying at the Bolshoi ballet company in Moscow. Her mother Sveta is a famous prima ballerina, but she has a problem:...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 10, 2014 | Books, Reviews
UNDER THE CARIB SUN 2013 The Rogue Reader UNDER THE CARIB SUN catapults the reader right into the seedy underbelly of Paradise, giving us a view of the island I’m sure few are privy to. This installment of the Adel Destin series gives us deeper insight into Adel’s...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 6, 2014 | Books, Comics
With 2013 in the rear view mirror, the Crimespree crew has been doing a lot of thinking about what impacted us last year. Today, we will offer up some of the titles that we felt were noteworthy. They will be broken into a couple of categories: Reads (Books, Comics)...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 30, 2013 | Home Entertainment
BONES Fox Home Entertainment Release date: October 8th, 2013 At the end of season 7, Dr. Brennan (Bones), a suspect in a murder investigation, took off for parts unknown with her father and baby daughter. At the beginning of this season, she is able to return home,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 19, 2013 | Books, Events
Doomed…The Tour. SPOILER ALERT!! I went to the pajama party with very cool bedtime stories and everyone was tossing around balls and pussy like it was nothing. (I wish I could take credit for the quote, but it was all Ruth Jordan.) We were, however, in our pajamas at...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 27, 2013 | Books, Reviews
The Permanent Press August 28, 2013 Henri Poincarre is a young engineer and he and his partner have won a contract to raise the shipwreck Lutine. Henri meets a young German woman, whose wealthy family is the Klug steel company, and he is soon pulled into their sphere....
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 6, 2013 | Books, Reviews
James Benn will be appearing at Mystery One Books, in Milwaukee, at 4pm. Folks in the area should stop by and meet him. Soho Crime Pub date: September 3rd, 2013 Billy Boyle, personal investigator for General Eisenhower, returns in another death-defying adventure. It...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 23, 2013 | Books, Reviews
Forge Books August 13th, 2013 Caitlin Strong is five feet seven inches of gun slinging, tough talking, badass Texas Ranger. In STRONG RAIN FALLING, Strong and Cort Wesley Masters are the victims of two separate attacks by gunmen. Neither would be surprised if someone...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 21, 2013 | Books, Reviews
Soho Crime May 7th, 2013 The Slough House in London is where the MI5 screw-ups—or the “slow horses”—of the spy world are sent to ride out the rest of their careers. The agency hopes that by sending them into obscurity to push around papers they will soon quit from the...
