by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 20, 2013 | Awards, Books
Thursday night, Deadly Pleasures magazine presented the 2013 BARRY Awards. Best Novel: THE BLACKHOUSE, by Peter May (Silver Oak) Other Nominees GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn (Crown) TRUST YOUR EYES, by Linwood Barclay (NAL) DEFENDING JACOB, by William Landay (Delacorte)...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 20, 2013 | Awards, Books
Last night, at Bouchercon, the 2013 MaCavity Awards were handed out. Best Mystery Novel: THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny (Minotaur) Other finalists: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown) The Black House by Peter May (Silver Oak) The Other Woman by Hank Philippi...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 19, 2013 | TV
TNT has greenlit Murder in the First, a new scripted drama from Emmy®-winner Steven Bochco and starring Taye Diggs (Private Practice) and Kathleen Robertson (Boss). Co-created by Bochco and Eric Lodal (The Locrian Mode), Murder in the First also stars Tom Felton...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 18, 2013 | TV
PENNY DREADFUL, Showtime’s upcoming horror/adventure series continues to fill out the cast. Billie Piper (DR. WHO, Showtime’s SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL) has agreed to play Brona Croft, an Irish immigrant to Victorian London trying to escape a dark and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 18, 2013 | Books, Reviews
Little, Brown & Company Publication date: Sept 10th, 2013 I’ve written before about how I feel Joe Lansdale is one of the 2 greatest living crime writers. In my eyes, the man can do no wrong at all. Something about his style just grabs me by the throat and leaves...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 18, 2013 | Books, Reviews
Publication date: September 17th, 2013 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer When you’re a 15 year-old girl, life is supposed to be pretty easy. The biggest concerns in your life should be if Jimmy from math likes you or if you and Sally show up to English class wearing the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 17, 2013 | Books, TV
WAYWARD, Blake Crouch’s new book, is primed for big things. It is not just that the book is garnering positive reviews prior to it’s release, it is that it’s characters and story are in the process of making their way to the small screen. In May, I...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 13, 2013 | Films
Directed by James Ponsoldt Written by Michael H Weber, based on the novel by Tim Tharp Starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Jennifer Jason Lee, Kyle Chandler, Brie Larsen Sutter (Teller) is a high school senior unable to picture a future that has him in it. He...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 13, 2013 | Books
There’s a lot bubbling under the surface of Japantown. Partly because I travel a lot. Partly because I look at a lot. And partly because I’m an American who has lived in Japan for more than two decades. I also maintain a rather dicey policy: I’ll try anything once. A...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 13, 2013 | Books, Features, Five Things
There’s a lot bubbling under the surface of Japantown. Partly because I travel a lot. Partly because I look at a lot. And partly because I’m an American who has lived in Japan for more than two decades. I also maintain a rather dicey policy: I’ll try anything once. A...
