by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 10, 2013 | Flashback
This originally appeared in issue 3. I’m jet-lagged. I forgot to pack my favorite perfume. Julia and I took a wrong turn a half-hour ago and now we’re lost in rush-hour traffic, wondering if we’ll make the reading on time. And what if no one shows up? At least we’ll...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 9, 2013 | TV
Check out this Mob City poster created by famous movie/television poster artist Drew Struzan. Known for his iconic posters, Struzan has created work for major films such as Back to the Future, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, as well as for the Star Wars and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 9, 2013 | Books
“Recipes?” editor wants me to write about that? What do thriller-writers know about recipes? We can cook up a metaphor – a recipe for success, disaster, or confusion. We can use one as a clue. “As he examined the blood from the chef’s wound, Detective Poirot...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 8, 2013 | Features
I’ve spoken of this scenario before. I see a book at the library. I pick it up and think it looks cool but ultimately end up putting it back on the shelf. That repeats itself 3-5 more times before I finally get the book out. 9 times out of 10, the book I put back all...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 8, 2013 | Books, Profiles
Want a recipe for the making of a chilling medical thriller? Start with an emergency medicine physician with an inclination for writing tales of psychological suspense. Add a forensic psychiatrist with an interest in the minds of sociopaths. Mix well until the two are...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Kate (and Dan) | Nov 7, 2013 | Comics
::Dan sits slumped deep in a comfy chair:: D: ::mumbles:: What a weird day… What a really, really, weird day. ::Kate stumbles through the front door, looking all a mess:: K: SWEET JESUS LORD WITH WHIPPED CREAM AND JIMMIES! D: What the hell? K: This was the most...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 6, 2013 | Films
Dennis Lehane fans should mark Christmas Day of 2015 on their calendars. Warner Brothers has set that date for the release of LIVE BY NIGHT, Ben Affleck’s film that is based on the Lehane novel of the same name. Boston, 1926. The ’20s are roaring. Liquor...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 6, 2013 | Features, Five Things
I get to do a lot of reading on the job. (No, not the job that involves breaking and entering. I’m talking about my day job, selling pre-owned works of literature at Barnegat Books on East Eleventh Street in Greenwich Village.) Far too many of those diurnal...
