by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 26, 2013 | TV
The 2013-2014 season begins with the return of THE X FACTOR. Hosted by Mario Lopez, and featuring judges Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio, the hit music competition series will launch with a two-night season premiere event on Wednesday, Sept....
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 26, 2013 | Five Things
In reality, more than five authors have influenced my writing. I’ve been reading voraciously since grade school, and I wasn’t studying anybody’s writing style or philosophical point of view. It took teachers in college to make me anatomize somebody’s poem or...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 25, 2013 | Author Interviews, Books
Timothy Hallinan is on tour! Check the dates here: TIM ON TOUR Tim will be in MILWAUKEE on July 2nd at Mystery One Books at 6:00 PM The review of the new book: THE FAME THIEF Timothy Hallinan July 2013 Soho Crime Have you met Junior Bender? Junior is a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 25, 2013 | Home Entertainment
Those that missed the second season of HOMELAND, when it aired on Showtime, should mark September 10th on the calendar. HOMELAND: The Complete Second Season will be released, on DVD and Blu-ray, by Sony Home Entertainment. “Homeland” makes its triumphant...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 25, 2013 | Comics
Monkeybrain Comics IDW Chris Roberson (Writer), Dennis Culver (Artist), Stephen Downer (Colorist) , and John J. Hill (Letterer) June 2013 “What if?” stories have always been some of my favorite kinds of stories. In fact, Marvel had a long-running series called WHAT...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 24, 2013 | Awards, Books
PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD FINALISTS 2013 for works published in 2012 The winner will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in Albany, New York, on Friday, September 20. (The lists below are in alphabetical order by author) BEST HARDCOVER P.I....
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 24, 2013 | Features, Pet Spotlight
My mother raised me to believe that animals were more than pets and working animals, they were family. On our ranch in Shawnigan Lake, BC, we had horses, chickens, cats, dogs, a pig named Patty, and even, at one point, a seagull and a crow. My mom was always rescuing...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 22, 2013 | Books
With another book in the very cool Sandman Slim series about to be released, it is time for Richard Kadrey to pack his suitcase and hit the road. On July 30th, KILL CITY BLUES hits the shelves. Another day, another apocalypse James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2013 | Home Entertainment
On August 6th, Acorn Media releases SMILEY’S PEOPLE on Blu-ray. The gripping sequel to John le Carré’s classic Cold War-era spy drama, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Smiley’s People debuts on Blu-ray from Acorn on August 6, 2013, now with more than an hour of new bonus...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2013 | Books, Profiles
I read an arc of THE AMBER ROOM back in 2003 and was thoroughly captivated by the book. Over the last ten years I have continued to read Steve Berry’s books, both the Cotton Malone series and the stand alone books. People go on and on about THE DA VINCI CODE by Brown...