Kiss Me, Satan With Kate (and Dan)

by | Sep 26, 2013 | Comics

K: ::looks in crystal ball, planning trips two years into the future:: Looks like we’ve got a New Orleans trip coming up in a few years. D: New Orleans? Really? The Malmons hitting the land of Saints football and po’ boy sandwiches? Interesting… K: No, no. It’ll be...

FX orders second season of THE BRIDGE

by | Sep 25, 2013 | TV

Despite so-so ratings, FX has decided it wants more of THE BRIDGE. The cabler has ordered a 13-episode second season. Starring Academy Award-nominee Demian Bichir and Diane Kruger, “The Bridge” is a present-day crime thriller exploring the tensions on the...

Fox looking to bring DC's GOTHAM to TV

by | Sep 24, 2013 | TV

Is this a response to Marvel’s AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D? Deadline has confirmed that after a bidding war, FOX has acquired the rights to produce GOTHAM, a series that explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains who made Gotham City...

MOB CITY: Prestige promo

by | Sep 24, 2013 | TV

Prestige is the latest promo for MOB CITY, Frank Darabont’s forthcoming TNT series. The series, set in the 1940s, is based on John Buntin’s true crime book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City. In MOB CITY, Det. Joe Teague...

David Osborne and BROKEN RIVER BOOKS

by | Sep 23, 2013 | Books

Tell us about yourself: My name is J David Osborne. I’m a crime writer from Norman, Oklahoma. I’ve written two novels: BY THE TIME WE LEAVE HERE, WE’LL BE FRIENDS and LOW DOWN DEATH RIGHT EASY. I’ve been a noir and crime fiction fan ever since...

Flashback: THE SHADOW by Tom Jenkins

by | Sep 22, 2013 | Flashback

THE SHADOW by Tom Jenkins Originally published in Crimespree issue 5. An urbanized latter-day Scarlet Pimpernel to the rescue. Suddenly from out of the darkness, a cloaked figure begins to take shape from only a blur in the shadows to become a mysterious and...

2013 Anthony Award winners.

by | Sep 21, 2013 | Awards, Books

A short time ago, the 2013 Anthony Awards were handed out  at Bouchercon in Albany, New York. The awards are voted on by the attendees. BEST NOVEL The Beautiful Mystery – Louise Penny [Minotaur] Other nominees: Dare Me – Megan Abbott [Reagan Arthur] The Trinity Game –...