by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 10, 2013 | TV
USA Network has announced they will be bringing back GRACELAND for a second season. “Jeff Eastin has once again delivered for USA Network. GRACELAND’s brilliant serialized storytelling mixed with striking cinematography and a captivating ensemble cast has clearly...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 10, 2013 | Books, Reviews
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pub date: August 1st 2013 Jason Kolarich, defense attorney, is in a lot of hot water. Kolarich is back at work after blowing out his knee when a strange case comes through the door. A man claims that two women he is acquainted with have been killed...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 10, 2013 | Author Interviews, Books
When Gavin Grant asked if I would do a conversation with Peter Dickinson for The Poison Oracle, I jumped at the chance. Dickinson is one of the premier writers of the Twentieth Century. His language is meticulous, his narratives carefully thought out, his characters...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 9, 2013 | TV
HBO has released a trailer for TRUE DETECTIVE, the upcoming crime drama starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughy In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle (McConaughy) and Martin Hart (Harrelson) are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 8, 2013 | Flashback
This article originally appeared in issue 4 of Crimespree. If someone asks me who my all-time favorite crime writer is, usually I demur and sheepishly try to evade the question. “Too many to list,” is one answer I use. “If I narrowed it down to one, I’d have a lot of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 7, 2013 | Films
With production having started in Louisiana, I thought this would be a good time to take a look at the cast of DARK PLACES, the film based on Gillian Flynn’s novel. The sole survivor of a home invasion where she famously witnessed the death of her mother...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 7, 2013 | Awards
At the Brisbane Writers Festival, the Australian Crime Writers Association handed out the 2013 Ned Kelly Awards. Best First Fiction Zane Lovitt – The Midnight Promise Rest of the shortlist: Steve Lewis & Chris Uhlmann – The Marmalade Files Paul Anderson...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 7, 2013 | TV
On October 9th, CW’s ARROW returns for it’s second season. The series stars Stephen Amell as wealthy socialite Oliver Queen. Queen moonlights as the masked vigilante The Arrow (known in the comics as Green Arrow. The series is an interesting twist on the...
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 | Sep 6, 2013 | Films
Written and Directed by Lake Bell Starring Lake Bell, Rob Corddry, Fred Melamed, Michaela Watkins, Demetri Martin For an hour, this is a clever, pleasant, and original story about a slacker, wannabee voice- over actor (Lake Bell) who inadvertently stumbles on some...
