by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 7, 2013 | Films
Two more names have been added to Oscar nominee Amy Berg’s (DELIVER US FROM EVIL, WEST OF MEMPHIS) planned film of Laura Lippman’s EVERY SECRET THING. Dakota Fanning and Danielle MacDonald have been cast as Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller. It was previously...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 7, 2013 | Author Interviews, Books
Originally run in Crimespree Magazine issue 3, Oct 2004 Crimespree Spotlight on Author Bill James By Ruth Jordan The special thing about crime fiction is that there is within the field something for everyone. As a crime fiction reader one of my great joys has been...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 7, 2013 | Comics
Manga. To a good portion of the comic book fan base it’s a dirty word. Manga. It’s filled with large eyes, over-the-top action, speed lines and incomprehensible plots. I am not a fan of Manga. However, I was introduced to one and begrudgingly gave it a shot. Thank the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 6, 2013 | Books, Flashback
This originally an in October of 2004, Jim has since won many awards for a variety of things. At the time he was doing a regular column for us on how to dress. His book, co written with fellow Ugly Town genius Tom Fassbender has just been re-released from Akashic, BY...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 6, 2013 | Books, Five Things
Editor’s note: Be sure to check out this week’s contest and enter to win a copy of Elizabeth Haynes’ latest. Only five?? Every book I read changes my life a little bit… but I will narrow it down to the books I’ve read and re-read! Agatha Christie –...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 5, 2013 | Books, Reviews
Publisher: DAW Books Pub date: Feb 5th, 2013 The sequel. Will it be awesome, like EMPIRE STRIKES BACK? Or will it be filled with suck, like the abysmal GHOSTBUSTERS 2? DEAD THINGS, the sophomore effort by novelist Stephen Blackmoore, opens with a kick-ass magical...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 4, 2013 | Awards, Books
Left Coast Crime organizers have announced the nominees for this year’s awards: The Lefty (for the best humorous mystery novel): Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder, by Mike Befeler (Five Star) Swift Run, by Laura DiSilverio (Minotaur) December Dread, by Jess...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 4, 2013 | Books
Publisher: New Pulp Press Pub date: Dec 20th, 2011 Sometimes you start reading a book, and it’s like driving on a road when all of a sudden the book makes a sharp right turn on a dime and then every so often there’s another sharp right turn or maybe even a sharp left....
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 3, 2013 | Events
FEBRUARY 23rd at 12:00 noon, Once Upon a Time bookstore in Minneapolis. Refreshments, some giveaways, authors! Click to make larger
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 2, 2013 | Books, Profiles
Writing for The Firm It took me nine months to land the job. I had a friend who had a daughter that worked for a private investigation firm, and I wanted to work there too. Now that the kids were in school full-time, it was time to go back to work, but I wanted...
