by Elise Cooper | May 7, 2023 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Melinda Curtis is one of those special authors than can write stories within different genres. She is known for her cowboy series, romantic comedy series, and mystery series. Although there are some similarities between the plot and characters the one major...
by Karen E. Olson | May 2, 2023 | Home Entertainment, TV
In 1964, Louise Fitzhugh introduced the world to Harriet M. Welsch, an 11-year-old girl who wants to be a writer so she spies on her friends and neighbors, recording her thoughts and observations in a notebook. Harriet the Spy is a beloved classic followed by sequels...
by Helena Dixon | May 2, 2023 | Behind the Book, Features
Murder at the Beauty Pageant is book 12 in the best-selling Miss Underhay series. Set in 1930’s Devon, England the mysteries have a golden age feel, and are based in the area around Greenaway, Agatha Christie’s home. All of the books can be read as standalones,...
by EJ Copperman | May 2, 2023 | Behind the Book, Features
A number of years ago – never mind what number – when the Haunted Guesthouse series was in mid-swing, my editor asked me if I’d like to start another series, something else that would have a paranormal bent to it. It should be funny, because that’s my “brand,” (I’m...
by Erin Mitchell | Apr 28, 2023 | Home Entertainment, TV
We’ve been hearing good things about “The Last Thing He Told Me” on Apple TV+. Are you watching? The fourth episode premiers tonight (April 28), and we have a preview of it along with the series trailer below! “The Last Thing He Told Me,” is a...
by Erin Mitchell | Apr 28, 2023 | Awards, Features
The CWA’s Dagger longlists were announced at the CWA annual conference. Longlisted authors, books and publishers can be viewed on the CWA website. The announcement video is on the CWA’s YouTube channel. Individual longlists are featured on the website as below: Gold...
by Elise Cooper | Apr 28, 2023 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Breakneck Arliss Cutter Book 5 Kensington Pub April 15th, 2023 Breakneck by Marc Cameron comes alive with a train ride deep into the Alaskan wilderness. US Marshal Arliss Cutter along with the Alaskan setting plus the Russian mob make for a good thriller recipe. There...
by Erin Mitchell | Apr 27, 2023 | Awards, Features
The longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023 has been announced by Harrogate International Festivals. The search for the best crime novel of the past year gets underway as the public are now invited to vote for their favourites to reach the...
by Jon Jordan | Apr 25, 2023 | Author Interviews, Features, Flashback
In June, 2004 we shipped our first issue of CrimeSpree Magazine. The cover story featured Mark Billingham. Cover Story by Jon Jordan A year before Mark Billingham’s first book, Sleepyhead, made it to American bookstores, I was lucky enough to read it. His lead Tom...
by Elise Cooper | Apr 25, 2023 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
With My Little Eye Joshilyn Jackson William Morrow Pub April 25th, 2023 With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson is a suspense novel that also goes into some personality issues. It opens with an actress, Meribel who realizes that someone has broken into the Los Angeles...
