by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 5, 2012 | Awards, Books
The U.K. based Crime Writers Association announced the winners of the Dagger awards at a CWA dinner in London. The CWA Dagger awards celebrate the best in contemporary crime writing. The CWA International Dagger: The Potter’s Field by Andrea Camilleri, translated by...
by Kate (and Dan) | Jul 5, 2012 | Comics
Kate: I like that funny old guy that shows up in all the MARVEL movies. You got any books by him we could review this week? Dan: ::looks aghast:: That “nice old guy” is Stan “The Man” Lee! The genius responsible for the creation of some of the most recognizable...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 4, 2012 | Awards, Books
Six books have been announced as being on the short list for the 2012 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. The award is designed to “highlight the cream of the crop of crime novels published by British and Irish authors over the last year.” The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 4, 2012 | Films
Sony has released the full domestic trailer for Rian Johnson’s forthcoming time travel film LOOPER. Like the international trailer, this gives us a much better idea of what to expect. Rian has said that while the trailers do not really spoil anything, they do...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 4, 2012 | Features
To all of my fellow U.S. citizens, I wish you a Happy Independence Day. To all others, Happy Fourth of July.
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 4, 2012 | Books, Five Things
There are more than five books that have changed my life. There are probably thousands of them, really. But I have to narrow this down to five, so I’ll leave out good stuff like Stephen King’s On Writing (which kept me both inspired and motivated during the writing of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 3, 2012 | Films
Paramount has, through Yahoo, finally released for the first teaser for JACK REACHER, the film based on Lee Child’s ONE SHOT. As everyone now knows, Reacher is being played by Tom Cruise. Also on board are Rosamund Pike, Robert Duvall, Richard Jenkins, Jai...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 3, 2012 | Books
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, aspiring novelists around the world! I present to you part four of Tom Schreck’s ongoing series on writing and being a working author. In addition to being the author of five books, he is has written for a wide variety of...
by Kate (and Dan) | Jul 2, 2012 | Features
It’s no secret that here at Crimespree, we like our food. We’re not “foodies,” we just like good food, at good prices. And if we can support the local guy, so much the better. So when Kate (and I) had reason to celebrate the other night, we did it with our stomachs....
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
