Mark Billingham's BLOODLINE

A funny thing happened at Casa Crimespree when we watched the THORNE mini-series. I fell in love with Mark Billingham’s character Tom Thorne all over again. So great to see him back at the beginning of this journey, before the support system and Thorne himself...

THE NIGHT MEN: Get an awesome E-book for free!

Keith Snyder is offering everyone a chance to get something for nothing: He is offering his acclaimed novel THE NIGHT MEN, in the epub format, free of charge. “The situation has to be desperate to cause a California guy to ride his bike across the Brooklyn...

Ted Danson joins CBS' CSI

I did not see this one coming: Multiple Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Ted Danson will join the cast of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, in a series regular role, on the CBS Television Network.  His character will debut in the season premiere onWednesday,...

Guilty Pleasures: Elaine Viets

After a hard day of killing people, I relax with a movie. I don’t want to see blood, murder, or guns. They remind me of work. My husband Don got tired of hearing me critique crime movies: “You can’t freeze your own blood and then use it later to fake your own death –...

DVD Review: WIRED

Acorn Media Release Date: June 21, 2011 MSRP:  $29.99 Wired is a thriler that mixes high finance with the technology that it has embraced. Louise Evans (Jodi Whittaker) is a single mother with money problems. One day, her luck turns when she is given a promotion at...

Film Review: SUPER 8

Written and Directed by J.J. AbramsStarring Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths, Ron Eldard Released June, 2011 Somehow I missed the warning that Super 8 was a kid’s movie. I remembered fondly back on the days when our little family took in...