by Bookouture | Jun 14, 2022 | Author Workspaces, Books, Features
They say a woman’s home is her castle. If that’s true, then a writer’s workspace is the enchanted garden on the castle grounds. The place where ideas germinate like seeds, flourish in secret, and spring to life, usually in unwieldy fashion. So, welcome to my little...
by Elise Cooper | Jun 12, 2022 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
The Handler John and Meredith Dale Book 1 M. P. Woodward Berkley Pub May 31st, 2022 The Handler by M. P. Woodward allows readers to gain knowledge of the intelligence world with a story all too real, delving into the return of the Cold War days. If readers are looking...
by Erin Mitchell | Jun 10, 2022 | Features, Five Things
The Downstairs Neighbor by Helen Cooper The Downstairs Neighbor is my current read, and I just had to add it to the list because even though I am not even done with it, I’d fallen in love with Cooper’s writing style. It feels a bit literary and pulse pounding all at...
by Erin Mitchell | Jun 10, 2022 | Features
Enter at jon@crimespreemag.com and put CONTEST in the subject line ON A QUIET STREET by Seraphina Nova Glass The perfect neighborhood can be the perfect place to hide… Who wouldn’t want to live in Brighton Hills? This exclusive community on the Oregon coast is...
by Marnie Riches | Jun 7, 2022 | Features, Five Things
Manchester Just as David Simon writes about Baltimore because that is his world, I find the British city of Manchester so inspiring. Voted the UK’s most violent city, Manchester is a strange mix of leafy suburbs, where white collar crime such as tax evasion, fraud and...
by Elise Cooper | Jun 6, 2022 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
The Catch Lisa Harris Revell Publishing April 5th, 2022 The Catch by Lisa Harris is an intense mystery. In the final book of the series the plot brings to close all the extending arcs. This story is multilayered. These sub-plots had Madison searching for...
by Elise Cooper | Jun 2, 2022 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
UNBRIDLED COWBOY FOUR CORNERS RANCH May 24th, 2022 The Lost and Found Girl July 26th, 2022 HQN PUB Unbridled Cowboy and The Lost and Found Girl by Maisey Yates are filled with an emotional punch, heartbreak, warmth, and overcoming the past. With Unbridled Cowboy...
by Elise Cooper | Jun 1, 2022 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Local Gone Missing Fiona Barton Berkley Pub June 14th, 2022 Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton is a tale of secrets and surprises with some humor. The plot explores the tension and conflicts between locals and weekenders in the small seaside town of Ebbing Sussex. “It...
by Elise Cooper | May 29, 2022 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Sea Glass Cottage Hope Harbor Book 8 Irene Hannon Revell Pub April 5th, 2022 Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon shows why she is such a talented writer. With both her genres she writes compelling and relatable characters. This contemporary relationship story...
by Erin Mitchell | May 27, 2022 | Author Workspaces, Features
I’m filled with admiration for people who can write anywhere. Those who pen perfect prose while seated in a (pre-pandemic) crowded coffee shop, on a train or a bus, at the library whilst watching patrons come and go. Even before Covid, I spent most of my time writing...
