by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 6, 2012 | Books, Five Things
I was a good kid, did what I was told, became an Eagle Scout, got good grades, went to a good college and was on my way to a career in the Presbyterian ministry. Now, decades later, I find myself writing novels about bad people, spending days on end inside the heads...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 6, 2012 | Books
Time again for the FRIDAY READS/Crimespree contest! Crimespree, in conjunction with Friday Reads Facebook page, is thrilled to be offering you a chance to get DARKNESS ALL AROUND by Doug Magee. When there’s DARKNESS ALL AROUND . . . some memories are best forgotten...
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 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 | 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...
