by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 14, 2007 | Books
How can it be? I almost got to meet him this past summer. For health reasons he did not attend The Annual Mystery Writers’ Festival but he did judge all of the presented plays. I was looking forward to meeting this man, who like most of my generation I met through the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 19, 2007 | Books
PATRIOT ACTSGreg RuckaAugust 28th, 2007BantamGreg Rucka’s seminal hero, Atticus Kodiak has been THE action hero in thrillers for over a decade. Kodiak took the mantle from such characters as Smiley and Bourne at the pen of one of fiction’s finest storytellers with...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 31, 2007 | Books
This ran in our Bouchercon Special Edition last year and has been nominated for an Anthony AwardMY FATHER’S SECRETBy Simon WoodMy old man didn’t really keep secrets. He just never said anything. Mom was always saying, “Don’t ask your father questions. He won’t...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2007 | Features
The shelves are filled with new books for summer reading. Here are some of the new titles out now: Gary Disher has a new book called CHAIN OF EVIDENCE and also a trade version of SNAPSHOT both from SOHO Crime. Both feature Inspector Hal Challis and are set in...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 9, 2007 | Books
I got a phone call this week from my favorite mystery critic. That would be my Dad. “You were right, it’s a great book!” There really were exclamation marks in his voice. More than one, but I’m showing a little restraint here. After all, I had...
