by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 16, 2013 | Books
With the 50th anniversary of JFK assassination coming up in a few weeks, all the conspiracy theorists are coming out of the closet to take center stage. And while there are more theories about JFK’s murder than Carter’s Little Liver Pills— even Stephen King weighed in...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 16, 2013 | Books, Events
New Anoka based publisher 40 Press kicked things off at Once Upon A Crime. Marketing director E Kelly Keady moderated a panel that included 40 Press authors Kathleen Vellenga (Strangers in Our Midst), Richard A. Thompson (Lowertown), Pat Dennis (Murder By Chance), and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 9, 2013 | Books
“Recipes?” editor wants me to write about that? What do thriller-writers know about recipes? We can cook up a metaphor – a recipe for success, disaster, or confusion. We can use one as a clue. “As he examined the blood from the chef’s wound, Detective Poirot...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 8, 2013 | Features
I’ve spoken of this scenario before. I see a book at the library. I pick it up and think it looks cool but ultimately end up putting it back on the shelf. That repeats itself 3-5 more times before I finally get the book out. 9 times out of 10, the book I put back all...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 8, 2013 | Books, Profiles
Want a recipe for the making of a chilling medical thriller? Start with an emergency medicine physician with an inclination for writing tales of psychological suspense. Add a forensic psychiatrist with an interest in the minds of sociopaths. Mix well until the two are...
