by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 31, 2013 | Books, Reviews
I love Westerns. Ever since I was a kid, it didn’t matter if it was John Wayne or Clint Eastwood or if it was some fantasy like spaghetti western or a Sam Peckinpah sweat drenched nightmare. Also I didn’t care if it was based on historical fact or was the creation of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 30, 2013 | Five Things
1. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison: No one album has influenced my whole way of writing like this one has. Astral Weeks sets off the most startling images in my head and fuels My writing with a sense of loss that I am always trying to convey and if I want to describe a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 26, 2013 | Books, Reviews
WHITEY BULGER W.W. Norton Pub date: October 7th, 2013 In June 2011, I was having a conversation with a co-worker about the fate of Whitey Bulger. I took the position that he was dead. I figured somebody found him, dropped him and made the body disappear. My co-worker...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 24, 2013 | Awards, Books
The final batch of CWA Dagger awards were presented today at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards. CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger: DEAD LIONS by Mick Herron (Soho Crime) The rest of the short list: RUBBERNECKER by Belinda Bauer(Bantam/Transworld) THE SHINING GIRLS by...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 24, 2013 | Books
Legendary author Lawrence Block has, by his own admission and to readers’ delight, made an utter dog’s breakfast of retirement. He returns in exceptional form to one of his most beloved characters in THE BURGLAR WHO COUNTED THE SPOONS. THE BURGLAR WHO COUNTED THE...
