by Gavin Jones | May 21, 2014 | Five Things
If I had to pin point a period of time that inspired me to write crime thrillers, I would have to go back to the middle of the 1990’s. I was reaching my late teens and the sort of films I was watching were evolving. I no longer felt so in awe of science-fiction...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 13, 2014 | Author Interviews, Books
Jon Jordan: Nele, when you first started your series did you plan for it to be a series? Did you approach the characters knowing that there would be further adventures with them? Nele Neuhaus : No, when I was writing the first book in the series, AN UNPOPULAR WOMAN, I...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 2, 2014 | Awards
Mystery Writers of America have announced the winners for the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Best Novel ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books) Best First Novel RED SPARROW by Jason Matthews (Simon & Schuster – Scribner)...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 30, 2014 | Books, Reviews
KING OF THE WEEDS Mickey Spillane/Max Allan Collins 2014 Titan Books A few years back we ran a cover story with Max Allan Collins in which he discussed Mickey Spillane and talked about being asked by Spillane to finish unfinished projects that he had. Max Allan...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 29, 2014 | Features
The Case of the Unreliable Narrator In most novels, the narrator serves as the readersﾒ guide. Whether in third person or first, the narratorﾒs voice takes us by the hand and leads us, phrase by phrase, sentence by sentence, page by page. The narrator grounds us, sets...
