by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 1, 2013 | Awards, Books
Tonight, at the CrimeFest Gala, winners were announced for the 2013 CrimeFest Awards. AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD The Audible Sounds of Crime Award recognizes the best crime audiobook published in both print and audio in 2012. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 31, 2013 | Awards, Books
The Crime Writers of Canada have handed out their 2013 Arthur Ellis awards: Best First Novel The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James, NAL Best Novel Until the Night by Giles Blunt, Random House Canada Best Novella Contingency Plan by Lou Allin,, Orca Books...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 29, 2013 | Books
Just months after the release of ORDINARY GRACE, a book I think is a candidate for novel of the year, William Kent Krueger is preparing for the release of TAMARACK COUNTY, the next book in his award-winning Cork O’Connor series. Tamarack County, Minnesota, the...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 29, 2013 | Five Things
Les Miserables (the musical) – Okay, this isn’t technically an album in the pop culture sense of the world, but it is music so I’m going with it. The themes in the musical are incredible. I listened to the show for the first time when I was in eighth...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 28, 2013 | Books
Megan Abbott: A Saturn, blue. Certified pre-owned. Beautiful Possibly haunted. Donna Andrews: The Flying Japanese Zero, a second-hand ten-year-old green Toyota Celica with over 100,000 miles on it.(License plate began with FJZ, so that was the PG-rated version). Bill...