Flashback: The Bill Fitzhugh Interview

Crimespree issue 6 – May 2005 BILL FITZHUGH INTERVIEW by Jeremy Lynch In 1996 a “struggling” screenplay writer retooled a story he’d developed with partner Matt Hansen in 1991. Rejected by studios everywhere PEST CONTROL had a great reception when it found a home in...

Hurray for Thuglit's Return

I can’t remember how I stumbled onto Thuglit. I’m happy I did though. I think it was the first paperback anthology… I do remember finding the website and going back through the archives, reading every single story they contained. These stories were like no crime...

The Brandon Terrell Interview

Brandon, word on the street is you’ve got a new young adult book hitting the shelves and not just any book, but a book in the vein of the much-beloved “Choose Your Own Adventure” styles of my childhood. Please, tell us more! Whichever ‘street’ is feeding you...

2013 Agatha Award Nominees

The powers that be at Malice Domestic have released the nominees for this year’s Agatha Awards. Best Novel: The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny The...

Rebus – A New Agenda?

From Crimespree # 5 Feb/Mar 2005   REBUS: A NEW AGENDA?   by Richard Flannery   Rankin has always insisted that Edinburgh is the hero of his novels. Fair enough, but this long-time reader has always had a soft spot for the central character, John Rebus....