The patented Wambaugh formula continues to enthrall the reader, even after reaching the Twenty-book mark. Most of the familiar characters …Read the Rest
Archive for June, 2011
Nikki Dudley – interview
Michael Lipkin: Congratulations on your first novel Ellipsis, the story of a man pushed in front of a train and …Read the Rest
Ellipsis by Nikki Dudley – review
Reviewed by Michael Lipkin Ellipsis begins on a London train platform, as an unidentified narrator stares at a man near …Read the Rest
Gone by Mo Hayder – review
DI Jack Caffery, an 18-year-veteran of the Murder Squad and presently head of Bristol’s Major Crime Investigation Unit, returns at …Read the Rest
Straw Dogs – trailer
Apparently they remade Straw Dogs and its coming out in September. A couple of things. -I never really liked the …Read the Rest
Beat by Stephen Jay Schwartz – review
This, it should be stated, is not an easy book to read. It is, at the same time, completely compelling …Read the Rest
Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline – review
First there was Cain and Abel. In this novel we have Bennie Rosato and her twin sister, Alice Connelly (they …Read the Rest
Cowboys by Gary Phillips & Brian Hurtt – review
Cowboys, the latest graphic novel from Vertigo Crime, opens with two men in a Mexican standoff. There are blood and …Read the Rest
The Lost Sister by Russel D. McLean – review
Russel D. McLean’s The Lost Sister follows private eye J. McNee (first seen in McLean’s fantastic previous novel The Good Son) as …Read the Rest
Coming Back by Marcia Muller – review
In light of recent events in Tuscon, Arizona, it was kind of eerie reading this novel. In the last book …Read the Rest
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva – review
According to the author’s introductory words to this novel, he received a note in 1994 about a story he had …Read the Rest
Breaking Bad Season 4 trailer
Brian LindenmuthBrian is the non-fiction editor of Spinetingler magazine and one of the fiction editors of Snubnose Press. In addition …Read the Rest
2011 music – What I’ve been listening to
Thought I’d change things up a bit. When the weather gets warmer I always wind up sharing my music with …Read the Rest
Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell – review
International intrigue is at the heart of the plot which joins Emma Cross, former CIA operative and now with St. …Read the Rest
Gun by Ray Banks – review
Ray Banks’ Gun takes place over a particularly dark day for Richie, a young ex-con hired by local hard man …Read the Rest
Dust Devils by James Reasoner – review
James Reasoner’s Dust Devils opens with recently-outta-high-school Toby signing on as a ranch-hand for the middle-aged-but-still-smoking-hot Grace on her small farm. She’s wary of the stranger at first, bringing him his …Read the Rest
8 Pounds by Chris Holm – review
From a reader’s perspective, short story collections are generally a crapshoot. For writers, it’s that much more. Unless you write …Read the Rest
SJ Rozan’s Keynote Speech from The California Crime Writers Conference
SJ Rozan delivered the following keynote remarks June 12, 2011, to a Sisters in Crime Los Angeles luncheon, part of …Read the Rest
Fiction: FATHER’S DAY by Patricia Abbott
The knocking grew more insistent over the weekend, but the old man kept to his usual routine—repairing appliances neighbors put …Read the Rest
T. Jefferson Parker’s Keynote Speech from The California Crime Writers Conference
Bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker has 18 novels in print, including his latest, The Border Lords. My personal favorite is …Read the Rest
