My podcast about Crime and Suspense fiction.
This week on Crime Wave: It’s a dark and stormy night . . . on the first page of Rick Mofina’s new thriller, IF TWO ARE DEAD . . . and while Luke Conway is driving home—he hits something? Or someone? When he can’t find anyone, Luke leaves, deciding to Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Current events got you down? Here’s a great idea—pick up STEALING TIME, a smart, funny caper that will steal your heart. Tilia Klebenov Jacobs’ and Norman Birnbach’s time-travel jewelry heist is the story of Tori, a teen during the 2020 pandemic, whose parents are divorcing. Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ THE MAILMAN is a pulse-pounding thriller that starts with a bang and never lets up. THE MAILMAN is the first novel-length outing for Mercury Carter, star of several Welsh-Huggins short stories. Mercury is a freelance courier who prides himself on never missing a Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: It’s the Murdle Man himself! G.T. (Greg) Karber, author of the bestselling Murdle puzzle books, shares his insight into the puzzle universe, how his logic puzzles fit in, and how he creates them. With five Murdle books out (and more coming this year!) Greg knows Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Nick Kolakowski and WHERE THE BONES LIE. Dash Fuller is a cynical Hollywood fixer, burnt out after years of making the film industry’s worst secrets disappear. Madeline Ironwood is the daughter a notorious smuggler and murderer who vanished twenty years ago. When her father’s skeleton Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Killer Nashville’s 20th Anniversary! Clay Stafford talks about what inspired him to start Killer Nashville back in 2006 and dishes on his favorite parts about the conference these days. He also speaks eloquently about the value of diversity and his joy in helping writers reach Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Bonnie Kistler joins me to talk about her Edgar-nominated psychological thriller, SHELL GAMES. Julie Hoffman’s wealthy mother, Kate Sawyer, might be the victim of an elaborate con or might be losing her mind. Kate says her new husband, Charlie, confessed to a notorious unsolved crime; Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Seraphina Nova Glass weaves yet another tantalizing tale of suspicion, murder, and revenge in NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE. Shelby and Mackenzie are long-time friends. One night both their lives change forever—when Shelby almost dies in a violent attack and Mack’s husband vanishes. As the quiet Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Jacqueline Faber joins me to talk about her debut novel, THE DEPARTMENT. On the surface, it’s an elegant and straightforward mystery about Lucia, a reckless college girl who goes missing, and Neil, the philosophy professor who becomes obsessed with finding her. At its core, however, Read more…
A BONUS week-end edition of Crime Wave: Scott Turow talks about life, writing, and PRESUMED GUILTY, the long-anticipated third thriller in his Rusty Sabich series. Rusty comes out of retirement to defend his soon-to-be stepson, the lead suspect in the death of a young woman from a prominent family with Read more…