My podcast about Crime and Suspense fiction.
This week on Crime Wave: Stella Sands is not your typical debut mystery author. She’s written six best-selling true crime books and was for many years the editor of the educational magazine, Kids Discover. But now Stella has turned her hand to adult fiction—and has produced a smashing debut WORDHUNTER.Maggie Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Doug Preston and Lincoln Child—you know who they are, right?—the duo who’ve given us the best-selling Prendergast series. And you’ll never find two nicer or more knowledgeable writers! In addition to getting a sneak peek at their latest Prendergast thriller, ANGEL OF VENGEANCE (which releases Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: My guest is the one and only Wanda Morris. Wanda burst onto the mystery writing scene with her 2021 debut ALL HER LITTLE SECRETS, followed it up with the multi-award-winning ANYWHERE YOU RUN. Now she’s given us another winner, WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND. Deena Wood’s Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Oh, yes, you will want to hear Kieran Scott talk about PEOPLE WILL TALK, her just-released adult mystery. It’s got a set-up to die for—a fancy summer clambake turned surprise wedding. Only the groom isn’t marrying his current fiancée or his college girlfriend, whose business Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: John Fram is here to talk about NO ROAD HOME, his “whip-smart, horror-tinged whodunit in the style of early Stephen King.” (quote courtesy of Julia Bartz) A trip to his new wife’s family compound turns deadly for Toby, a young father who must clear his Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Ivanka Fear stops by to talk about LOST, LIKE ME, the second novel in her Blue Water Mystery series. Cheryl MacGregor lives in a small town in Ontario under an assumed name in order to escape a dangerous past. When she teams up with Detective Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Michael Cooper joins me to talk about WAGES OF EMPIRE, a spellbinding WWI adventure. In the summer of 1914, Evan Sinclair is sixteen, living in Utah, and determined to join the war effort as a member of the British Expeditionary Force. He sneaks away from Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: What a delight to have a chance to speak with two engaging and prolific thriller writers! Iris and Roy Johansen join me to talk about FLASHBACK, their latest co-written Kendra Michaels release . . . and it’s a real thrill ride! Kendra investigates the disappearance Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Karen Robards stops by to talk about SOME MURDERS IN BERLIN, her brand new novel of historical suspense—and romance! In 1943, Danish psychological profiler Dr. Elin Lund is summoned to Berlin to catch a serial killer. With her homeland under Nazi occupation and a young Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Who knew that Terry Shames and I had so much in common? Terry’s newest thriller is a departure from her multi-award-winning series featuring a small-town police chief in Texas. PERILOUS WATERS, set in the Bahamas, stars dive instructor Jessie Madison, a woman with a murky Read more…