My podcast about Crime and Suspense fiction.
This week on Crime Wave: Author Alex Hay is your pitch-perfect guide as you journey back to 1898 with THE QUEEN OF FIVES. Quinn le Blanc, London’s most talented con woman, has five days to pull off her most ambitious plot yet: trap a highly eligible duke into marriage and Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: It’s Joseph Finder! Finder’s new thriller, THE OLIGARCH’S DAUGHTER, debuts January 28—and what a thrill-ride it is. When Paul Brightman falls in love with a Russian oligarch’s daughter, his life gets brutally upended. On the run, living under a false name, and pursued by Russian Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: The way we treat our planet is a crime—fifteen of them, in fact. The always entertaining Rob Lopresti joins me to talk about his new gig as editor of the great short story anthology, CRIMES AGAINST NATURE. Fifteen stories, written by some of today’s best Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Erik S. Meyers talks about the second outing in his Sally Witherspoon mystery series—Murder on the Mississippi. Reeling after discovering who murdered her best friend, Sally books a river cruise down the Mississippi to put that terrible time behind her and relax. Unfortunately, relaxation is Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Pip Drysdale joins me to talk about THE CLOSE-UP. Sparks fly when Zoe re-connects with her old boyfriend, Zach, a bartender who inspired her debut novel. Only problem: he’s now a big-time actor, and she’s still working at a flower shop while she tries to Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Barbara Nickless wowed us all with her Sydney Parnell series, and I’m thrilled that she stopped by to talk about her brand-new (releasing Jan 1, 2025) stand-alone espionage thriller. It’s a real sea change for her. Centered around sisters Cassandra and Nadia Brenner, heirs to Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: What do you get when a part-time PI is hired to investigate the questionable moral integrity of one of Maine’s favorite sons—who’s been nominated for the US Supreme Court? MAINELY MAYHEM, of course! PI Goff Langdon gets thunked in the head and left to die Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Relax with your favorite beverage and listen to the zany, best-selling trio—Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig—entertain with THE AUTHOR’S GUIDE TO MURDER, a book we could all use, right? These three authors have collaborated on a locked-castle mystery about three authors collaborating on Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Our Halloween Special! Lorie Lewis Ham writes a fun series set in Fresno’s hip and historic Tower District, the town’s artistic hub. Part-time PI Roxi Carlucci is helping local bookstore owner Clark Halliwell put on the first-ever Tower Halloween Mysteryfest. When the eclectic group of Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Dale T. Phillips drops by to give us the inside scoop on A GREAT RECKONING, the 7th mystery in his Zack Taylor series. Zack is an old-fashioned knight errant, a complicated and troubled man fighting for the underdog. He doesn’t always win, but he’s passionate Read more…