My podcast about Crime and Suspense fiction.
This week on Crime Wave: My guest is Carmen Amato, author of the Emilia Cruz series. In BARRACUDA BAY, the latest addition, Detective Emilia Cruz — Acapulco’s first female homicide cop — uncovers the body of the mayor’s sister in a run-down property linked to a covert anti–drug operation. As Read more
This week on Crime Wave: AMBUSH by Colleen Coble grabs you from the first page with a haunted past, a smoldering second-chance romance, and a wildlife refuge teeming with danger. Paradise Alden, a veterinarian, returns to her hometown to work at a wildlife refuge and heal from past trauma—including her Read more
This week on Crime Wave: What if justice isn’t something the legal system is truly capable of? New public defender Santi Elcano is tasked with defending Michael Atwood, a man arrested for a young mother’s brutal murder. Although Santi’s idealism has begun to wear thin, he believes in Atwood’s innocence. Read more
For the 4th of July on Crime Wave: William Webster and Dick Lochte are co-authors of ROCKETS’ RED GLARE, a high-stakes thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. When two wilderness guides are gunned down, tribal police deputy Sage Mendiluze and his dog Peak are recruited Read more
This week on Crime Wave: Katherine Reay’s THE ENGLISH MASTERPIECE opens with an exhibit at the Tate Modern honoring the recently deceased Picasso. Lily, a young gallery assistant, impulsively blurts, “That’s a forgery” about a painting on display. That one comment puts not only her own career at risk but Read more
This week on Crime Wave: Listen to Bonnar get blown away by Laura Lippman’s razor-sharp insights into life, friendship, family, and craft. Laura and I were together to chat about her wonderful new mystery, MURDER TAKES A VACATION, starring Mrs. Muriel Blossom, a 68-year-old widow determined to see the world Read more
This week on Crime Wave: As I told Stephen Eoannou when I introduced him, I was hooked with the first few lines of the jacket copy for his new mystery, AFTER PEARL. I can’t say it any better: “1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private Read more
This week on Crime Wave: We dive into IT’S NOT EVEN PAST, Anna Scotti’s wonderful collection of short stories chronicling the journeys and changing identities of Lori, a Ph.D-candidate librarian who suddenly must enter the Federal Witness Protection Program. Hiding her intelligence and education, she accepts menial jobs that will Read more
This week on Crime Wave: Jenny Morris dishes about her buzzy debut novel, AN ETHICAL GUIDE TO MURDER. It’s full of unexpected twists, well-timed humor, and a propulsive plot. Thea enters a moral minefield when she discovers she can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching Read more
This week on Crime Wave: Anthony Horowitz, just back from filming the PBS adaptation of MARBLE HALL MURDERS, joins me for an inside look at *writing* MARBLE HALL MURDERS, his captivating third mystery featuring editor Susan Ryeland who gets caught up in yet another crime: Three mysterious deaths. Multiple motives Read more