My podcast about Crime and Suspense fiction.
This week on Crime Wave: Elizabeth Crowens and I have fun talking about her new historical cozy mystery series. In this inaugural outing, Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles, Asta, the dog from the popular Thin Man series, has vanished, and production for his next film is pending. MGM Studios offers Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Hey, you guys—listen to Tim Maleeny’s keen insight into how he crafts a top-notch thriller. Tim’s latest book in the PI Cape Weathers series, HANGING THE DEVIL, has it all: an art heist in San Francisco’s Chinatown that goes sideways—filled with comedy, crime, adrenaline, heart Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Wendall Thomas’ Cyd Redondo series is part mystery, part adventure, part madcap comedy—and part a serious look at environmental issues and at the cruelty of animal smuggling. Wendall and I share a lot of laughs talking about Cyd’s fourth outing, CHEAP TRILLS: After her mother Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Debut author Lisa Malice on LEST SHE FORGET. In an incredibly tense opening scene, a woman is run off the road during a blizzard. She’s rescued from drowning in icy water, but the accident leaves her with amnesia. Her efforts to track down clues to Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: It’s THE PERFECT STORM meets THE FIRM. My guest is author and environmental lawyer, Joel Burcat, whose newest release, REAP THE WIND, is a ripped-from-tomorrow’s-headlines thriller—lawyers (working at cross-purposes) on a desperate cross-county mission in the middle of a massive climate-change accelerated hurricane. Available wherever Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: The incomparable Hank Phillippi Ryan talks about her newest thriller ONE WRONG WORD. How does Hank get into the heads of her characters and craft such entertaining and mind-blowing plots? If you’ve ever wondered (I sure have!), listen to this week’s Crime Wave podcast. Master Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: I had the pleasure of speaking with Iris Yamashita, author of the super 2023 debut, CITY UNDER ONE ROOF, which dropped readers into an isolated Alaskan village where all 205 residents live in a single high-rise building. Iris’ upcoming (Feb 2024) release, VILLAGE IN THE Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Best-selling author Heather Webb takes readers to the Roaring Twenties in QUEENS OF LONDON, where the first all-female crime syndicate is about to launch their biggest job yet, as they are relentlessly pursued by Britain’s finest and first female detective in a high-stakes game of Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Listen to author Matthew Blake talk about his stunning debut, Anna O, a shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and never opens her eyes again. Dr. Benedict Prince is tasked with waking Anna so she can stand trial Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: James L’Etoile and Face of Greed, the first book in his wonderful new series introducing Sacramento police Detective Emily Hunter.In a plot drawn from one of the first cases L’Etoile worked as a probation officer, Emily and her partner investigate the murder of a wealthy Read more…