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: 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: 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…
I betcha there are still a couple of Crime Wave podcasts you haven’t managed to hear yet (amirite?) so check out the whole list, sit back, and enjoy . . . We’ll be back next week with a great lineup of authors for 2025! soundcloud.com Crime Wave with Bonnar Spring 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: 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…