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: 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: 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: Current events got you down? Here’s a great idea—pick up STEALING TIME, a smart, funny caper that will steal your heart. Tilia Klebenov Jacobs’ and Norman Birnbach’s time-travel jewelry heist is the story of Tori, a teen during the 2020 pandemic, whose parents are divorcing. Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ THE MAILMAN is a pulse-pounding thriller that starts with a bang and never lets up. THE MAILMAN is the first novel-length outing for Mercury Carter, star of several Welsh-Huggins short stories. Mercury is a freelance courier who prides himself on never missing a 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: Seraphina Nova Glass weaves yet another tantalizing tale of suspicion, murder, and revenge in NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE. Shelby and Mackenzie are long-time friends. One night both their lives change forever—when Shelby almost dies in a violent attack and Mack’s husband vanishes. As the quiet Read more…
This week on Crime Wave: We’re celebrating the launch of Carter Wilson’s TELL ME WHAT YOU DID. On Poe Webb’s true-crime podcast, you can anonymously confess to crimes you’ve committed. When one guest claims to have murdered Poe’s mother years earlier, Poe knows his man can’t be telling the truth, Read more…
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…