Pre Xmas shopping suggestions

I love gift shopping. I lean towards things I like to get like books and DVDs and Music.

Here's a few ideas for the upcoming craziness.

DEVO has a new album out, SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY is a great album and if you have Devo fans to shop for they will love this.

A new band we started listening to this year is a group called THE DODOS. Cool sounds and not quite like everything else. We saw them on Letterman and bought DVDs and Cds the next day. Love these guys.

New Gorrillaz is also great and it features members of the Clash. I love there last two albums and there is something a bit special about Mick Jones joining them on this.

Looking for comics? There are a lot of great books to pick up, both for you and people you shop for.

BEASTS OF BURDEN was one the best of the year. A beautiful hardcover by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson from Dark Horse Comics. Jill also has a collection of her Scary Godmother in hardcover.

Like Victor Gischler? Like off the wall humor and violence? You NEED Deadpool. DEADPOOL THE MERC WITH THE MOUTH is in hardcover (It's gorgeous). His latest novel, THE DEPUTY is pretty damn great too.

Like looking at great art? DC released a book called COVER RUN with comic book covers by the awesome Adam Hughes. 

Crime fiction comic readers on your list?

How about the Parker graphic novels from IDW? THE HUNTER and THE OUTFIT are both out in hardcovers and they are truly striking looking books and wonderful adaptations done with the full approval of Richard Stark (Donald Westlake).

VERTIGO CRIME has a nice selection of books for your graphic minded crime fiction readers.

A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY by Denise Mina is dark and disturbing and wonderful

THE EXECUTOR by Jon Evans is a wonderful noirish tale of loss.

AREA 10 by Christos Gage has a wonderful twisted take on the serial killer detective tale.

THE CHILL by Jason Starr has Starr outside his normal zone and it's a great ride.

FABLES is being re released in wonderful hardcover collections. FABLES DELUXE VOLUME 1 and FABLES DELUXE VOLUME 2 are both out now. This is one of the best comics series in YEARS. There is also a tie in novel by Bill Willingham - PETER AND MAX

Looking for something truly magic? How about one of the best comics series of the last 30 years  collected in omnibuses? Starman by James Robinson is still one of the best series a ever read. A reinvention of a classic 40's hero that both updates the character and shows the love for the original as Jack Knight takes over the hero biz from his Dad, reluctantly. great writing and great art. These are must own books! 

The Starman Omnibus, Vol.1 

The Starman Omnibus, Vol.2 

The Starman Omnibus, Vol.3 

The Starman Omnibus, Vol.4 

The Starman Omnibus, Vol.5 

The Starman Omnibus, Vol.6 

And if you dig those covers by Tony Harris you need to check out Ex Machina, Book 4 (Deluxe Edition). It's another great series, this one written by Brian K Vaughen.

There is also a great DVD called SECRET ORIGIN THE STORY OF DC COMICS . Lots of fun footage and interviews showing the companies 75 year history.

Paul Levitz also has a great big book about DC's history.  75 YEARS OF DC COMICS is a HUGE HUGE book that has tons of stuff for fans of DC

And the creme de le creme of gifts in comics this year has to be WEDNESDAY COMICS . It's a huge over size book with stories from Brian Azzarello, Neil Gaiman, Paul Pope, Kurt Busiek and many more. The art is amazing and this is really something for the whole family.




 
And don't forget  the new release from Archaia, RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN by Jim McCann and Janet Lee, a beautiful hardcover that has been called  "A steampunk fairytale" by USA Today and they are dead on right. It's a great book.
 

Looking for novels?

How about the new Tasha Alexander? DANGEROUS TO KNOW is another in the Lady Emily series and it's great.

The new Dennis Lehane will be a hit with anyone, not just crime fiction readers. MOONLIGHT MILE is a return to Lehane's series and of course, it rocks.

How about some Lee Child? Reacher makes Xmas more fun 61Hours and WORTH DYING FOR are the two latest.

And as far as I'm concerned you can never go wrong with F Paul Wilson. FATAL ERROR puts us one book away from the end of the Repairman Jack Series. There are also two young adult books featuring Jack, JACK:SECRET HISTORIES and JACK SECRET CIRCLES. And the classic THE KEEP is always a great read.

Adventure done right thriller style means Steve Berry, and the latest is  THE EMPERORS TOMB. This series is so damn good and is what Dan Brown wishes he could write.

 

 
 Love rock and roll? This book should be a MUST own. ROCK AND ROLL WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL by Steve Almond. It's a book by a rock fan for rock fans and it's funny and if you love rock music you will identify with it immediately.

 And you can always give a subscription to CRIMESPREE MAGAZINE!

Just shoot me an email for details

( Jon@crimespreemag.com)

SO happy shopping, hope this list helps!

Tyrys Books for the Holiday Gift Giving Season

As book people we love giving books during the holidays.

We try to give books we love and there are three great books from Tyrus that would make awesome gifts for the crime fiction readers on your list.

The Limited Edition of DELTA BLUES

The Delta Blues limited edition is a full leather binding, using Corona premium bonded leather in burgundy. Both the spine and front cover hold gold foil stamps. The endsheets in this edition are a gold and ebony marbled paper. The interior pages are a 60#, natural colored, chlorine-free stock, 30% post consumer recycled, and the edges are gilded in gold. Each contributor's story is preceded by a unique tip in sheet, featuring the title and author of the story, and including a line for the contributor's signature. At the front, a tip in containing the book title, signed by both editor Carolyn Haines and author of the foreword Morgan Freeman, is numbered (1-100). Contributor signatures include: John Grisham, Charlaine Harris, Morgan Freeman, Ace Atkins, and others.

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The Limited Edition of AMOS WALKER: THE COMPLETE STORY COLLECTION

Loren D. Estleman, one of the most prolific crime writers of his generation, has been writing about the exploits of Detroit private eye Amos Walker for thirty years in novels and short stories. This anthology collects all thirty two previously published Amos Walker stories, a previously unpublished story written for the collection, and an introduction by Mr. Estleman.

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The Limited Edition of BY HOOK OR BY CROOK by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg 

Short stories from: Dennis Lehane, Kris Nelscott, Sandra Seamans, Dave Zeltserman, SJ Rozan, Nancy Pickard, Marcia Muller, Doug Allyn, Bill Crider, Tom Picirrilli, Richard Lupoff, Mary Higgins Clark, Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, Greg Bardsley, Dana Cameron, Brendan DuBois, Terence Faherty, Gillian Linscott, Lyndsay Faye, Twist Phelan, Charlie Drees, Bob Randisi, Luis Alberto Urrea, Laura Lippman, Jim Fusilli, Clark Howard, Michael Nethercott, and Robert Levinson.

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And because the folks at Tyrus rock, you can save 10% off the cost of these books by entering a special code found only on this blog - 

just enter the code "jonscrime"