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St. Paul Minnasota
It's a city with very clean clothes


And there are authors on every corner with books!
Why look, it's William Kent Krueger!!!

St. Paul also has almost no crime. Look at the size of the Sherriff's Department detention center. I'll bet there's no more than two cells in it. LOW CRIME!!

Plus St. Paul has great clubs with free Booze. Jill Lynch shows us one of her favorite spots to go clubbing

And for no real reason, my sister Jennifer


Crimespree Issue 12

Well, it's on it way. Issue 12 has been delivered to the mailing service and we are in high gear on number 13 featuring the wonderful Karen Slaughter. We are alos well into issue 14 with a great intreview with Greg Rucka coming.

We just got our first subscriber from Germany! We also now have subscribers in Sweden. Seven different countries now on the mailing list. I'ts been an officail two years with the mailing of 12 and it's flown right by. Looks like we could be here to stay!

Coming in issue twelve:

<>2 Editorials – from Ben Leroy and Ruth Jordan
News Bits
On The Road with Ali Karim, Ayo Onatade
Reality TV by Heather Webber
Perfection And How To Achieve It by Walter Satterthwait
Conversation with Kate Stine by SJ Rozan
Bookstore Spotlight: Black Orchid by Anthony Rainone
Surveillance/Counter Surveillance by Barry Eisler
Fiction: The Morning After by Douglas Shepherd
Cover Story: Val McDermid and interview by Ruth Jordan
Spencer-Fleming for Hire by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Robert Crais Interviewed by Jon Jordan
Going Undercover with Gayle Lynds by Rob Krese
Fiction:Bad Press by Charles Edward
Scott Wolven Interview by Bryon Quartermous
Grandpa’s Gun by Nick Stone
Ghost Of A Chance by Casey Daniels
One Writer’s Remedial Reading by Chris Grabenstein
R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Reed Farrel Coleman
What The %&@#? by Todd Robinson
Voices by Laura Bradford
Whipsaw by Steve Brewer
Fiction: Hidden Scars by Adrian Milnes
Eye On Hollywood by Jeremy Lynch
Crimes on .45 by Kevin Burton Smith
Book Reviews, DVD Reviews and Paperback and DVD Releases

So according to the mailing service they shouls arrive in about ten days. They do some times take just a bit longer because it's bulk mail and delivery varies from post office to post office.

Thanks for being patient about the delay. It looks like we are back on track and ready to go.

DVD review: Munich

Munich:
Universal Home Entertainment.
In 1972, at the Winter Olympics, a group of Arab terrorists kidnapped, and ultimately executed 13 Israeli athletes. After this tragedy, Israel called upon a handful of its citizens to seek out and punish some of the people behind the massacre.

In Munich, Steven Spielberg takes us on a very uncomfortable journey with the men that are called on, by Israel, to exact retribution on the Arab terrorists. The Oscar nominated film is about vengeance and the devastating effects it can have on society and the men that carry it out in the name of justice and country.

Are these acts atrocities, or simply justice being administered by a country that has had its citizens brutally executed simply because of who they are and where they are from? This film chooses not to offer an answer to that question, perhaps because the answer will depend on your point of view. The film instead chooses to focus on what happens when good men who are guided by patriotism commit murder. These men are not sociopaths and therefore struggle and suffer from actions that their job requires.

If you are going to buy this on dvd, and I suggest you do, pick up the two dvd set. The extras feature the thoughts and feelings of the cast in regards to the Munich massacre. You get a much better feeling for the film and why Steven felt compelled to make it despite the criticism he received for doing so.

Jeremy Lynch

Reading is Fundimental

And it's even better when reading is just plain fun..... In a crime filled kind of a way.

Summer is officially here if measured by activity and not the weather which is kind of laughing at us here in the Midwest. We went to see POSEIDON on Friday night, and I followed that up with a reading jag. And now the packing begins for the Memorial Day Weekend. And so I thought I'd share a few favorite reads with everyone , something you can throw in the suitcase and escape to.

If you're on vacation you cannot do better than Lee Child's Jack Reacher. THE HARD WAY makes the reading easy. For fans of the P.I. novel Linda Barne's THE HEART OF THE WORLD gets to the epicenter of the Carlotta series, throw it in your carry-on and you'll be at your destination in the blink of an eye. Are you heading off th Disney World and wish it was Yosemite or Yellowstone? Bring along C.J. Box. IN PLAIN SIGHT will bring you back to nature. And if you've yet to read Ken Bruen well, he currently has three books on the shelves of your favorite bookstore. He writes as no one else and is well worth investigating. Friday night's reading was the outstanding PIECE OF MY HEART written by another shining light in the mystery community. Peter Robinson has skills others can only dream of and has written a series while playing with the police procedural format in such a way that you truly "never know what your gonna get". Unlike chocolates though, the center will always be marvelous. This book centers on a sixties rock band and the present day murder of someone just passing through town.

New "kids" ? First let me mention Cornelia Read. A FIELD OF DARKNESS is one of the best debuts in recent memory. A second favorite is without a doubt last year's ALL SHOOK UP by Mike Harrison. He's followed that up with this year's WILD THING. ALL SHOOK UP was nominated for the Ellis award and was a great introduction to P.I. Eddie Dancer. This year's WILD THING makes Harrison "one to watch". Dancer is called from Calgary to Merry Ol' England when an author is accused of being a serial killer. Full of twists and turns, the celebrity of crime, and a couple of unanswered questions it is fresh and well worth your time. I'd love to see the Dancer series emerge as a new standard for the mystery fan.

Don't have time for a whole book? Take along a short story collection. There are a lot to choose from. Amongst them are DUBLIN NOIR, BALTIMORE NOIR and D.C. NOIR from the Noir offices of Johnny Temple. Also good from beginning to end are HARD BOILED BROOKLYN from our own Reed Coleman and DEADLY HOUSEWIVES from Christine Matthews.
So enjoy your vacation and leave Patterson to the amateurs.
Ruth

2 movies, one good one bad

Tonight we watched The Green River Killer, a movie based on the true killings of over 48 prostitutes. Rleased in January of this year it could quite possibly be the worst movie I have ever seen. Not a single recognizable name in the cast, A director I've never heard of, and just plain bad graphics and production. Lion's Gate released this pile of shit on the public, and for the life of me I can't guess why. I'd guess the film's budget was around $200,000 tops.
It was filled with bad editing, a narrative that I guess was supposed to give us insight into the mind of the killer, but was just stupid and annoying, and graphic autopsy scens that had nothing to do with the film. It's just cheap bad porn. Pure crap.
And I watched every minute so you don't have to....

On The other side of the spectrum
WOLF CREEK

This movie was great. Filmed in Australia and supposedly based on actual events it is both suspenseful and scary as hell. Great acting, beautiful cinematography, and wonderful directing. This movie captivated me and kept me spellbound.

It starts off as a road trip for three twenty somethings, 1 guy and two girls off on an adventure. After visiting a national park they discover their car is dead. Being in the middle of nowhere they are thrilled when a kind stranger offers help. And this is when their world starts to go to hell.

Not for the squeamish, but totally satisfying, this is a great movie.

So Don't bother with Green River Killer, get Wolf Creek and watch it twice.