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Steve Erickson

Steve Erickson works in marketing at St. Martin's Publishing Group and writes and edits for Criminal Element. Follow Stephen on Twitter @takeitorsteveit.

Q&A with Max Allan Collins, co-author of Masquerade for Murder

By Steve Erickson

April 22, 2020

Masquerade for Murder by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins is the latest Mike Hammer novel from Titan Books. Mike Hammer, a WWII veteran/private detective, witnesses a hit-and-run outside of a steakhouse in Manhattan. The victim—a young, powerful Wall Street broker named Vincent Colby—survives the incident when a red Ferrari nearly crushes him. But he’s…

A Quick-Start Guide: How Do I Know If Tiger King Is For Me? 

By Steve Erickson

March 31, 2020

Is Tiger King for me? I’m glad you asked! Watching Netflix’s Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness is a decision everyone must make for him/herself. There is no hard scientific data to determine when you’re ready to let Tiger King happen to you, so that’s why I put this quick-start guide together. My hope is…

Thief Brings An Unexpected Full Moon To Colorado Springs

By Steve Erickson

December 23, 2019

Residents of Colorado Springs, Colorado may want to keep an eye out for a full moon… According to the New York Post, last week a home security camera caught a man in the act of snatching some packages off of a porch, but the thief made a less-than-stealthy getaway. The footage taken on the security…

Book Review: Killing Quarry by Max Allan Collins

By Steve Erickson

November 18, 2019

Killing Quarry is the newest book in the Quarry series by Max Allan Collins. Collins has written several other Quarry novels for Hard Case Crime, a Quarry graphic novel, and his Quarry character was the focal point of Cinemax’s eponymous series. It is not the most recent novel, in terms of series chronology, as Collins…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: The Sculptress by Minette Walters (Best Novel; 1994)

By Steve Erickson

October 11, 2019

The Sculptress is the first book I’ve read by Minette Walters, but it certainly won’t be the last. I was surprised to learn that it’s only the second book she’d written, quickly following on the tail of her 1992 debut novel, The Ice House. Walters’ writing draws you in at once. It’s clear when you…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer (Best Novel; 1983)

By Steve Erickson

July 26, 2019

Billingsgate Shoal launches out of the gates from the first page with one of the best hooks I’ve read in a while. Charles “Doc” Adams introduces himself as a doctor and dental surgeon, with a wife and two college-aged sons. He immediately offers up a juicy tidbit: My most interesting recent operation was quick, spontaneous,…

A Bird in the Hand: Bird Smuggler Caught in JFK

By Steve Erickson

June 21, 2019

As the old proverb goes, “A bird in the hand is worth 34 in hair curlers.” Wait, isn’t that how it goes? If you ask Francis Gurahoo, he’d probably say so—even if his feathers are a bit ruffled at the moment. According to KRON4, Gurahoo was arrested after arriving at JFK International Airport from a…

Book Review: Trace: Who Killed Maria James? by Rachael Brown

By Steve Erickson

June 13, 2019

Trace by investigative reporter and journalist Rachael Brown tells the story of Brown’s internationally acclaimed true crime podcast which reexamines the cold case murder of Maria James in Australia in 1980 and the potential foul-play of major institutions that disrupted progress. Maria James, a 38-year-old mother of two boys, was brutally murdered in her bookstore…

Driver Busted In HOV Lane With Dummy In The Passenger Seat

By Steve Erickson

May 10, 2019

“One is the loneliest number.” I can only imagine that was Long Island driver James Britt’s initial excuse when Suffolk County Police Department busted him using the HOV lane of the Long Island Expressway with no other passengers in his vehicle (you know, except for the mannequin that he dressed and propped up in the…

Dial ‘B’ for Butt-Dialing Burglar

By Steve Erickson

May 3, 2019

Aren’t smartphones supposed to make life easier? Not so for this week’s bungling bad guys. According to KPRC News, police were tipped off to an on-going burglary at a Best Buy in Sugar Land, Texas when one of the alleged burglars butt-dialed 911. Police received a cellphone call at 3 AM, and—when no one responded…

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