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Gregg Hurwitz

The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz: Cover Reveal

By Crime HQ

May 20, 2022

About The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz: As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program. When he broke with the program and went deep underground, he left with a lot of secrets in his head…

Thriller Masters: A Q&A with Alex Finlay and Gregg Hurwitz

By Crime HQ

February 24, 2022

To call Gregg Hurwitz a Renaissance man would be an understatement. He’s a New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of both thrillers and YA novels, an acclaimed screenwriter and filmmaker, co-president of the International Thriller Writers organization, and has even won advertising awards for his political commercials. He’s also the author of the beloved…

Q&A with Gregg Hurwitz, Author of Dark Horse

By Crime HQ

February 8, 2022

Who or what inspired the character of Orphan X?  Orphan X is the culmination of decades of writing and research. It took a lotta years for me to find my way to Evan. And fair enough. He’s a hard guy to find. He was yanked out of a foster home at the age of twelve,…

Review of Netflix’s Sweet Girl

By Hector DeJean

October 4, 2021

When Sweet Girl debuted on Netflix on August 20th, it instantly became the most popular offering on the site, enticing viewers with its medley of dynamic fight sequences combined with a crime thriller story, throwing in a twist worthy of an early-career M. Night Shyamalan. Jason Momoa plays a sympathetic dad going after the big…

Cover Reveal: Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz

By Crime HQ

April 27, 2021

Says Pulitzer finalist Luis Urrea about Gregg’s upcoming book, “Gregg Hurwitz has outdone himself this time. The many followers of Orphan X will get whiplash from the unexpected turns and surprises. It was only a matter of time until his Evan Smoak took on the drug cartels. That the main villain is a fully rounded…

Orphan X Gets Personal

By Gregg Hurwitz

January 26, 2021

As a broke foster kid who never knew his parents, as a boy trained to be an expendable weapon, Evan is aware of what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a power dynamic. He knows it in his bones. And while he’s built himself into a person who has means, resources,…

Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz: Q&A with Audiobook Narrator Scott Brick

By Crime HQ

January 22, 2021

What do you love about the Orphan X series? Scott Brick: I adore the Orphan X series primarily because it surprises me, every damn time. Part of the joy of reading mystery/thrillers, whether for pleasure or professionally, is trying to guess the outcome. We love it when we do that, right? It’s so satisfying! But…

Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz: New Excerpt

By Gregg Hurwitz

September 29, 2020

1 A New Brand of Danger A stir moves through the Pride House Group Home, and seconds later adolescent faces pig against the muggy front window. Evan, at twelve, still has not hit his growth spurt. He jockeys for position and loses, Charles Van Sciver’s elbow knocking him to the rear of the pack. A…

The 10 Best Modern Western Characters

By Jon Land

July 31, 2020

When asked about my Caitlin Strong series, I always describe them as modern-day westerns. And, in fact, the thriller form itself owes a great deal of its heritage to that genre. Having grown up with the films of Audie Murphy and Roy Rogers—not to mention classics like Shane, The Magnificent Seven, and High Noon along…

Once Upon a Crime: “Axel’s Lament”

By Crime HQ

June 25, 2020

We teamed up with five crime writers to create a short story in real-time. The end result was “Axel’s Lament” which you can read in full below. A special thank you goes out to the participating authors (in order of appearance): C. J. Box, Ellison Cooper, Gregg Hurwitz, Michele Campbell, and Allison Brennan. The full…

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