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Q&A with Dana Stabenow, Author of Spoils of the Dead

By John Valeri

February 18, 2021

Dana Stabenow is a native of Anchorage. As the story goes, she was raised by her mother on a 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska before being hooked by the thought of writing, which promised better working conditions. Stabenow earned a BA in Journalism and an MFA in Creative Writing, and then launched…

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…

Thief of Souls: Cover Reveal + Exclusive Q&A with Cover Designer

By Crime HQ

October 13, 2020

Brian Klingborg’s Thief of Souls (Minotaur Books, May 2021) marks the launch of a new mystery series following Inspector Lu Fei. When a brutal murder in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing, Inspector Lu Fei, exiled to this tiny town, is seemingly the only one interested in finding…

Q&A with John Glatt, author of The Perfect Father

By Crime HQ

July 21, 2020

Which family members were you the most excited about being able to interview? Would you say that they were supportive of the story being told? I was lucky enough to gain the cooperation of Chris Watts’ family early on. I was in Spring Lake, North Carolina researching the book when I saw Chris’s mother Cindy…

Book Series Binge: Q&A with Archer Mayor on the Joe Gunther Series

By Crime HQ

May 19, 2020

Describe the first time you pictured Joe Gunther in your head. Joe came to me first as a voice, more than as a physical type. What I wanted was a go-to spiritual model that every other character (and the readers) could consult in moments of confusion and stress. At various times, I have played the…

Q&A with R. G. Belsky, Author of The Last Scoop

By John Valeri

May 5, 2020

R.G. Belsky has forged an impressive, decades-long career in writing both fact and fiction. As a journalist, he served as metropolitan editor of the New York Post, managing editor of the New York Daily News, news editor at Star Magazine, and, most recently, a managing editor at NBC News. As a novelist, he’s published fourteen…

Book Series Binge: Q&A with Lindsey Davis on Flavia Albia Series

By Crime HQ

April 28, 2020

Describe the first time you pictured Flavia Albia in your head. It was during my Falco series, she was just a pathetic, very young scavenger, a street child glimpsed in a bar, intended to show the seamy side of Roman Londinium. Then, once in Rome, a troubled teenager, her character developed. Her looks had to…

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…

Vermont Mystery Authors Archer Mayor and Sarah Stewart Taylor In Conversation 

By Crime HQ

April 21, 2020

Meet Archer Mayor: New York Times-bestselling Vermont crime writer Archer Mayor has written thirty-one books in his Joe Gunther series, about a Vermont police detective who solves crimes in all corners of his native state. He is a past winner of the New England Independent Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction and the latest book…

Book Series Binge: Q&A with Tasha Alexander + A Note from The Counterfeit Heiress

By Crime HQ

April 17, 2020

Describe the first time you pictured Lady Emily in your head. Believe it or not, I woke up one morning with a vivid image in my head: a young woman, dressed in Victorian clothing, standing on the cliff path in Imerovigli, a small village in the Greek island Santorini. It was so striking that I…

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