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Carnage Count: Ranking 2015’s Best Picture Nominees

By Joe Brosnan

February 17, 2015

If there’s one thing we can probably agree on, it’s the more murder, mystery, and mayhem in a film, the more we’ll like it. This year, eight films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and once again I’ve created a custom carnage count to score the winners – if there were any…

Now Win This!: The Deadly Medley Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

February 3, 2015

We have a little bit of that and a little bit of this. Check out six great books that you won't want to miss! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR…

Done in One: New Excerpt

By Grant Jerkins

January 12, 2015

Done in One by Grant Jerkins and Jan Thomas is a psychological thriller that takes a look into the mind of a SWAT sniper and the toll that a growing list of sanctioned kills takes on a person (available January 13, 2015). One bullet equals one kill. For SWAT sniper Jake Denton, the bullet casings…

Now Win This!: What is War Good For Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

December 2, 2014

They say all is fair in love and war, but these six books might change your mind about that. Register to enter for a chance to win. Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES…

Tom Selleck, Western Icon

Tom Selleck: More Than Magnum, an Underappreciated Western Icon

By David Cranmer

January 5, 2014

When Western fans discuss their favorite heroes from motion pictures, I’ve noticed behind the firmly-fixed John Wayne comes Clint Eastwood (though some generations may reverse these two), followed by, in no particular order: Randolph Scott, James Stewart, Alan Ladd, Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, Audie Murphy, and a whole host of others. Most big Western names…

Laura Griffin Snapped

Snapped: New Excerpt

By Laura Griffin

August 25, 2011

On a sweltering summer afternoon, Sophie Barrett walks into a nightmare. A sniper has opened fire on a college campus. When the carnage is over, three people—plus the shooter—are dead and dozens more are injured. Sophie escapes virtually unscathed. Yet as details emerge from the investigation, she becomes convinced that this wasn’t the random, senseless…

The new .30 Violin, for those really pesky violin teachers

We Could Snipe Beautiful Music Together

By Crime HQ

August 12, 2011

Ever thought to yourself, “Man, I wish I had a string instrument that had a high-powered scope attached to it!” Well, you may just be in luck.  Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre has been whittling away his time by…well…whittling just such things. Maskull takes objects like stacks of newspaper in a press, a picture frame, his…

What Would Your Last Meal Be?

By Clare Toohey

May 27, 2011

What could possibly be nefarious about such delicious-looking strawberry cake?  Well, this delight has the dubious distinction of having been chosen by the D.C. Sniper, spree killer John Allen Muhammed, as the dessert of his last meal (entree: chicken with red sauce), as documented by the extremely specific Dead Man Eating blog. One Death Row prisoner in…

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