Unlike most book collectors, I know the exact year, month, and day that I started my collection. I almost know the hour. It was sometime on the morning of December 25, 1977, for it was that Christmas that I tore open the wrapping paper to find a leatherbound, boxed edition of the Lord of the…
The best tracker in the world, a man with a secret and a special set of skills, must find two nearly untraceable killers before time runs out for their victims, in Spencer Kope’s Shadows of the Dead.
Anyone who’s been in law enforcement more than 10 minutes knows that a lot of crazy things go on behind the scenes—stuff that the general public doesn’t hear about and probably can’t relate to. Let’s face it, if you’re a receptionist, you’ve probably never fingerprinted a corpse in between typing and filing, and I’m guessing…
In Whispers of the Dead by Spencer Kope, a series of bizarre murders―the victims nearly unidentifiable―forces FBI tracker “Steps” Craig to match wits with the most cold-blooded killer he’s ever encountered. Whispers of the Dead, written by Spencer Kope, follows “Steps” Craig, one of the most well-known trackers for the FBI. He is best known for his…
Collecting the Dead by Spencer Kope is the first book in the Special Tracking Unit series featuring synesthete tracker Magnus “Steps” Craig. In anticipation of Spencer Kope's second book in the Special Tracking Unit series, Whispers of the Dead (available April 17, 2018), get the first book in the series, Collecting the Dead, for only…
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. A series of bizarre murders―the victims nearly unidentifiable―forces FBI tracker “Steps” Craig to match wits with the most cold-blooded killer he’s ever encountered—take a visual tour of Spencer Kope's second Special Tracking Unit novel, Whispers of the Dead!
The Barry Awards, which began in 1997, are presented at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures, the award is named in honor of Barry Gardner, a well-known fan reviewer and American critic.
Collecting the Dead by Spencer Kope is a debut novel that introduces Magnus “Steps” Craig, a member of the FBI's Special Tracking Unit (Available June 28, 2016). Magnus “Steps” Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are particularly needed, he works as…
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Serial killers, for better or for worse, are some of the more infamous characters in history. As fascination mixes with fear, the gruesome and torturous killings become the stuff of nightmares. We don't want to see, but we can't look away. Often, the killers revel in the spotlight — it's what drives them. Some even…
