New Spinetingler

[Sandra Ruttan]

The new issue of Spinetingler is up. You can follow this link for the PDF download and table of contents.

Or take the direct links below for the stories, interviews, reviews, website features, a sampler of Harrogate 2007 and a very special article.

I asked blogger and author Sela Carsen to give us some insight on the romance genre. Crime fiction readers and authors regularly toss out the ‘we’re discriminated against’ mantra when snubbed for literary fiction by reviewers and major awards. But are we any better, or do we, in turn, snub our noses at romance? Great article.

Anyway, no sooner are we done one than it’s time to catch up on the editing and reviewing submissions for the next one. The fact that so many of you look forward to each issue makes it all worthwhile – we appreciate it, as do the talented authors we’re featuring.

Blue Diamond Pool by Kris Ashton Final Level by BJ Bourg Bloodlines by Peggy Ehrhart A Study in Curiosity by Karen Hall And Then There Was One by Lauri Kubuitsile The Man in the Mirror by Russel D. McLean Dream House by Christa M. Miller Memorandum by Stephen D. Rogers Anthony Bidulka interviewed by Sandra Ruttan Anthony Bidulka: STAIN OF THE BERRY reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Allan Guthrie interviewed by Sandra Ruttan Allan Guthrie: HARD MAN reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Profile: Beth Groundwater, by JB Thompson Beth Groundwater: A REAL BASKETCASE reviewed by JB Thompson Profile: Tim Maleeny, by Angie Johnson-Schmit Tim Maleeny: STEALING THE DRAGON reviewed by Angie Johnson-Schmit Profile: Phil Hawley, by JB Thompson Phil Hawley JR: STIGMA reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Profile: Marc Lecard, by CJ Lyons Ken Bruen interviewed by Sandra Ruttan Ken Bruen: LONDON BOULEVARD reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Ken Bruen: AMERICAN SKIN reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Ken Bruen & Jason Starr: BUST reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Ken Bruen: THE HACKMAN BLUES reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Gillian Flynn: SHARP OBJECTS reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Victor Gischler: SHOTGUN OPERA reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Adrian McKinty: THE BLOOMSBURY DEAD reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Amanda Stevens: THE DOLLMAKER reviewed by Tracy Sharp John Rickards: THE DARKNESS INSIDE reviewed by Sandra Ruttan James Sallis: DRIVE reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Carol Anne Davis: SOB STORY reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Patrick Hyde: THE ONLY PURE THING reviewed by Tracy Sharp Allison Brennan: SEE NO EVIL reviewed by Toni McGee Causey Alain Mabanckou: AFRICAN PSYCHO reviewed by Sandra Ruttan Charlie Huston: SIX BAD THINGS reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Gregg Olsen: A WICKED SNOW reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Sean Doolittle: THE CLEANUP reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Martin Amis: NIGHT TRAIN reviewed by Claire McManus Steve Rigolosi: CIRCLE OF ASSASSINS reviewed by Claire McManus I.J. Parker: BLACK ARROW reviewed by Wayne Sears DVD Review: A CHRISTMAS FAMILY TRAGEDY reviewed by K. Robert Einarson Harrogate 2007: A Quick Chat With Program Chair Natasha Cooper, by ... Website Profile: CRIMESPACE by Daniel Hatadi Article: PERCEPTIONS OF ROMANCE by Sela Carsen