Eric BeetnerThis week we present Eric Beetner. Eric is an Editor, Producer, Director and Screenwriter in Los Angeles. He has sold several scripts but none have made it to the screen, like most writers in Hollywood. He wrote and directed his own film 'Taking Your Life', which played well on the festival circuit and can be found on Indieflix.com. Some of his music videos and short films can be found at ericbeetner.com. A listing of Eric's stories can be found on his author's page

Direct link to episode here: Eric Beetner reads "Past Due" which comes to us through the Twist of Noir contest that happened earlier this year.

Netflix movie of the week is Harper! This is one of my favorites based upon the Ross MacDonald character Lew Archer. There is a real interesting story behind why Paul Newman changed the name of the lead character.

Finally: If you live in the Boston area, here is where you can find Seth. Seth is back in his hometown promoting his book JACK WAKES UP. Go ahead and make the trip, spread the love and check out those fancy author signing shoes.....Yo.

6/9 Tuesday - Boston/Union Square - The Independent Bar & Lounge - presented by Kate's Mystery Books - 75 Union Square - 6:30P

6/11 Thursday - Newton, MA - Newtonville Books - 296 Walnut St. - 7:00P - Books & Brews!

6/12 Friday - Cambridge, MA - Harvard Coop Bookstore - 3rd floor - Harvard Square - 7:00P

Be there! See you!

Direct link to CrimeWAV Episode 37 - The Oath
Welcome to the CrimeWAV - This week we're proud to feature Rich Katz. 
 
Rich Katz lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, Lynn, and two cats, Felix and Scout.  He has a Ph.D. in Speech Pathology, but learned his most valuable lessons working in his father’s jewelry store in Boston’s Combat Zone, next door to the infamous Gilded Cage, where Rich watched his Dad handle cops and crooks, entertainers and escorts, and anyone else on the make.  He’s a lifelong fan of crime fiction and film noir, and in January of this year, studied crime writing with Seth on his Stanford online course.  This story is the result of that course and is Rich’s first work of crime fiction.
 
Reading this week's story is Daryl Wood Gerber a fellow student in the Stanford class with Rich. Daryl Wood Gerber lives in California and is a writer, actress, and voice talent.  Her website is www.darylwoodgerber.com. We hope to be hearing from her soon on the CrimeWav.
 
JACK WAKES UP has been out for over a week. Do you have your copy yet? I hope you'll take a few minutes to check out JACK WAKES UP, listen to a couple episodes, try the free PDF, or buy the book and give it a read.

CrimeWAV, episode 35: Crossing the Border by John Dodds, read by Alasdair Stuart.

John Dodds is a Scottish writer now living in Bulgaria. His first crime novel, Bone Machines, came out in 2007, and his second, Kali's Kiss, is doing the rounds seeking an agent and a publisher. His short stories have appeared in a bunch of print and online publications, and three of them received honourable mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology. 

Alasdair Stuart, who reads Crossing the Border, is one of the hosts of the excellent horror podcast magazine, Pseudopod, which ran John's story, Rapunzel's Room, in episode 70. You'll find lots of great stories there; just log on to www.pseudopod.org.

For more free stories by John including Bone Machines, which is now availabe as a free e-book,  go to his blog: http://bonemachines.wordpress.com. John welcomes your comments.

LESS than 7 days until Cinco de Harwood (May 5th, Baby!) and the release of JACK WAKES UP. If the good news about JACK WAKES UP spurs you to action, you can order a copy here: http://sethharwood.com/order.  Read more or listen to the podcast here: sethharwood.com/jack

Direct Link to Episode 31 - Allan Guthrie

Allan Guthrie is a Scottish writer of crime fiction. You can find more at www.allanguthrie.co.uk
Al was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and went on to win the 2007 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year. His second novel, Kiss Her Goodbye, was nominated for Edgar, Anthony and Gumshoe awards. He is also the author of the novels Hard Man, winner of the inaugural Spinetingler award for Best Novel - New Voice, and Savage Night, plus the novella, Kill Clock, for emergent adult readers. His fifth novel, Slammer, has just hit the shops in the UK and is out in the US in November.

When he's not writing, Allan is a literary agent with Jenny Brown Associates.

Truth is, we LOVE Al Guthrie around here. He's a great guy. Look for him on one of the story so far elements on JACK PALMS II: This is Life.

Netflix Pick of the week is Purple Noon (1960) starring Alain Delon and directed by your boy Rene Clement.

Promo this week is for John Mierau's Serving Worlds podcast.

Buy his books here...

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Bill CriderDirect Link to Episode 30:Cranked (Click to listen/Right click to download) 

I am very please to bring you Bill Crider and his Edgar nominated short story CRANKED. CRANKED appeared in the anthology DAMN NEAR DEAD, published by Busted Flush Press.

Bill Crider is the author of more than fifty published novels and numerous short stories. He won the Anthony Award for best first mystery novel in 1987 for Too Late to Die and was nominated for the Shamus Award for best first private-eye novel for Dead on the Island.  He won the Golden Duck award for “best juvenile science fiction novel” for Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror.  He and his wife, Judy, won the best short story Anthony in 2002 for their story “Chocolate Moose.” 

His latest novel is Murder in Four Parts (St. Martin’s).

Check out his homepage at www.billcrider.com, or take a look at his peculiar blog at http://billcrider.blogspot.com.

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In addition to this week's Texas theme we would like to help promote outstanding independent bookstores, like MURDER BY THE BOOK in Houston. These independent stores promote authors and their books. In these tough times it is important not to let these establishments go out of business. Check them out!

Promo this week from J.C. Hutchins! He's telling You about his new book: Personal Effects: Dark Art (coming in June)!!

Basil Sands

Direct Link to Episode 28-The Plumber (Right click to download)

Basil Sands is the author of four podcast novels: In the Shadows, Karl's Last Flight, 65 Below and his latest, Faithful Warrior. He has been called the next Tom Clancy, Jack Higgins, Michael Crichton, Frederick Forsyth, and Ken Follett all rolled into one.

You can check out his work through his site http://www.basilsands.com or download his books from iTunes and Podiobooks.

This week's Netflix movie is The Big Sleep. What else? Register here to get a free two-week trial of Netflix and help support this site!

Direct Link to Episode 27 - Mystery Dawg Presents II...

Well, I'm back again this week to present you with another short story from my longer fiction site Darkest Before the Dawn.

This week I proud to present a short story from Keith Rawson titled A Quiet Minute of Reflection. We sent this story to Julio Aldana, of Julio from NY to read. Long story short, Julio showed this story to a friend of his who is a sound designer and his friend gather the fine cast to record this week's episode.

Keith Rawson lives in the Phoenix, Az. suburb of Gilbert with his wife, daughter, and dog. He works as an Education counselor and has been writing off and on for the past fifteen years. He love crime fiction and other such degenerate literature. You check out the rest of his work at Bloody Knuckles, Callused Fingertips

Direct Link to Episode 26 - Mystery Dawg Presents...

Hello all youse CrimeWAV criminals. It's your friendly producer, the MysteryDawg bringing youse this week's episode. This is an all Dawg episode in that I selected the stories from my two fictions sites, Powder Burn Flash and Darkest Before the Dawn. I recorded the stories and edited and produced the episode. This was a great deal of fun to do and I want to thank Seth for allowing me this opportunity.

This week we have BEER from Darkest Before the Dawn by David Price. David is an ex college jock and retired probation officer residing in Cailfornia. Writing is a recent hobby in his retirement. His efforts can be seen at Thuglit #28, A Twist of Noir 016 and the Flash Fiction Offensive at Out of the Gutter.

Our 2nd story comes from James C. Clar. James' Requiem of Wind and Rain appeared in July 2008 on Darkest Before the Dawn. James is a teacher and a writer living in upstate New York. His work has been published in print as well as on the internet. Most recently, his short fiction appeared in Taj Mahal Review, The Magazine of Crime and Suspense, Everyday Fiction, Pen Pricks Micro-Fiction, Orchard Press Mysteries, Coffee Cramp eZine and of course Powder Burn Flash.

Lastly, Cormac Brown gives us the flash fiction piece BITCH. Bitch appears in the January 2009 edition of Powder Burn Flash. Cormac Brown is his pen name. He is an up and slumming witer in the city of Saint Francis and he is following in the footsteps of Hammett...minus the TB and working for the Pinkerton Agency.  Some of his stories have appeared here, Six Sentences and my blog Cormac Writes.  His story "Tit-For-Tat" appeared in the premiere issue of Astonishing Adventures Magazine and he has two stories coming up in the next two issues of that magazine.

Direct Link to Episode 25 - Operation Brisket (Right-click to download) | Subscribe

This week we have New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. He can be found online at http://michaelconnelly.com/

Our bookstore of the week is The Mystery Bookstore in Los Angeles, where most of Mike's books are set.

Michael Connelly is widely known for his series character LAPD Detective Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch. His first book, THE BLACK ECHO was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He has also written a few non-series thrillers, THE POET (1996) and BLOOD WORK (1998). Blood Work was adpated as a movie of the same name by Clint Eastwood in 2002. In 2002, Connelly released two novels, one a Harry Bosch novel, CITY OF BONES and a stand-alone thriller, CHASING THE DIME. In addition to the above, Connelly wrote in 2007, THE OVERLOOK, based on the New York Times serialization, it was his 18th novel.

Which brings us to the Mickey Haller novels. THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2005)was Connelly's first legal thriller featuring Mickey Haller. There is a reference in the book to Connelly's other characters, but we'll let you figure that out. The book debuted at #1 on the NY Times bestseller list. In October 2008, Connelly released the follow up called THE BRASS VERDICT and this week's story is the "lost chapter" from the book.

Connelly's next book is scheduled for May 2009, and called THE SCARECROW. A limited edition of this novel will be available from Dennis McMillan Publications in March or April.

Michael Connelly has served as the President of the Mystery Writers of America (2003-2005) and edited numerous anthologies. His previous work as a journalist on the crime beat of the Los Angeles Times has served as the basis for a few of his novels. 

Other items mentioned in this week's podcast are Author Boot Camp, the novel JACK WAKES UP, due out May 5th, 2009, and The JACK PALMS series of podcast novels at sethharwood.com.

This week's Netflix movie is Blood Work. What else? Register here to get a free two-week trial of Netflix and help support this site!

In these difficult times, it is important to keep our brick and mortar independent bookstores afloat. The Mystery Bookstore in Los Angeles is one of the finest Crime/Mystery bookstores on the west coast. Most of the authors on CrimeWAV have had signings at the Mystery Bookstore and you can find their books there.

Direct Link to Episode 24 - The Numbers Game

Craig Clevenger is the author of two outstanding novels, The Contortionist's Handbook and Dermaphoria.

Released in 2002, The Contortionist's Handbook has been a slow, but steady sales climber and has been translated into many languages. Authors Chuck Palahnuik and Irvine Welsh have praised this book and Clevenger's neo-noir writing style. Last year Handbook was optioned for the big screen.

Dermaphoria was released in 2005 and was Craig's "problem child" as they were not on speaking terms for periods of time or in a state of writer euphoria during good times. The first manuscript met its demise by paper shredder.

Craig is currently on work on his third novel based upon the short story called The Fade. 

This week's story, The Numbers Game, is featured in the recently released San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics.

You can check out Craig and his work at his website or follow him on his online discussion site THE VELVET

Special promo this week is for Jeremy Robinson's new novel Kronos!! Out now everywhere!