Bonnar Spring
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Derringer award-winning author of international thrillers and short fiction with morally ambiguous protagonists/associate producer with Authors on the Air and host of the Crime Wave podcast
In Matthew Blake’s A MURDER IN PARIS, Dr. Olivia Finn, a memory expert from London, is drawn into a decades-old mystery when her 96-year-old French grandmother claims she committed a murder in a Paris hotel at the end of World War II. As Olivia untangles her grandmother’s fractured recollections ...
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In Matthew Blake’s A MURDER IN PARIS, Dr. Olivia Finn, a memory expert from London, is drawn into a decades-old mystery when her 96-year-old French grandmother claims she committed a murder in a Paris hotel at the end of World War II. As Olivia untangles her grandmother’s fractured recollections ...
Lou Berney returns with CROOKS, the story of the Mercurio crime family—Buddy, a mob wise guy, his wife Lillian, a charming pickpocket, and their five children. CROOKS opens in 1960s Las Vegas and then spans decades and continents as the children grow—and grapple with the family’s criminal legacy.
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lou Berney returns with CROOKS, the story of the Mercurio crime family—Buddy, a mob wise guy, his wife Lillian, a charming pickpocket, and their five children. CROOKS opens in 1960s Las Vegas and then spans decades and continents as the children grow—and grapple with the family’s criminal legacy.
This week on Crime Wave: In Michael Sears’ LOVE THE STRANGER, Queens attorney Ted Molloy finds himself caught between profit-driven foreclosures and the grassroots fight to stop a massive development that threatens to uproot immigrant communities trying to build a better life.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This week on Crime Wave: In Michael Sears’ LOVE THE STRANGER, Queens attorney Ted Molloy finds himself caught between profit-driven foreclosures and the grassroots fight to stop a massive development that threatens to uproot immigrant communities trying to build a better life.
This week on Crime Wave: THE CHINA GAMBIT by Jeffrey James Higgins hurtles readers into a razor-sharp geopolitical thriller. When FBI Agent Nathan Burke uncovers evidence of a covert Chinese operation poised to upend global power, he’s thrust into a deadly chase that spans continents.
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This week on Crime Wave: THE CHINA GAMBIT by Jeffrey James Higgins hurtles readers into a razor-sharp geopolitical thriller. When FBI Agent Nathan Burke uncovers evidence of a covert Chinese operation poised to upend global power, he’s thrust into a deadly chase that spans continents.
In Emily Ross’ fascinating new novel, SWALLOWTAIL, Detective Samantha Star must confront her long-buried past when, twenty years after her own abduction, a brutal murder rocks her hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts. The killing echoes the work of a serial killer who murdered her friend.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In Emily Ross’ fascinating new novel, SWALLOWTAIL, Detective Samantha Star must confront her long-buried past when, twenty years after her own abduction, a brutal murder rocks her hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts. The killing echoes the work of a serial killer who murdered her friend.
In her latest Hank Worth mystery, THROWING SHADOWS, Claire Booth casts the Ozark sheriff into a chilling mystery: a hiker roams from the woods raving about a corpse, leading Sheriff Worth to “Murder Rocks” —where he uncovers two bodies, a skeleton, and the possibility of buried Civil-War-era gold.
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In her latest Hank Worth mystery, THROWING SHADOWS, Claire Booth casts the Ozark sheriff into a chilling mystery: a hiker roams from the woods raving about a corpse, leading Sheriff Worth to “Murder Rocks” —where he uncovers two bodies, a skeleton, and the possibility of buried Civil-War-era gold.
THE SOCIETY OF UNKNOWABLE OBJECTS by Gareth Brown plunges us into a globe-trotting fantasy thriller where seemingly mundane items hide extraordinary power. When a clandestine group dedicated to guarding “unknowable objects” dispatches its newest member, Magda Sparks, to Hong Kong . . .
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
THE SOCIETY OF UNKNOWABLE OBJECTS by Gareth Brown plunges us into a globe-trotting fantasy thriller where seemingly mundane items hide extraordinary power. When a clandestine group dedicated to guarding “unknowable objects” dispatches its newest member, Magda Sparks, to Hong Kong . . .
Set on a remote Greek island where myth and mystery mingle, Carol Goodman’s WRITERS AND LIARS draws readers into the lives of a group of authors whose idyllic retreat turns perilous when old secrets resurface. One death, then another—only one question: who among them is writing the final twist?
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Set on a remote Greek island where myth and mystery mingle, Carol Goodman’s WRITERS AND LIARS draws readers into the lives of a group of authors whose idyllic retreat turns perilous when old secrets resurface. One death, then another—only one question: who among them is writing the final twist?
MYOPIC DUPLICITY, edited by Jeff Circle, gathers an unsettling range of short fiction that probes the quiet tension between what we want and what we’re willing to do to get it. These stories don’t offer easy answers—they linger in the gray zones, where motives twist and outcomes rarely absolve.
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
MYOPIC DUPLICITY, edited by Jeff Circle, gathers an unsettling range of short fiction that probes the quiet tension between what we want and what we’re willing to do to get it. These stories don’t offer easy answers—they linger in the gray zones, where motives twist and outcomes rarely absolve.
Joel Dicker’s WILD ANIMAL begins with a dramatic heist in Geneva and peels back layer after layer of deception to reveal a web of obsession and secrets. Joel is a master of exploring the tension between reality and perception. His insights into character development make this a must-listen show.
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Joel Dicker’s WILD ANIMAL begins with a dramatic heist in Geneva and peels back layer after layer of deception to reveal a web of obsession and secrets. Joel is a master of exploring the tension between reality and perception. His insights into character development make this a must-listen show.
This week on Crime Wave: In Tom Milani’s debut novel, Places That Are Gone, Bennett Wilder’s life feels small and predictable—until a chance encounter with Liz Messina, a hitchhiker with a troubled past, jolts him from his routine. Liz is on the run, with dangerous debts and a child to protect.
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This week on Crime Wave: In Tom Milani’s debut novel, Places That Are Gone, Bennett Wilder’s life feels small and predictable—until a chance encounter with Liz Messina, a hitchhiker with a troubled past, jolts him from his routine. Liz is on the run, with dangerous debts and a child to protect.
In Midnight Burning, Paul Levine brings together an unlikely team—Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, and LAPD’s first Black female officer, Georgia Ann Robinson—to take on a deadly Nazi plot in 1937 Los Angeles. As fascist sympathizers scheme to assassinate Hollywood icons and spark insurrection --
October 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In Midnight Burning, Paul Levine brings together an unlikely team—Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, and LAPD’s first Black female officer, Georgia Ann Robinson—to take on a deadly Nazi plot in 1937 Los Angeles. As fascist sympathizers scheme to assassinate Hollywood icons and spark insurrection --
In Claire Douglas’ The Wrong Sister, sisters Tasha and Alice couldn’t be more different—Tasha is a busy mom, Alice a globe-trotting scientist. When Alice offers to swap lives for a week so Tasha can take a much-needed break, it seems a perfect arrangement. But the lifeline spirals into a nightmare.
September 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In Claire Douglas’ The Wrong Sister, sisters Tasha and Alice couldn’t be more different—Tasha is a busy mom, Alice a globe-trotting scientist. When Alice offers to swap lives for a week so Tasha can take a much-needed break, it seems a perfect arrangement. But the lifeline spirals into a nightmare.
In Karen Dukess' new mystery, WELCOME TO MURDER WEEK, Cath Little finds two tickets to an English "Murder Week” getaway in her estranged, late mother’s belongings--and is stunned to learn the tickets were for the two of them. Hoping to understand the woman she never truly knew, Cath travels to . . .
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In Karen Dukess' new mystery, WELCOME TO MURDER WEEK, Cath Little finds two tickets to an English "Murder Week” getaway in her estranged, late mother’s belongings--and is stunned to learn the tickets were for the two of them. Hoping to understand the woman she never truly knew, Cath travels to . . .
In BEARER OF BAD NEWS, Elisabeth Dini introduces Lucy Rey, a Las Vegas hairdresser whose life is upended when her fiancé drains her bank account and disappears. Broke and brokenhearted, Lucy accepts a cryptic-and lucrative—job posting as a Bearer of Bad News So, Lucy heads to the Italian Alps. . .
August 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In BEARER OF BAD NEWS, Elisabeth Dini introduces Lucy Rey, a Las Vegas hairdresser whose life is upended when her fiancé drains her bank account and disappears. Broke and brokenhearted, Lucy accepts a cryptic-and lucrative—job posting as a Bearer of Bad News So, Lucy heads to the Italian Alps. . .
This week on Crime Wave: In A MOTHER ALWAYS KNOWS, Sarah Strohmeyer unravels a gripping thriller about identity, memory, and long-buried secrets. Stella O’Neill has spent years hiding from her past in the Vermont cult where her mother was murdered. But a true-crime podcast reveals her new identity—
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This week on Crime Wave: In A MOTHER ALWAYS KNOWS, Sarah Strohmeyer unravels a gripping thriller about identity, memory, and long-buried secrets. Stella O’Neill has spent years hiding from her past in the Vermont cult where her mother was murdered. But a true-crime podcast reveals her new identity—
In The Medusa Protocol, Rob Hart’s pulse-pounding sequel to Assassins Anonymous, reformed assassin Astrid is kidnapped and imprisoned on a remote island black-site. Her disappearance rocks her 12-step group. Did she relapse? Was she murdered? Astrid manages to send a coded message . . .
August 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In The Medusa Protocol, Rob Hart’s pulse-pounding sequel to Assassins Anonymous, reformed assassin Astrid is kidnapped and imprisoned on a remote island black-site. Her disappearance rocks her 12-step group. Did she relapse? Was she murdered? Astrid manages to send a coded message . . .
In THE DEEPEST FAKE, Daniel Kalla delivers a razor-sharp thriller where deepfake technology turns one man’s reality inside out. Tech CEO Liam Hirsch is reeling from a fatal diagnosis, a crumbling marriage, and sabotage at his AI firm—until he uncovers shocking clues that his illness might be a lie.
July 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In THE DEEPEST FAKE, Daniel Kalla delivers a razor-sharp thriller where deepfake technology turns one man’s reality inside out. Tech CEO Liam Hirsch is reeling from a fatal diagnosis, a crumbling marriage, and sabotage at his AI firm—until he uncovers shocking clues that his illness might be a lie.
This week on Crime Wave: My guest is Carmen Amato, author of the Emilia Cruz series. In BARRACUDA BAY, the latest addition, Detective Emilia Cruz — Acapulco’s first female homicide cop — uncovers the body of the mayor’s sister in a run-down property linked to a covert anti–drug operation.
July 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This week on Crime Wave: My guest is Carmen Amato, author of the Emilia Cruz series. In BARRACUDA BAY, the latest addition, Detective Emilia Cruz — Acapulco’s first female homicide cop — uncovers the body of the mayor’s sister in a run-down property linked to a covert anti–drug operation.
This week on Crime Wave: AMBUSH by Colleen Coble grabs you from the first page with a haunted past, a smoldering second-chance romance, and a wildlife refuge teeming with danger. Paradise Alden, a veterinarian, returns to her hometown to work at a wildlife refuge and heal from past trauma . . .
July 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This week on Crime Wave: AMBUSH by Colleen Coble grabs you from the first page with a haunted past, a smoldering second-chance romance, and a wildlife refuge teeming with danger. Paradise Alden, a veterinarian, returns to her hometown to work at a wildlife refuge and heal from past trauma . . .
This week on Crime Wave: What if justice isn’t something the legal system is capable of?
New public defender Santi Elcano is tasked with defending Michael Atwood, a man arrested for a young mother’s brutal murder. Although Santi’s idealism has begun to wear thin, he believes in Atwood’s innocence.
New public defender Santi Elcano is tasked with defending Michael Atwood, a man arrested for a young mother’s brutal murder. Although Santi’s idealism has begun to wear thin, he believes in Atwood’s innocence.
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This week on Crime Wave: What if justice isn’t something the legal system is capable of?
New public defender Santi Elcano is tasked with defending Michael Atwood, a man arrested for a young mother’s brutal murder. Although Santi’s idealism has begun to wear thin, he believes in Atwood’s innocence.
New public defender Santi Elcano is tasked with defending Michael Atwood, a man arrested for a young mother’s brutal murder. Although Santi’s idealism has begun to wear thin, he believes in Atwood’s innocence.
July 4th on Crime Wave: William Webster and Dick Lochte are co-authors of ROCKETS’ RED GLARE, a high-stakes thriller. When two wilderness guides are killed, FBI Agent Maggie Comstock recruits tribal police deputy Sage Mendiluze and his dog Peak for the task force tracking the perpetrators.
July 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
July 4th on Crime Wave: William Webster and Dick Lochte are co-authors of ROCKETS’ RED GLARE, a high-stakes thriller. When two wilderness guides are killed, FBI Agent Maggie Comstock recruits tribal police deputy Sage Mendiluze and his dog Peak for the task force tracking the perpetrators.
This week on Crime Wave: Katherine Reay’s THE ENGLISH MASTERPIECE opens with an exhibit honoring the recently deceased Picasso. Lily, a gallery assistant, blurts, “That’s a forgery” about a painting. That comment puts her own career at risk, plus that of her mentor. Unless . . . was Lily right?
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This week on Crime Wave: Katherine Reay’s THE ENGLISH MASTERPIECE opens with an exhibit honoring the recently deceased Picasso. Lily, a gallery assistant, blurts, “That’s a forgery” about a painting. That comment puts her own career at risk, plus that of her mentor. Unless . . . was Lily right?
This week on Crime Wave: Listen to me get blown away by Laura Lippman’s insights into friendship, family, and craft. We chatted about Laura's wonderful new mystery, MURDER TAKES A VACATION. When Muriel Blossom, a 68-year-old widow, takes a river cruise in France, her trip turns deadly.
June 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This week on Crime Wave: Listen to me get blown away by Laura Lippman’s insights into friendship, family, and craft. We chatted about Laura's wonderful new mystery, MURDER TAKES A VACATION. When Muriel Blossom, a 68-year-old widow, takes a river cruise in France, her trip turns deadly.
This week on Crime Wave: I was hooked in the first lines of the jacket copy for Stephen Eoannou's new mystery, AFTER PEARL:
1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop wakes up on a hotel room floor with two slugs missing from his .38 revolver.
1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop wakes up on a hotel room floor with two slugs missing from his .38 revolver.
June 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This week on Crime Wave: I was hooked in the first lines of the jacket copy for Stephen Eoannou's new mystery, AFTER PEARL:
1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop wakes up on a hotel room floor with two slugs missing from his .38 revolver.
1942. War rages in Europe. Pearl Harbor still smolders. And alcoholic private eye Nicholas Bishop wakes up on a hotel room floor with two slugs missing from his .38 revolver.