This week’s episode of the Crime Cafe podcast features my interview with paleontologist and crime writer Leonard “Kris” Krystalka. Check out his reading from The Bone Field! Grab a PDF copy of the transcript here! Debbi: Hi everyone. My guest today is both a professional paleontologist and a novelist. He writes the Henry Przewalski - is that correct, I hope? Przewalski? Leonard: Literally, it reads as Przewalski but it's actually a Russian-Polish name, named for the discoverer of Przewalski's horse, that small kind of dwarfish horse that lives wild on the Asian steppes. So it's pronounced ..read more

This episode of the Crime Cafe features my interview with crime writers David Bushman and Mark T. Givens. Check out our discussion of the fascinating true story that inspired the show Twin Peaks. Before I bring on my guests, I’ll just remind you that the Crime Cafe has two eBooks for sale: the nine book box set and the short story anthology. You can find the buy inks for both on my website, debbimack.com under the Crime Cafe link. You can also get a free copy of either book if you become a Patreon supporter. You’ll get that and much more if you support the podcast on Patreon, along w ..read more

This week's episode of the Crime Cafe features another story from The Adventures of Philip Marlowe. This episode comes to you ad-free. Relatively. :) The following is an unedited AI-generated transcript. Does an awesome job, huh? :) (00:00:12): Hi, everyone. (00:00:14): This is The Crime Café, your podcasting source of great crime suspense and thriller writing. (00:00:20): I'm your host, Debbi Mack. (00:00:22): Before I bring on my guest, (00:00:23): I'll just remind you that The Crime Café has two e-books for sale, (00:00:28): the nine-book box set and the short story anthology. (00:00:31): Y ..read more

This week’s episode of the Crime Cafe podcast features my interview with crime writer Tom Fowler. Check out our discussion of his Baltimore-based crime fiction. Click here for a PDF copy of the transcript. Debbi (00:55): Hi everyone. My guest today is the USA Today bestselling indie author of the John Tyler thrillers and the CT Ferguson crime fiction series. Born in Baltimore, he now lives in the Maryland suburbs of DC, a place that I know well, or at least I used to know it well. It's my pleasure to have with me Tom Fowler. Hey, Tom. How are you doing today? Tom (01:21): Good, Debbi. Thanks f ..read more

This week’s episode of the Crime Cafe podcast features my interview with crime writer Anna Willett. Check out our discussion about thriller writing and her Cold Case Mystery series. You can download a PDF of the transcript here. Debbi: Hi everyone. My guest today is the author of several thriller novels, including five books in The Cold Case Mystery series. Her latest book is called Needles and Pins, and it's this week's giveaway, so make sure to check out the giveaway on my blog or on her Instagram. You can find it there on Instagram for sure. So it is my pleasure to introduce as my gues ..read more

This week’s episode of the Crime Cafe podcast features The Adventures of Philip Marlowe in "The Orange Dog." And my thanks to Old Time Radio Researchers Group for the content. You're awesome ..read more

In this episode, Debbi Mack and F.R. Jameson discuss the classic film noir, Kiss Me Deadly (1955). Directed by Robert Aldrich Screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides and Robert Aldrich (uncredited) Based on the 1952 novel, Kiss Me, Deadly, by Mickey Spillane Produced by Robert Aldrich ..read more

In this episode, Debbi Mack and F.R. Jameson discuss the Hitchcock film noir, Stage Fright (1950). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock;  Screenplay by Whitfield Cook, Alma Reville, and James Bridie;  Based on Man Running (1947 novel) by Selwyn Jepson;  Produced by Alfred Hitchcock.   ..read more

In this episode, Debbi Mack and F.R. Jameson discuss the remake of the classic film noir, The Killera (1964). Directed by Don Siegel;  Screenplay by Gene L. Coon;  Based on "The Killers" (1927 short story) by Ernest Hemingway;  Produced by Don Siegel ..read more

In this episode, Debbi Mack and F.R. Jameson discuss the classic film noir, Out of the Past (1947). Directed by Jacques Tourneur;  Screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring;  Based on Build My Gallows High (1946 novel) by Daniel Mainwaring;  Produced by Warren B. Duff ..read more