Gregg and Matt will not be posting for the next few days. Gregg is off to Book Expo America and Matt, who knows what he’s up to? So to keep the lines of communication open among our favorite regulars…Here’s an open thread. Have at it!

Matt and Gregg will not be posting much here over the holidays (unless Miley Cyrus gets pregnant), so to keep the lines of communication open among our favorite regulars…Here’s an open thread.

Just a quick update note for the weekend. Next week Matt will be calling the winner of our first-ever CR contest. The ideas were awesome, clever, and maybe just a bit too ambitious. As you might recall, this contest was about promoting his new book BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME…which is already getting great reviews a week ahead of the launch. You can pre-order the book right now (audio and print versions) by going here. In other CR News, Doug the Intern is helping us put up some media clips on YouTube. Here’s one with Gregg. More to come in the next few weeks.

Now to that open thread. Of course you can talk about anything on your mind. Yesterday it was revealed that two-time rapist Alex Kelly was released from prison. Like Robert Chambers, Kelly is another Golden Oldie of True Crime (books, TV movie, etc.). Wonder how long it will take for him to go back to prison? 

Your Crime Rant guys are away from their respective offices this week (Gregg’s off at Boise State University to talk about THE DEEP DARK and Matt is researching the Silvernail murder story for his next TC opus). Feel free to talk here about the cases that are making the news this week.

Also, what TC books had you really flipping the pages this year? Did you give up on any TC books that others raved about?