Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 8, 2017

It's time again for Crime Fiction Links of the Week, our weekly round-up of interesting links about crime fiction from around the web, this week with Baby Driver, classic mysteries and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Ryan Thames shares his favourite thrillers of 2017. 
• Margot Kinberg shares her appreciation for Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Matsumoto Seicho.
• Dead Good shares the ten best classic crime novels.
• Rachael Durkin shares her thoughts regarding Sherlock Holmes' Stradivari.
• James Davis Nicoll shares twenty core speculative fiction mysteries every fan should have read. 
• Gabino Iglesias shares ten things only hardcore bookworms do.
• Kim Janssen explains why thriller author Brad Thor is the only person in the US who is not mad at New Jersey governor Chris Christie for enjoying a day at a beach closed to the public.

Film and TV:

• Laura Varnam declares that the latest film adaption of Daphne Du Maurier's novel My Cousin Rachel will leave viewers wondering long after the credits roll.
  
• Crime Fiction Lover shares their appreciation for the French crime drama Les Oubliées a.k.a. The Forgotten Girls.
• Ardi Alspach reviews the episode "Murder in Vegas" of the true crime documentary series Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
  

Comments on Baby Driver: 

• David Sims calls Baby Driver the rare heist movie with a heart. 
• Max Cea declares that Baby Driver is wonderful, but that it won't change Hollywood's reliance on summer blockbusters and proven franchises. 
• Richard Brody calls Baby Driver and artificially sweetened Hollywood heist movie.
• Fran Hoepfner explains why you should see Baby Driver at least three times at the theatre.
• Peter Debruge calls Baby Driver a heist movie about music and obsession.
• Spencer Kornhaber calls Baby Driver a tribute to the magic of the earbud.
• Danny Eisenberg calls Baby Driver not technically a musical, though it might as well be one.
• Peter Bart wonders whether Baby Driver rewrites the rules of movie soundtracks.
• Mekado Murphy explains how the perfectly timed stunts in Baby Driver were pulled off.
• Mike Reyes reports that TV chef Anthony Bourdain really, really does not like Baby Driver.
• Gregory Wakeman shares seven movies to watch if you loved Baby Driver.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Cory Doctorow implores writers to be the first one to do something no one ever thought of before.
• Kameron Hurley reminds us that story is more than just "stuff happens". 
• K. Tempest Bradford talks about cultural appropriation. 
• J.J. Marsh interviews authors about creating a sense of place.
  
• Anthony Ryan shares his tips for naming characters.
• Nik Korpon explains how he learned to write science fiction as a crime writer.
  
• Shanna Swenson implores writers not to tweet about their rejections.
  

Interviews:

• Victoria Goldman interviews Barbara Copperthwaite. 
• Jane Temson interviews Jacqueline Chadwick.
• Bibliophile Book Club interviews Claire MacLeary.
• Crime HQ interviews Claire Booth.
• Crime Fiction Lover interviews Carol Wyer.
• Dead Good interviews Candice Fox.
  

Reviews:

• Jenny Maloney reviews Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine. 
• David Cranmer reviews SoHo Sins by Richard Vine.
• Crime Fiction Lover reviews Soot by Andrew Martin.
• For Winter Nights also reviews Soot by Andrew Martin.
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Walk in Silence by J.G. Sinclair.
• Raven Crime Reads reviews The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews Every Deadly Kiss by Steven James. 
• Jen Lucas reviews Die Last by Tony Parsons.
• Sarah Ward reviews Spymaster by Martin Pearce.
• Matt Fowler reviews G-Man by Stephen Hunter.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The State Counsellor by Boris Akunin. 
• CrimeWorm reviews The Girlfriend by Michelle Francis.
• Northern Crime reviews Girl Zero by A.A. Dhand.
• Crime Fiction Lover reviews The Late Show by Michael Connelly.
• Hank Wagner reviews Ragdoll by Daniel Cole. 

Crowdfunding:

•  JoAnn Kaiser, widow of bookstore owner Dwain Kaiser who was shot to death, needs help with funeral and other expenses.
  

Con reports:

• Marina Sofia reports about the Captivating Criminality Conference in Corsham Court, UK.
  

Research:

• The top 50 police websites and blogs on the net.
• A new technique allows for identifying radioactive material even after it has been moved.
  

Free online fiction:

• Part 1 and Part 2 of The Raven by Ike Keen in Crimson Streets.
• "Rump Shield" by Paul Renault at Akashic Books.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for In the Dark.
• Watch a trailer for Kingsman: The Golden Circle.