Crime Fiction Links of the Week for September 16, 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 Ann Cleeves, Bloody Scotland, Noirwich, Locked Up and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Ann Cleeves shares her favourite classic crime novels.
• John Keyse-Walker discusses the second novels of several great crime writers.
• Sarah Ward shares her thoughts on the 1951 mystery novel Alias Basil Willing by Helen McCloy. 
• Eric Rickstad shares his top ten favourite Bruce Springsteen songs about crime.
• Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux has been accused of heavily plagiarising his poems from a variety of sources.
• Actor Harry Dean Stanton, best remembered for Alien, Twin Peaks, Repo Man, Red Dawn and Paris, Texas, has died aged 91.
  

Film and TV:

• Sam Wollaston reviews Strike - The Silkworm, based upon the eponymous novel by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling.
• Rebecca Nicholson calls the finale of Top of the Lake: China Girl uneven and bizarre.
  
• Crime Fiction Lover shares their thoughts about the Chilean crime drama Profugos a.k.a. Fugitives.
• Alex Gabriel shares his appreciation for the TV crime series Elementary.
• Vance Kortla compares the new Twin Peaks to poetry. 
• Peter Foy reviews the 2017 crime movie Good Time.
• Katie Rife reviews the thriller movie American Assassin.
• Graeme Virtue shares a recap of episode 1 of the new serial killer drama Rellik.  
• Leslie Gilbert Elman reviews the latest episode of the crime series Endeavour.
• David Cranmer takes a look at the noir movies of Robert Michtum.
• Brian Greene discusses the movies of Japanese actress Meiko Kaji, best remembered for the Lady Snowblood and Female Convict Scorpion movies.
  

Awards:

• Director Guillermo del Toro has won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for his movie The Shape of Water. 
• The winners of the 2017 Creative Emmy Awards have been announced.
• The finalists for the 2017 National Book Awards have been announced.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• G.B. Williams discusses how she came to write her crime novel Locked Up.
• Martin Holmen explains how he researched Sweden's LGBT history to write his historical crime novel Down for the Count.
• Michael J. Martinez shares tips for writing while the world burns. 
• Damien Walter declares that storytelling is a crucial skill, because stories are the operating system of the human consciousness.
• Steven McIntosh shares seven screenwriting tips from Aaron Sorkin. 
• The Puppet Show shares six subplots to add to your story.
• Ana Grilo and Thea James share what they learned from starting a short fiction line from scratch.
• Kelly Robson talks about the dream of writing full time.
• Annalee Newitz explains how she made the leap from journalist to writer.
• Kristina Adams shares seven ways to stop yourself from editing as you write.
• Reedsy offers an overview of book promotion services.
  

Interviews:

• Crime Fiction Lover interviews Jussi Adler-Olsen. 
• Karen McKenzie interviews Lucy Sussex.
• Catherine Turnbull interviews Nicola Upson.
• Crime by the Book interviews David Lagercrantz.
• Elise Cooper interviews Kyle Mills.
  

Reviews:

• On the Shelf Reviews reviews Locked Up by G.B. Williams. 
• Rae Reads also reviews Locked Up by G.B. Williams.
• Janet Webb reviews Monster in the Closet by Karen Rose. 
• Terry Halligan reviews Good Friday by Lynda La Plante.
• John Valeri reviews Enigma by Catherine Coulter. 
• Robert McCrumb reviews A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carré.
• Philip Rafferty reviews The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes. 
• Angie Barry reviews The Gospel of Mary by Philip Freeman.
• Bookwormex reviews The Late Show by Michael Connelly. 
• Purity Brown reviews A Patient Fury by Sarah Ward.
• Jenny Maloney reviews Lies She Told by Cate Holahan.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld.
• Sophie Glorita reviews In Dark Places by Michael Bennett.
• Sarah Ward reviews Glass Houses by Louise Penny.
• Sam Reader reviews The Man in the Tree by Sage Walker. 
• John Valeri reviews The Names of Dead Girls by Eric Rickstad.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Beach, Breeze, Bloodshed by John Keyse-Walker. 
• Doreen Sheridan also reviews Pudding Up With Murder by Julia Buckley and tries out a recipe from the book.

Crowdfunding:

• Writer Lezli Robyn needs help to pay for surgery to keep her eyesight from deteriorating even further. 
• Comedian Rebecca O'Neal needs help to be able to move to another state to escape a particularly persistent stalker.
  

Con reports:

• Crime by the Book reports about her experiences at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland, and shares several photos. 
• Henry Sutton reports about the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival in Norwich, UK.
• Emma Knights also reports about the Noirwich festival.
  

Research:

• Kaira Rouda shares the chilling truth about domestic violence.
• How to spot a psychopath.
  

Free online fiction:

• "A Summer Underwater" by Evelyn Sharenov at Akashic Books. 
• "Santa is Dead" by Jude Roy in Flash Bang Mysteries.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a video of writer Ann Cleeves and actress Brenda Blethyn discussing The Seagull, Ann Cleeves' latest novel about DCI Vera Stanhope. 
• Watch a trailer for Red Sparrow.
• Watch a trailer for The Commuter.