Crime Fiction Links of the Week for December 9, 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 the best crime novels and dramas of 2017, The Punisher, Peaky Blinders, Longmire, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I Remember You, I, Tonya and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• NPR shares its best mystery and thriller books of 2017.
• Twenty authors pick the best crime novels of 2017. 
• Declan Burke and Declan Hughes share the twenty best crime novels of 2017.
• Barry Forshaw shares the best crime novels of 2017.
• Mike Ripley talks about the golden age of the British thriller in the 1950s and 1960s.
• Paul French takes a look at the popularity of Macau as a setting for crime novels and thrillers.
• C.J. Tudor shares her appreciation for the works of Stephen King.
• Crime fiction writer Bill Crider reports that he has entered hospice care.
• Christine Keeler, the former model at the heart of the so-called Profumo affair, which rocked the British government in the 1960s, has died aged 75.
  

Film and TV:

• Crime Fiction Lover shares the best crime shows of 2017.
• Theresa Rodewald discusses the elusiveness of identity in Tomas Alfredson's 2011 adaptations of John La Carrè's classic spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 
• B Noir Detour revisits the 1950 movie Gun Crazy.
• Clarisse Loughrey debates whether the classic 1988 thriller Die Hard counts as a Christmas film or not.
• Peter Foy shares his thoughts on the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
• David Cranmer reviews episode 4 and episode 5 and episode 6 of Longmire.
• Stuart Barr shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Peaky Blinders.
• Dead Good reports that the fourth and final season of the Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge will air on BBC 2 in the UK.
  

Comments on the season 5 premiere of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 

• Alan Brown shares his thoughts on the season 5 premiere of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
• James Whitbrook declares that if you stopped watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, the season 5 premiere is an excellent time to start again.

Comments on The Punisher:

• David Fienberg calls The Punisher punishing indeed.
• Dave Richards reviews the final three episodes of The Punisher. 
• Josh Wigler explains how season 1 of The Punisher plays out.
• Josh Wigler also interviews Steve Lightfoot, showrunner of The Punisher.
  

Comments on I, Tonya:

• Richard Brody calls I, Tonya a condescending bio-pic of ice skater Tonya Harding.
• Manohla Dargis declares that I, Tonya disjointedly swings between comedy and agony.
• David Sims calls I, Tonya too glib for its own good.
  

Comments on I Remember You: 

• Andy Webster calls I Remember You a piercing horror film from Iceland. 
• Frank Schreck calls I Remember You compellingly creepy.
• Noel Murray calls the Icelandic thriller movie I Remember You distinctive, but too reserved.
  

Awards:

• The winners of the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Bill Rapp talks about the difficulty of creating suspense while keeping spy fiction realistic.
• Randall Floyd shares his cure for writer's block. 
• Angely Mercado explains how anime and cartoons have helped her write through the bad times.
• Jacob Polley talks about his writing day. 
• Kari Maaren talks about her writing process and her first publication at forty-two.
• Isabel Yap shares a list of things she wishes she knew when she started writing for publication.
• Ricardo Fayet shares the complete guide to e-book publishing.
  

Interviews:

• Victoria Goldman interviews John Marrs.
• Victoria Goldman also interviews C.J. Carver.
• Elise Cooper interviews John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, authors of the book Mindhunter, on which the eponymous drama series was based.
  

Reviews:

• Love Books reviews A Murder of Crows by Ian Skewis.
• Novel Heights reviews Playing With Death by Simon Scarrow and Lee Francis.
• Novel Heights also reviews The Other Woman by Laura Wilson.
• Crime Fiction Lover reviews The Silent Children by Carol Wyer.
• Victoria Goldman reviews The Legacy by Yyrsa Sigurdardottir.
• Adventures in Crime Fiction Land reviews The Man Who Died by Antti Tuomainen. 
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews Dead Man's Blues by Ray Celestin.
• Adventures in Crime Fiction Land also reviews East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman.
• A Book and a Tea also reviews East of Hounslow.
• Karen Oberlaender reviews Nothing Bad Happens Here by Nikki Crutchley. 
• Michelle Carpenter reviews The Vanishing Season by Joanna Schaffhausen.
• Vanessa Orr reviews How I Lost You by Jenny Blackhurst.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews You Can Run by Steve Mosby.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson.
• Catherine Turnbull reviews Places in the Darkness by Chris Brookmyre.
  
• My Chestnut Reading Tree reviews Falling Suns by J.A. Corrigan. 
• John Valeri reviews Strong to the Bone by Jon Land.
• Janet Webb reviews The Defense by Steve Cavanagh.
• Cleo Bannister reviews The Lying Game by Ruth Ware.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Late Frost by Sheila Connolly and tries a recipe from the book.
• Marina Sofia reviews the anthology Murder on Christmas Eve, edited by Cecily Gayford.
• Amber Kelly reviews Bel, Book, and Scandal by Maggie McCannon.
  

Crowdfunding:

• A Hand of Knaves, an Australian anthology featuring rogues, thieves, pirates and scoundrels, is looking for funding.
• Mike Glyer reports about the changes to Patreon's fee structure and the outrage this caused.
• Natalie Luhrs analyses the changes to Patreon's fee structure. 

Research:

• Alec Wilkinson reports how a former journalist has developed an algorithm that can detect serial killers.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Locksmiths" by Wendy Erskine in The Irish Times.
• "Flood Street Fire" by Oscar Holiday at Akashic Books.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Wormwood.
• Watch a trailer for The Alienist.