Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 23, 2018

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 Luke Cage, Cloak and Dagger, the rescue of Lucifer, diversity in publishing and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Alison Flood shares a round-up of recent thrillers. 
• Jordan Foster shares five international crime novels to read in June.
• Carsten Stroud shares seven classic supernatural thrillers.
• Raymond A. Villareal declares that we should start viewing vampire novels as legal thrillers.
• Kobo talks about the popularity of ecological thrillers.  
• Barnes & Noble shares five genre-bending science fictional crime novels. 
• Marina Sofia shares six of the best German crime authors.
• Martin Walker takes a look at crime fiction's best and worst meals. 
• Italian writer Elena Ferrante criticises the xenophobic policies of Italy's new secretary of the interior Matteo Salvini.
• Beth Elderkin shares the centuries old history of cliffhangers. 
• Joe Kenney revisits The Co-ordinator, a 1968 spy novel by Andrew York.
• Joe Kenney also revisits Red Is For Murder, a 1976 Hardy detective novel by Martin Meyers.

Film and TV:

• Graeme Virtue shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Bridge. 
• Christi Carras reports that John Travolta's mob drama Gotti is suffering from extremely bad reviews.
• Peter Bradshaw is not thrilled by Fatih Akin's revenge drama In the Fade.
  
• Helena de Bertodano profiles Nora Lum a.k.a. Awkwafina, rapper and one of the stars of Ocean's 8.
• Violet Allen shares her thoughts on the TV adaptation of Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon.
• Echo Ishii revisits the 1971/1972 British SFF TV series Ace of Wands.
• Brian Greene takes a look at crimes and criminals portrayed in Rod Serling's original Twilight Zone series. 
• The British Board of Film Classification has announced that they are planning stricter ratings for depictions of sexual violence.

Comments on season 2 of Luke Cage: 

• Kevin Melrose calls season 2 of Luke Cage the rare sequel that outshines the original.
• Danette Chavez also calls season 2 of Luke Cage the first Marvel show to top its first season.
• Baraka Kaseko and Danette Chavez share everything to remember before watching season 2 of Luke Cage. 
• Mike Fugere ranks every season of every Marvel Netflix series according to criticial reception.
• Watch a featurette about the music of Luke Cage.
  

Comments on Cloak and Dagger: 

• Samantha Nelson calls Cloak and Dagger a standout among superhero shows. 
• Keith DeCandido compares the Cloak and Dagger TV series to the original comics. 
• Meagan Damore interviews Andrea Roth who plays Melissa Bowen in Cloak and Dagger.
  

Comments on the rescue of Lucifer from cancellation:

• Bryn Elise Sandberg and Lesley Goldberg report that the cancelled TV drama Lucifer has been pikced up by Netflix.
• Denise Petski share the reaction of the Lucifer cast and crew to hearing that their show has been saved.
• Angel Wilson talks about the TV cancellation season that wasn't.
  

The debate about diversity in publishing:

• Lionel Shriver is bothered by a diversity initiative of publisher Penguin Random House UK. 
• Stella Duffy responds to Lionel Shriver.  
• Hanif Kureishi responds to Lionel Shriver.
• Chitra Ramaswamy responds to Lionel Shriver.
• David Barnett reports that Lionel Shriver has been removed from the jury of a writing competition run by Mslexia magazine following her problematic remarks.
• Alison Flood reports that Lionel Shriver has responded to her critics and accuses them of malicious misinterpretation.

Awards:

• The nominees for the 2018 Macavity Awards have been announced.
• The longlist for the 2018 McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year has been announced.
• The longlist for the 2018 Glass Bell Award has been announced.
• The winners of the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards have been announced.
• The nominees for the 2018 TCA Awards have been announced.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• The Puppet Show shares seven tips to create tension in your story.
• G.W. Thomas shares some writing tips from the pulps. 
• Ruth Ware answers the question where she finds inspiration.
• Ali Carter tackles the old advice of write what you know.
• Emma Rowley wonders whether crime writers need to think like criminals. 
• Wendy Van Camp shares better blogging topics for authors.
• Lauren Sapala shares the real reason so many writers hate marketing. 
• Brian Dean shares seventeen actionable list building strategies. 

Interviews:

• Adam Wagner interviews Linda Castillo.
• Catherine Curzon interviews Naomi Clifford. 
• Lily Meyer interviews Caroline Kepnes.
• Dave Richards interviews Ed Brubaker. 

Reviews:

• Janet Webb reviews Splinter in the Blood by Ashley Dyer.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo.
• Susan Amper reviews The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Line That Held Us by David Joy.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Real Michael Swann by Bryan Reardon.
• A Book a Week reviews Find You In The Dark by Nathan Ripley.
• Shannon Dyer reviews Lying In Wait by Liz Nugent.  
• Jeremy Megraw reviews Big Sister by Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett.
• Gabino Iglesias reviews What My Sister Knew by Nina Laurin.
• Cleo Bannister reviews Our Kind Of Cruelty by Araminta Hall. 
• Shannon Dyer reviews Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni.
• Louis Bravos reviews The Killing Habit by Mark Billingham.
• Angie Barry reviews Like To Die by David Housewright.
• Sandra Mangan reviews Beg for Mercy by Keith Nixon. 
• Angie Barry reviews Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris.
• Maggie Boyd reviews You Were Made For This by Michelle Sacks. 
• Purity Brown reviews Last Year's Man by Paul D. Brazill.
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Sinners by Ace Atkins.
• Jenny Maloney reviews The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington By Charles Rosenberg. 
• Marina Sofia reviews Baby Blue by Pol Koutsakis.
• John Valeri reviews Providence by Caroline Kepnes.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Bought the Farm by Peg Cochran and tries a recipe from the book.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Comic creators Leah Moore and John Reppion need some help after Leah Moore sustained a brain injury and required surgery.
• Billy Martin a.k.a. Poppy Z. Brite needs some help to renovate their mother's house in New Orleans.
  

Research:

• Donald S. Murray declares that the story of bog bodies is the story of the criminalised.
• Tara Isabella Burton explains why we are so obsessed with grifters.
• C. Brian Smith talks about life as a gay man in prison.
• Patrick Barkham reports that cocaine traces in rivers are harming an endangered species of eels.

Free online fiction:

• "Jailbreaker in the Briar Patch" by Liam Sweeney in Shotgun Honey.
• "The Best Defense" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• "Cross Training" by Michael Loniewski at Akashic Books. 

Odds and ends:

• Watch a trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp.
• Watch episode 1 of Automata, a 1930s set retro science fiction web series.