Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 9, 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 Killing Eve, Ocean's 8, Cloak and Dagger, the Crime and Coffee Festival, Bill Clinton joining the ranks of James Patterson's co-authors and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• The Real Book Spy shares the 45 best thrillers of 2018 so far.
• The Real Book Spy also looks ahead at the 45 best thrillers that will be released in the second half of 2018. 
• Anthony Horowitz looks at the detective story as metafiction.
• Tara Isabella Burton looks at the implied LGBT relationships in many classic psychological thrillers. 
• Kathleen Valenti explains why nice women love reading crime fiction and thrillers. 
• Garrick Webster shares the eleven best crime novels set in Texas. 
• Chris Abani takes a look at Nigerian noir.
• Cass Green shares her five favourite crime audiobooks. 
• Alex Perry shares twelve non-fiction books about organised crime.
• Crime Reads shares ten essential true crime books for June 2018. 
• Joe Kenney revisits Hood of Death, a 1968 Nick Carter Killmaster novel.
• Joe Kenney also revisits Caribbean Kill, a 1972 Executioner novel by Don Pendleton.
• Kelly McCullough offers a defence of escapism. 
• Meghan Ball ranks the Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher. 

Film and TV: 

• Michael Noble wonders why armed bank robberies, which were once a staple of TV crime dramas, seem to have died out in recent years. 
• Rebecca Nicholson calls the season finale of the legal drama The Good Fight a bold ending to a risk taking season.
• Bob Mayer shares his thoughts on the series finale of The Americans.
• Jack Seale revisits the 2004 true crime documentary The Staircase. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls the serial killer thriller Welcome to Curiosity implausible and silly. 
• The Guardian reports that actor Benedict Cumberbatch, best known for playing Sherlock and Doctor Strange, has rescued a delivery driver from a mugging.
  

Comments on Ocean's 8:

• Noah Berlatsky calls the all-female Ocean's 8 easily the best film of the franchise.
• Amy Nicholson talks about Ocean's 8 and the rise of female crime gangs.
• Richard Brody declares that Ocean's 8 isn't up to the talent of its stars. 
• Benjamin Lee feels that Ocean's 8 suffers from a lack of tension in spite of its all star cast. 
• Christopher Orr calls Ocean's 8 modestly diverting. 
• Laura Bradley praises Anne Hathaway's performance in Ocean's 8.
• Jason di Rosso also praises Anne Hathaway's performance, but is otherwise disappointed by Ocean's 8.
• Jackie Strause reports that according to Cate Blanchett, Ocean's 8 is a heist movie, not a message film.
• Jen Chaney looks at the new feminity of strong female protagonists as evidenced by Ocean's 8 and Killing Eve.

Comments on Killing Eve: 

• Mimi Wong explains how Killing Eve subverts the male gaze.
• Paul Levinson highly recommends the crime drama Killing Eve. 

Comments on Cloak and Dagger:

• Charlie Ridgely declares that Cloak and Dagger defies expectations and raises the bar for Marvel's TV shows.
• Alex Levy feels that Cloak and Dagger takes too long to get going.
• Meagan Damore explain how Cloak and Dagger got their powers.
• Meagan Damore also explains how Cloak and Dagger is connected to Marvel's Agent Carter show. 
• Meagan Damore also explains how Roxxon Oil became the biggest threat in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Thanos. 
• Kieran Shiach reports that Marvel has released a new Cloak and Dagger comic to tie in with the TV show.
  

Awards:

• The winners of the 2018 Arthur Ellis Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2018 Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2018 Bisexual Book Awards have been announced. 
• The 2018 Saturn Awards Organisation Special Honorees have been announced.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Paddy Hirsch discusses how much history there should be in a historical mystery.
• Bryan Hutchinson asks if you are ready to be a remarkable writer. 
• Lauren Sapala shares some advice for writers to overcome fear of failure. 
• Ayodeji Awosika shares some tips for writing consistently and showing up every single day, even if you don't feel like it. 
• Kameron Hurley talks about patience, goal setting, deadlines and recharging.
• Miriam Quick reports that researchers have once again managed to condense all stories ever told down to six basic plots.
• Margot Kinberg explains that characters need to develop and change.
• Robyn Bennis shares a debut author's guide to social anxiety. 
• Warren Hammond explains why he took the indie route with his latest project.
• Crime Reads shares a mystery title generator.
  

Interviews:

• James Feder interviews Michael Koryta. 
• John Valeri interviews Lis Wiehl.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Peng Shepherd.
• The Qwillery interviews Peng Shepherd. 

Reviews:

• Chris Wolak reviews Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo.
• John Valeri reviews Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo. 
• Catherine Turnbull reviews Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Stone's Throw by James W. Ziskin.
  
• The Quiet Knitter reviews Motherland by G.D. Abson.
• Purity Brown reviews The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven.  
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews A Mask of Shadows by Oscar de Muriel.
• Sandra Mangan reviews A Different Kind of Evil by Andrew Wilson 
• Gabino Iglesias reviews The Captives by Debra Jo Immergut. 
• Jenny Maloney reviews Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt.
• Clare Clark reviews Mad Blood Stirring by Simon Mayo. 
• Debbie Meldrum reviews A Blood Thing by James Hankins.
• The Real Book Spy reviews Bloody Sunday by Ben Coes. 
• Amber Keller reviews Picked Off by Linda Lovely. 
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Righteous by Joe Ide. 
• Angie Barry reviews Death Notice by Zhou Haohui. 
• Marina Sofia reviews Death Notice by Zhou Haohui.
• Mark Lawson reviews The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
• The Real Book Spy reviews The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
• The Real Book Spy reviews Spymaster by Brad Thor.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder With Cinnamon Scones by Karen Rose Smith and tries a recipe from the book. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Book of M by Peng Shepherd.  
• Caroline Cushman reviews Brief Cases by Jim Butcher.
• Jenny Maloney reviews Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder, edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto.
• Catherine Turnbull reviews Historical Noir - The Pocket Essential Guide to Fiction, Film and TV by Barry Forshaw.
  

Crowdfunding:

• The Boston Teen Author Festival 2018 in Boston, Massaschusetts, is looking for funding. 
• Horror writer and podcaster Brian Keene suffered first and second degree burns in an accident and needs help to cover his medical expenses.
• The two cats of the late editor Gardner Dozois are looking for a new home after their human died.
• Bookstore cat Bartleby in San Diego is also looking for a new home after her old home closed.
  

Con reports:

• Ali Karim reports about the closing event of CrimeFest in Bristol, UK, and shares some photos.
• Mrs. Peabody investigates reports about the Crime and Coffee Festival in Cardiff, Wales, and shares some photos. 
• The Cardiff Newsroom reports about the Crime and Coffee Festival.
• The Cardiff Central Library posts some photos of the Crime and Coffee Festival in Cardiff, Wales.
• Thea James reports about BookExpo America and BookCon in New York City and shares a list of the most highly anticipated SFF books. 
• Bobbi Duras reports about BookExpo America.

   
Research:

• Philip Jett explains how the police uses DNA genealogy sites to solve crimes. 
• Chris Feliciano Arnold takes a look inside Brazilian prisons.
• Sarah Beth Hopton looks at th early years of Victorian killer Mary Pearcey, the so-called Hampstead murderess.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Safer Campusses" by Travis Richardson in Shotgun Honey.
• Part 3 of "The Devil in Disguise" by Nick Swain in Crimson Streets.

Odds and ends:

• Watch a trailer for Widows.