Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 7, 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 Sharp Objects, Sicario 2: Soldado, Luke Cage, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Purge, Welsh crime drama and much more.
Crime fiction in general:
Film and TV:
Comments on Sharp Objects:
Comments on Sicario 2: Soldado:
Comments on Ant-Man and the Wasp:
Comments on season 2 of Luke Cage:
Comments on The First Purge:
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
Interviews:
Reviews:
Crowdfunding:
Con reports:
Research:
Free online fiction:
Odds and ends:
Crime fiction in general:
- Barry Forshaw shares some crime novels to read this summer.
- Crime Reads shares nine sophomore crime novels to read this summer.
- Amy Stuart shares ten crime novels to keep you up all night.
- Cristina Alger shares seven thrillers with badarse female protagonists.
- Dan Fesperman explains how the spy novel was revived after being declared nigh dead after the end of the Cold War.
- Paul French talks about the criminal links between America and the seedy underbelly of old Shanghai.
- Paul French also explains how Jewish gangsters turned Shanghai into a drug smuggler's paradise.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1968 crime thriller See the Red Blood Run by Niles N. Peebles.
- Joe Keney revisits Kill the Hack!, a 1974 novel in the Adrano For Hire mafia series by Michael Bradley a.k.a. Gary Blumberg.
- Jim Cornelius remembers the men's adventure magazines of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Lyndsay Faye talks about the late Anthony Bourdain, crime fiction and the power of food.
Film and TV:
- Graeme Virtue shares his thoughts on the series finale of the Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge.
- Graeme Virtue declares that the Welsh crime drama Hidden could be the perfect replacement for the Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge.
- Sandra Mangan calls the Welsh crime drama Keeping Faith a hidden gem.
- Louis Bravos shares five great Australian crime shows.
- Alia Waheed reports about the Indian drama Sacred Games and wonders whether it might persuade Indian audience to give streaming services like Netflix a try.
- Leslie Felperin declares that the Scottish thriller Calibre manages to overcome clichés.
- Stuart Heritage reports about Irish dance impressario Michael Flatley's spy thriller Blackbird, which was written by, directed by, financed by and stars him.
- Andrew Pulver reports that Daniel Craig has visited the CIA in preparation for a new Bond film.
- Mike Flemming Jr. reports that Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg plan a new series of feature films based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels.
- Irish actor Derrick O'Connor, who appeared in several genre films and TV shows, has died aged 77.
Comments on Sharp Objects:
- Danette Chavez calls the adaptation of Gillian Flynn's thriller Sharp Objects a rumination on violence.
- Josh Bell calls Sharp Objects a slow, grim murder mystery.
- Arielle Bernstein declares that Sharp Objects offers a radically dark view of women.
- Todd VanDerWerff explains what makes Sharp Objects so good.
- Lacey Rose shares ten things you should know about Sharp Objects.
- David Rapp wonders how the TV series Sharp Objects compares to Gillian Flynn's 2006 novel.
Comments on Sicario 2: Soldado:
- Renaldo Matadeen declares that Sicario 2: Soldado reveals the dark origins of its protagonist.
- Renaldo Matadeen also wonders whether Sicario 2: Soldado is a sequel or a prequel to the original Soldado.
- Renaldo Matadeen explains the ending of Sicario 2: Soldado.
Comments on Ant-Man and the Wasp:
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Germain Lussier explains how both Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War impact Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Germain Lussier reports that the quantum realm scenes in Ant-Man and the Wasp contain some teasers for future Marvel movies.
- James Whitbrook expresses his annoyance about the fact that Ant-Man and the Wasp will be delayed by almost a month in many European countries because of the World Cup.
- Katie Kilkenny interviews Evangeline Lilly who plays Hope Van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Aaron Couch interviews Peyton Reed, director of Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Watch a recap of Ant-Man and the Wasp's story so far, as told by LuÃs in his inimitable style.
Comments on season 2 of Luke Cage:
- Abigail Nussbaum shares her comments on season 2 of Luke Cage.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts about season 2 of Luke Cage.
- Evan Narcisse declares that the focus on families in season 2 of Luke Cage has improved the show.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido also remarks on the importance of family in Luke Cage and shares his thoughts episodes 5 to 8 of season 2.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore points out that the LGBTQ romance subplot in season 2 of Luke Cage is part of the gangster film tradition.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore interviews Cheo Hodari Coker, showrunner of Luke Cage.
Comments on The First Purge:
- Benjamin Lee calls The First Purge a nihilistic Trumpian horror.
- Ian Cardona declares that The First Purge is the most political film of the franchise yet.
- Ian Cardona explains how The First Purge sets up another sequel.
- Beth Elderkin reports on the planned The Purge TV series and shares the first trailer.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Rachel Swirsky shares some tips for dealing with writer's block.
- Kristian Wilson shares eleven essential books for writing, based upon which genre you want to write.
- Erika W. Smith explains how fanfiction helped her to have a career in writing.
- Rod Reynolds explains how he came to write Cold Desert Sky.
Interviews:
- The Guardian interviews Gillian Flynn.
- John Valeri interviews Amanda Robson.
- Sandra Mangan interviews Laura Marshall.
- Adam Maxwell interviews Alan Carter.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Brad Thor.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Paul Doiron.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Dan Fesperman.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Peter James.
Reviews:
- John Jacobson reviews Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews After the Monsoon by Robert Karjel.
- Mike Parker reviews Where the Missing Go by Emma Rowley.
- Janet Webb reviews Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews April in Paris, 1921 by Tessa Lunney.
- Angie Barry reviews The Corpse at the Crystal Palace by Carola Dunn.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Banker's Wife by Cristina Alger.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Dead Ex by Jane Corry.
- Ardi Alspach reviews The Night Visitor by Lucy Atkins.
- Garrick Webster reviews Dark Pines by Will Dean.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles.
- Weston Ochse reviews Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Snap by Belinda Bauer.
- Craig Sisterson reviews Overkill by Vanda Symon.
- Victoria Goldman reviews Overkill by Vanda Symon.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Dead Man Running by Steve Hamilton.
- Janet Webb reviews Rip the Angels From Heaven by David Krugler.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews Pirata by Patrick Hasburgh.
- Angie Barry reviews City of Devils by Paul French.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Cypher Bureau by Eillidh McGinness.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Halcyon by Rio Youers.
- Marcus Hobson reviews Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton.
Crowdfunding:
- An archival collection of Sally the Sleuth, an early spicy crime comic from the 1930s, is looking for funding.
- Tim Lehnerer is looking for funding to make mix CDs and give them out at B-Fest 2019 in Evanston, Illinois.
- Writer Becca McNair needs some help to buy a new laptop.
Con reports:
- Cheri Baker reports about her visit to the famous Mob Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, and shares some photos.
- Mike Chomko reports that Bob Gorton, former chairperson of Pulpcon, has died.
Research:
- Annie Kelly and Mei-Ling McNamara reveal how human traffickers target women prisoners in the US to force them into prostitution after their release.
- Antonio Regalado and Brian Alexander report about CeCe Moore, a scientist who uses DNA to solve long ago murders.
- The
BBC reports that a Polish charity has gotten a huge phone bill, after
the sim card of the GPS tracker on the back of a stork was stolen in
Sudan and the thief used it to make twenty hours worth of phone calls.
Free online fiction:
- "Lost and Found" by Kristie Claxton in Shotgun Honey.
- "Genny Bow" by Chris La Tray in Beat To A Pulp.
Odds and ends:
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