Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 4, 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 Mission Impossible: Fallout, Sharp Objects, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Castle Rock and much more.
Crime fiction in general:
Film and TV:
Comments on Mission Impossible: Fallout:
Comments on Sharp Objects:
Comments on Ant-Man and the Wasp:
Comments on Castle Rock:
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
Interviews:
Reviews:
Con reports:
Research:
Free online fiction:
Odds and ends:
Crime fiction in general:
- The Real Book Spy share the must-read thrillers hitting bookstores this fall.
- Ryan Steck shares the best new thrillers for August.
- Shari Randall shares seven cozy mysteries set in New England.
- Yassin Adnan talks about crime fiction set in Morocco.
- Charlotte Ahlin shares the fifteen most frequently abandoned books.
- Jim Ruland explains how discovering hardboiled crime fiction changed his life.
- J. Kingston Pierce talks about the real life private investigator who was the inspiration for Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe.
- Nicholas Whyte revisits the 1963 mystery Maigret Loses His Temper by Georges Simenon.
- Joe Kenney revisits Lee Chang's 1975 novel The Year of the Boar, part of the kung-fu action series Mace.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1992 men's adventure novel Steel Lightning: Slash and Burn by Kevin Sherrill.
- J. Kingston Pierce shares a history of the so-called Dell Mapback paperback mystery line.
- D. Magennis discusses how cover design helped to legitimise crime fiction in Communist Czechoslovakia.
Film and TV:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Damascus Cover a solid but muddled spy thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls the film Sicilian Ghost Story a stylish combination of crime drama and fantasy romance.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Tracking Edith a gripping documentary about photographer and Soviet spy Edith Tudor-Hart.
- Sam Wollaston calls Killed By My Debt a compelling family tragedy based on a true story.
- Paul Levinson calls season 2 of the noir drama Marcella twice as dark, brutal and violent as season 1.
- James Donaghy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Unforgotten.
- Brandon Zachary shares some details about Seann William Scott's character on the upcoming season of the TV version of Lethal Weapon.
- Nicholas Barber reports that Sean Connery co-wrote the screenplay to a James Bond film called Warhead that was never made.
- J. Kingston Pierce shares his appreciation for the 2007 US spy comedy Chuck and its female lead Yvonne Strahovski.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on the New Zealand TV series Wellington Paranormal.
- Lanre Bakare discusses the boom/bust cycle of TV shows and why must-watch shows are passé a few seasons later.
- Lauren Oyler explains why it is so problematic to call certain books, movies, TV shows, etc... necessary and important.
- Ian Cardona shares Fox chairperson Dana Walden's explanation why the TV show Lucifer was cancelled.
- Germain Lussier takes a tour of the Fox Plaza, better known as the Nakatomi Plaza, where Die Hard was set and shot, and shares several photos.
- British actor Bernard Hepton, who appeared in various John La Carré adaptations, has died aged 92.
Comments on Mission Impossible: Fallout:
- A.A. Dowd calls Mission Impossible: Fallout the most breathlessly intense Mission Impossible film yet.
- Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky wonder how the Mission Impossible series can still be so good after so many installments.
- Paul Levinson declares that Mission Impossible: Fallout is better than the Bond movies these days.
- Chris Klimek declares that the spectacular stunts make Mission Impossible: Fallout a blast.
- Renaldo Matadeen wonders whether Mission Impossible: Fallout is the best action movie ever.
- Renaldo Matadeen shares the best action scenes from Mission Impossible: Fallout.
- Renaldo Matadeen also points out that Mission Impossible: Fallout is the most political movie in the series so far.
- Renaldo Matadeen also explains how Mission Impossible: Fallout ties up loose plot threads from previous films.
- A.A. Dowd discusses the Mission Impossible series and the morbid star power of Tom Cruise.
- Brian Davids interviews Christopher McQuarrie, director of Mission Impossible: Fallout (spoilers).
- Molly Templeton wonders whether Christopher McQuarrie, director of Mission Impossible: Fallout, might be persuaded to make a Star Wars movie.
- John Bowden reports that the police appeared at the house of actor Ving Rhames, one of the stars of Mission Impossible: Fallout, after a neighbour had mistaken him for a burglar.
Comments on Sharp Objects:
- Lauren Bogart shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Sharp Objects.
- Rebecca Nicholson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Sharp Objects.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Sharp Objects.
Comments on Ant-Man and the Wasp:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Ant-Man and the Wasp funny, engaging and lovable.
- Jason Johnson explains that Ant-Man and the Wasp is the only superhero movie to tackle the US prison system and its impact on people.
- Arley Sog and Josh Pearce share their thoughts on Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Daniel Dern shares his thoughts on Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Steve Rose takes a look at the characters of LuÃs and Agent Woo in Ant-Man and the Wasp and wonders why white superheroes are so often given sidekicks of colour.
Comments on Castle Rock:
- Emily L. Stephens offers episode by episode reviews of Castle Rock.
- Beth Elderkin reports that it's not necessary to be familiar with Stephen King's works to enjoy Castle Rock.
Awards:
- The winner of the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for mystery writers of colour has been announced.
- The winner of the 2018 Munsey Award has been announced.
- The longlist for the 2018 Not the Booker Prize has been announced and is open for voting.
- The RWA addresses concerns about supposedly biassed judging during the RITA Awards.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Cora Buhlert talks about the July short story challenge and writing a story per day in July 2018.
- Jeff VanderMeer talks about the art and science of structuring a novel.
- Jeff VanderMeer also explains how to write a haunted book.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in on the so-called Cockygate affair and the widespread scamming tactics used by certain self-published authors.
- The Author's Guild reports about Quantumgate, another frivolous trademark attempt by an indie author.
- Claire Kirch reports about complaints against literary agent Danielle Smith.
Interviews:
- Geeta Dayal interviews Attica Locke and Esi Edugyan.
- John Valeri interviews Shari Randall.
- Alex Segura and Sebastian Rotella interview each other.
- Eric Leif Davin interviews Curt Siodmak.
Reviews:
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews Hangman by Daniel Cole.
- The Real Book Spy reviews A Double Life by Flynn Berry.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews She Was the Quiet One by Michele Campbell.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews What Remains of Her by Eric Rickstad.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Depth of Winter by Craig Johnson.
- Mike Parker reviews The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield.
- Alexander Larman reviews Firefly by Henry Porter.
- Amber Keller reviews The Butterfly Conspiracy by Vivian Conroy.
- Catherine Turnbull reviews Russian Roulette by Sara Sheridan.
- Paul J. Garth reviews Texas Two-Step by Michael Pool.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Sticks and Stones by Jo Jakeman,
- Jenny Maloney reviews The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler.
- Garrick Webster reviews Overkill by Vanda Symon.
- Rosie DiManno reviews Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer.
- Janet Webb reviews A Dark and Twisting Path by Julia Buckley.
- John Valeri reviews Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Italian Iced by Kylie Logan and tries a recipe from the book.
- Nicole Hill reviews a Study in Honor by Claire O'Dell.
Con reports:
- Mike Glyer shares the latest update on Jon Del Arroz's lawsuit against WorldCon 76 in San José, California.
- Trae Dorn reports that a fight outside ConnectiCon in Hartford, Connecticut, in combination with some fireworks were mistaken for a spree shooting.
Research:
- Nina Barrett talks about the Leopold and Loeb case ninety years after it happened.
- Wendy Corsi Staub wonders why people are still fascinated by the Manson family almost fifty years later.
Free online fiction:
- "Execution Day" by Hershel Cozine in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Through and Through: A Bullet's Lament" by Matthew Iden in Shotgun Honey.
- "Beach Body" by C.A. Rowland in Tough.
- "Violet Eyes" by Debra H. Goldstein in Over My Dead Body.
- "Biography" by Mike Murphy in Crimson Streets.
Odds and ends:
- Watch a trailer for season 2 of Iron Fist.
- Watch another trailer for season 2 of Iron Fist.
- Watch a trailer for Venom.
- Watch a trailer for Manifest.
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