Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 5, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten crime novels to read in October.
- Peter Colt talks about crime fiction set in Massachusetts.
- Michael Nava talks about writing the Henry Rios novels, one of the first crime fiction series to feature a gay protagonist.
- David Gerrold talks about the difficulty of separating the art from the artist.
- Dwyer Murphy shares ten great opening paragraphs by Graham Greene.
- Peter Steiner explains how Franz Kafka's The Trial upends all expectations about crime fiction.
- Marianne Eloise celebrates the twentieth anniversary of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
- Kira Peikoff explains why fiction is the perfect vehicle to discuss ethical dilemmas.
- Duncan White explains that censorship of books is growing around the world, as more and more authoritarian regimes arise.
- Rebecca Lavoie lists the ten most influential true crime podcasts.
- Atlas Obscura shares the location of Nero Wolfe's home in Manhattan, New York.
- Crime Reads share their favourite book covers for September.
- Writer, publisher and editor Sol Stein died aged 92.
Film and TV:
- Camille LeBlanc shares a guide to the best crime TV shows coming out in October 2019.
- A.A.Dowd calls The Irishman a eulogy for the mob epics of the 1970s and 1980s.
- Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on Criminal.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the serial killer drama Prodigal Son.
- Sarah Hughes calls The Capture an unsettling and plausible surveillance thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Gemini Man a humorless science fiction thriller that will leave audience in a coma.
- Jesse Hassenger calls Low Tide a nostalgia laden teen crime movie.
- Mike McCahill calls Hotel Mumbai an unflinching terrorism thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Birdcatcher a ropey wartime thriller.
- Kayla Kumari Updhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Titans.
- Akanksha Singh declares that the true crime documentary I Love You, Now Die ignores its own main character Michelle Carter and contributes to prejudices against her.
- Camestros Felapton offers an all purpose review for forgettable movies.
- Tom Breihan revisits the 1972 mafia epic The Godfather.
- Jake Hinkson discusses how religion is portrayed in 1950s film noir.
- Katie Rife talks about the Ugandan film studio Ramon Film Productions a.k.a. Wakaliwood, which makes action movies on a shoestring budget.
- Kayleena Pierce-Bohen shares ten things that make no sense about Blade Runner.
- Reid Nakamura reports that the legal drama In Contempt has been cancelled after a single season.
- Eriq Garner reports that writers are demanding back the rights to such iconic film franchises as Terminator, Die Hard, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Beetlejuice and others due to a US law allowing terminating copyright grants after a period of 35 years.
- Tim Adams reports that Ruby Rose, star of Batwoman, was almost paralysed and required emergency surgery due to a stunt injury.
- Wayne Fitzgerald, title designer for hundreds of movies and TV shows, has died aged 89.
- Actress Anna Quayle, best known for her parts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Casino Royale, The Avengers and The Seven-Percent Solution, has died aged 86.
- Actress and singer Diahann Carroll, best known for her roles in Julia, Dynasty and White Collar, has died aged 84.
- Actor Jack Donner who appeared in Star Trek and Mission Impossible among others has died aged 90.
Comments on Stumptown:
- Paul Levinson declares that Stumptown is off to a strong start.
- Heather Hogan declares that Cobie Smulders is a revelation as the bisexual private investigator Dex Parios in Stumptown.
Comments on The Flatey Enigma:
- Paul Hirons offers episode by episode reviews of the Icelandic crime drama The Flatey Enigma.
- John Hopewell interviews Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, screenwriter of The Flatey Enigma.
Comments on season 3 of The Deuce:
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Deuce.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Deuce.
Comments on Joker:
- David Sims calls Joker pompous, grim and one-note.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Joker the most disappointing film of the year.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Joker a derivative movie that isn't nearly as smart as it thinks it is.
- A.A. Dowd calls Joker a shallow psychodrama.
- Anthony Gramuglia talks about the backlash against Joker due to its portrayal of violence.
- Charles Bramesco declares that Joker is too juvenile to be provocative.
- Simran Hans declares that Joker tries to capture our cultural moment, but is smug and banal at heart.
- Justin Edgar calls Joker great disability art, because it does not milk the mental illness of its protagonist for tragedy, completely ignoring that the overwhelming majority of mentally ill people does not murder others.
- Dean E.S. Richards wonders why Joker needs to exist at all.
- L.D. Nolan reports that director Todd Phillips felt compelled to make Joker, because he feels that political correctness has ruined comedy.
- Matt Donnelly reports that Warner Bros has disinvited journalists from the Joker premiere and red carpet.
- Andrew Pulver reports that several US cinemas have banned masks and costumes at Joker screenings.
- Jax Motes reports that the NYPD will be stationed at all theatres showing Joker in New York City.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2019 Capital Crime Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2019 Capital Crime New Voices Award has been announced as well.
- The winner of the 2019 Jefferson T. Parker Award has been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Margot Mayor explains how book clubs can be helpful to mystery writers.
- C.L. Polk explains how she uses a technique designed to stop panic attacks to create more fully realised settings.
- Sonya Huber explains why the "Show Don't Tell" advice is so problematic.
- Louisa De Lange explains why she chose to write about identical twins.
- Leah Schnelbach shares some writing advice by Chuck Tingle.
- Julie Beck explains how fanfiction can help writers hone their skills.
- Lauren Sapala explains what pantsing really means.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains why you should not listen to the inner voice that tells you you're not writing enough.
- Elizabeth Bear talks about who gets to see themselves as the protagonist of a story and who only gets to be a love interest, supporting cast member or antagonist.
- J.P. Harker shares seven simple rules for writing realistic combat.
- John Maher reports that the New York Times will change its bestseller lists again.
Interviews:
- Noel King interviews Attica Locke.
- Joy Kluver interviews Nicci French.
- Lori Rader-Day interviews Ann Cleeves.
- Bryan Robinson interviews Lee Child.
- Terrie Farley Moran and Laura Childs interview each other.
- Chris Schluep interviews Barry Eisler.
- Susan Chenery interviews Chris Hammer.
- Morgan Jeffery interviews Anthony Horowitz.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Michael Botur.
- Tom Leins interviews Rob Pierce.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Landon Beach.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Kyle Mills.
- Elise Cooper interviews Kyle Mills.
- John Wisniweski interviews Dana King.
Reviews:
- Kirkus reviews Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Land of Wolves by Craig Johnson.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Blue Moon by Lee Child.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James.
- Mystery Playground reviews Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton.
- Thomas Pluck reviews The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld.
- No More Grumpy Bookseller reviews A Girl Named Anna by Lizzy Barber.
- Kirkus reviews To The Lions by Holly Watt.
- For Winter Nights reviews False Prophet by James Hazel.
- Lesa Holstein reviews Bloody Genius by John Sandford.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Bloody Genius by John Sandford.
- Joy Kluver reviews Blood Song by Johana Gustawsson.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Hudson's Kill by Paddy Hirsch.
- No More Grumpy Bookseller reviews The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Trained to Hunt by Simon Gervais.
- Mike Parker reviews Gumshoe Blues by Paul D. Brazill.
- Lesa Holstein reviews The Stalking by Heather Graham.
- Angie Barry reviews A House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan.
- Lesa Holstein reviews A House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan.
- Janet Webb reviews Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Murder of Harriet Monckton by Elizabeth Haynes.
- Kittling Books reviews The Bone Fire by S.D. Sykes.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death of a Gigolo by Laura Levine
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Jealousy Filled Donuts by Ginger Bolton and tries a recipe from the book.
- Julian Borger reviews The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the controversial 1933 crime novel Twisted Clay by Frank Walford.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1938 mystery Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1946 mystery The Pigskin Bag by Bruno Fischer.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 noir novel Joy House by Day Keene a.k.a. Gunnar R. Hjertstedt.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1957 James Bond thriller From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1965 police procedural Is Skin Deep, Is Fatal by H.R.F. Keating.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1973 adventure novel Relentless by Brian Garfield.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1979 mystery Some Die Hard by Stephen Brett a.k.a. Stephen Mertz.
- Joe Kenney revisits Black Massacre, a 1980 novel in The Penetrator men's adventure series by Lional Derrick a.k.a. Mark Roberts.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits Heartshot, a 1991 Posadas County mystery by Steven F. Havill
- Angie Barry revisits the legal thriller The Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron, winner of the 1993 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Hector DeJean revisits The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, the first Harry Bosch novel and winner of the 1993 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
Crowdfunding:
- The Way of the Laser: Future Crime Stories, an anthology edited by Eric Bosarge and Joe McDermott, is looking for funding.
- Mike
Glyer reports about a controversy that erupted, because the
crowdfunding platform Kickstarter tries to block its employees from
unionising.
Con and event reports:
- The London Weekly News reports about the Capital Crime festival in London, UK.
- Alec March reports about the Capital Crime festival.
- Joy Kluver reports about the Murder on the Beach crime fiction event at the West Barnes Library in Merton, UK.
- Janet Rudolph offers a schedule of the MWA's Mystery Week events in Northern California.
- Mike Glyer reports about new charges against Ed Kramer, the since ousted co-founder of DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Mike Roe reports about a new Atlantis-themed escape room attraction in Los Angeles, California.
Research:
- Bradley Harper shares a brief history of forensic investigation.
- Sarah Zhang talks about the ethical issues with forensic genealogy and with using genealogical DNA databases to apprehend criminals and solve cold cases.
- Sarah Weinman reports how her personal chef tried to murder mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart in 1947.
- Rupert Neate talks about the dark side of life aboard a superyacht and how crewmembers sometimes die because of saftey issues and their deaths are ignored.
- Rene Denfield talks about the so-called Green River Killer who preyed on homeless teens and prostitutes on the US West Coast and talks about a close call she had with a man who might have been him.
- Jack Flanigin reports about a fraud case involving a Steampunk blockbuster film called Legends that never existed.
- Heather Harper Ellett talks about unauthorised marihuana growing.
- Tomos Morgan reports about virtual reality treatments for PTSD.
Free online fiction:
- "Heroics" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Camping With Grandma" by Janet Hartwell in Shotgun Honey.
- "Grass" by Jacqui Pack in Spelk.
- "Claire's Close Call" by Roy Dorman in Yellow Mama.
- "Transitory Unease" by K.J. Hannah Greenberg in Yellow Mama.
- "A World in the Camera" by Shawn Cunningham in Crimson Streets.
- "Secret Messages" by Charles Rammelkamp in The Five-Two.
Odds and Ends:
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