Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 12, 2019

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 the latest version of Nancy Drew, The Deuce, El Camino, Batwoman, Joker, Lucy in the Sky, Gemini Man, Martin Scorsese's dismissive remarks about superhero movies and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Alison Flood offers a round-up of the best recent thrillers.
• Lisa Levy shares five psychological thrillers to read this October.
• Craig Sisterson asks if crime fiction delights in the brutal killing of women. 
• Katie Lowe shares five crime thrillers for angry women. 
• Neil Nyren shares a guide to the works of Dorothy L. Sayers.
• Tobias Carroll praises the works of Irish crime fiction author Kevin Barry. 
• Stephen Puleston talks about crime fiction set in Wales and why Dragon Noir should be a thing.
• A.S Hatch explains why he set his new crime novel in the Northern English seaside towns where he grew up. 
• Neil Olson talks about New England gothic crime fiction.
• A.M. Stuart shares crime fiction from around the Pacific rim.
• Paul French takes a look at crime fiction set in Myamar.
• Mystery Tribune shares the eighteen best Sherlock Holmes graphic novels. 
• Daniel Kraus shares his favourite murders from the EC horror comics of the 1950s. 
• Nick Kolakowski shares five classics of Cyberpunk noir. 
• Marianne Eloise celebrates the twentieth anniversary of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
• Ellie Alexander shares five murderous baking trends. 
• Sarah MacLean declares that bashing romance novels is just another form of slut shaming. 
• Leah Price reports that news about the impending death of the book were premature.  
• Kelsey Rexroat shares the secret to shopping in used bookstores. 
• Tor.com explains how to get cigarette smoke out of used books.
  

Film and TV:

• The Killing Times lists their twenty favourite crime dramas of the decade. 
• Mike McCahill calls The Dead Center a tantalising atmospheric thriller.
• Benjamin Lee calls Fractured a derivative but diverting thriller.
• Lucy Mangan calls the latest version of The Name of the Rose a messy adaptation.
• A.A. Dowd calls Parasite a thrilling, genre-hopping movie.
• Paul Levinson finds that season 3 of the legal drama Goliath reminds him of David Lynch in the best possible way. 
• Gwen Ihnat declares that The College Admissions Scandal is as bland as its title.
• Lucy Mangan declares that the documentary Doing Drugs For Fun? reveals the true horror of cocaine.
• Lucy Mangan declares that the true crime documentary I Love You, Now Die is a lot more nuanced than it seems at first.
• Garrick Webster looks ahead at the crime drama Dublin Murders. 
• Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder.
• Zach Vasquez wonders why American filmmakers are so fascinated by angry white men driven to violence and murder, because the world doesn't hand them everything on a silver platter. 
• Katie Rife interviews Bong Joon Ho, director of Snowpiercer and Parasite.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1950 noir movie In a Lonely Place.
• The Columbophile lists the ten least satisfying solutions to Columbo mysteries.
• The BBC reports that the death of stuntwoman Joi Harris on the set of Deadpool 2 was due to safety failures. 
• 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.

Comments on the latest reiteration of Nancy Drew and the character in general:

• Hank Stuever declares that the CW network has done wrong by both Batwoman and Nancy Drew.
• J. Kingston Pierce takes a look at the many filmic versions of Nancy Drew. 
• Alexis Soloski wonders why Nancy Drew continues to be relevant and why filmic adaptations of her adventures often don't work out. 
• Olivia Rutigliano shares a cultural history of Nancy Drew. 
• Taraya Galloway looks at attacks on Nancy Drew from librarians and educators throughout the decades.
  

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 El Camino: 

• Erik Adams declares that El Camino proves that Breaking Bad still has some twists and turns to it.
• Paul MacInnes declares that El Camino finally offers closure for Breaking Bad fans.
• Rhik Samadder interviews Aaron Paul, one of the stars of Breaking Bad and El Camino. 
• Cameron Scheetz also interviews Aaron Paul. 

Comments on Martin Scorsese vs. superhero movies:

• Catherine Shoard reports that Martin Scorsese considers Marvel movies and superhero movies in general "not cinema", but more like a theme park.
• Andrew Pulver shares responses from Marvel directors James Gunn and Joss Whedon and actor Samuel L. Jackson to Martin Scorsese.
• Kevin Polowy reports that according to director Kevin Smith, Martin Scorsese has no reason to slam superhero movies, considering that his own The Last Temptation of Christ basically is one.
  

Comments on Batwoman:

• Emily Asher-Perrin declares that Batwoman has found a way to make the caped crusader fun again. 
• Jessica Mason calls Batwoman gay, gothic and great.
• Hank Stuever declares that the CW network has done wrong by both Batwoman and Nancy Drew.
• David Betancourt interviews Ruby Rose, star of Batwoman.
• Emily Asher-Perrin discusses the costuming choices of Batwoman in the upcoming series. 
• Watch a trailer for Batwoman. 

Comments on Joker:

• Glen Weldon calls Joker a wildly dull film that has nothing new to say.
• Doris V. Sutherland calls Joker basically a remake of Taxi Driver with some clown make-up slapped on. 
• Sergio Pereira calls Joker unpleasant but necessary viewing.
• Will Gompertz is pleased that Warner Bros has smuggled a depressing art house movie about the pain of white men into superhero cinema with Joker. 
• Emily Asher-Perrin declares that Joker's dismisal of pop culture is its downfall.
• Mark Kermode praises Joaquin Phoenix's performance in Joker. 
• Jordan Hoffman and readers of the Guardian discuss Joker.
• Rachel Leishman is bothered by the treatment of the female characters in Joker. 
• Director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix respond to criticisms that Joker may inspire real world violence. 
• Noah Dominguez shares the reactions of female lead Zazie Beetz to the controversy surrounding Joker.
• Sergio Pereira claims that the outrage about Joker was misplaced. 
• Leah Schnelbach talks about mental health, Joker and The Tick.
• Kate Gardner is bothered by Joaquin Phoenix's remarks about losing weight for Joker.
• Byron Burton interviews Brett Cullen who plays Thomas Wayne in Joker.
• Eamonn Forde discusses the issue that musician Gary Glitter, who has been convicted of pedophilia, may make a lot of money from Joker, because his music is played in the film.
• David Betancourt ranks all actors who have played the Joker to date.
• Ben Child asks who needs Joker, when a Harley Quinn focussed Birds of Prey movie is set to premiere soon.
  

Comments on Lucy in the Sky:

• Leonard Maltin calls Lucy in the Sky a missed opportunity.
• A.A. Dowd declares that Lucy in the Sky is less sensational and less interesting than the true story it is based upon.
  

Comments on Gemini Man: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls Gemini Man a humorless science fiction thriller that will leave audience in a coma.  
• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Gemini Man dopey but thrilling.
• Leah Greenblatt calls Gemini Man a stale thriller that even Will Smith cannot save. 
• Brandon Zachary finds Gemini Man's villain surprisingly engaging - most of the time. 
• Brandon Zachary shares the best action scenes in Gemini Man. 

Awards:

• Attica Locke has been named the winner of the 2019 Texas Writer Award.
• The winners of the 2019 Saturday Visiter Awards for works inspired by or adapted from Edgar Allan Poe have been announced.
• The winners of the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature have been announced.
• The finalists for the 2019 National Book Awards have been announced.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Janice Hardy shares lessons learned from a decade in publishing.
• Dwyer Murphy explains why he finds Elmore Leonard's ten rules for writing so valuable.
  
• Laurence MacNaughton explains how to write fascinating villains.
• Chris Winkle explains how to avoid six common rape tropes (trigger warning for discussion of rape). 
• John Gilstrap shares some information about shotguns for writers.  
• Elizabeth Spencer explains how to use Scrivener's character name generator. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch continues her series about licensing and rethinking the writing business.
• Jason Sanford reports that Fireside Press has cancelled several contracted, but not yet scheduled novellas.  
• Fireside Press publisher Pablo Defendini makes a statement regarding the cancelled novellas. 
• Augusta Scarlett shares some mistakes of amateur book cover designers.
• Cory Doctorow reports about an attempt by the management of Toronto's CN Tower to use trademark law to get an author to change their book cover.

Interviews:

• John Banville interviews John Le Carré.
• Andy Martin interviews Lee Child. 
• Hamish McNeilly interviews Adrian McKinty.
• Dwyer Murphy interviews William Kent Krueger. 
• Ryan Trares interviews J.A. Jance. 
• Terence Toh interviews John Connolly. 
• Genevieve Jacobs interviews Chris Hammer. 
• Joy Kluver interviews W.C. Ryan.
• Lesa Holstine interviews Dana Ridenour.
• The Dark Phantom Review interviews Caitlin Rother.
  

Reviews:

• Janet Webb reviews What Rose Forgot by Nevada Burr.
• Janet Webb reviews One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski. 
• For Winter Nights reviews Now You See Them by Elly Griffiths.
• Ray Palen reviews Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay. 
• Ray Palen reviews A Girl Named Anna by Lizzy Barber.
• Mike Parker reviews The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre, translated by Stephanie Smee.  
• Jeremy Megraw reviews The Cabin by Jörn Lier Horst, translated by Anne Bruce. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Cage by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates.
• Raven Crime Reads reviews The Burning Hill by A.D. Flint.
• Sandra Mangan reviews Silver by Chris Hammer.
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Violet by S.J.I. Holliday. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Grace Year by Kim Liggett.  
• Ray Palen reviews The Fifth Column by Andrew Gross. 
• Tadiana Jones reviews Summer Frost by Blake Crouch. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Takes One To Know One by Susan Isaacs. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews A Legacy of Murder by Connie Barry.
• Terrie Farley Moran reviews The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Dachshund Through the Snow by David Rosenfelt.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay and tries a recipe from the book. 

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1934 Nero Wolfe mystery Fer-du-Lance by Rex Stout.
• Jamie Bernthal revisits the 1934 puzzle mystery Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1944 domestic noir novel The Black Honeymoon by Conyth Little.
• J.F. Norris revisits the 1947 time travel mystery Dead to the World by David X. Manners.  
• Paperback Warrior revisits Georges Simenon's 1954 standalone novel The Watchmaker of Everton a.k.a. The Clockmaker.
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1957 87th Precinct novel Killer's Choice by Ed McBain. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 hardboiled detective novel Epitaph for a Tramp by David Markson.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1961 mystery The Body in the Dumb River a.k.a. Murder Masquerade by George Bellairs.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1969 crime thriller The Spiral Web by Jeffrey M. Wallman.
• Joe Kenney revisits The Skin Swindle, a 1983 novel in the Ninja Master martial arts adventure series by Wade Barker. 
• B.V. Lawson revisits Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosling, winner of the 1985 Gold Dagger Award. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1993 western crime novel Wolf Moon by Ed Gorman.
• Stephen Erickson revisits The Sculptress by Minette Walters, winner of the 1994 Edgar Award for Best Novel. 
• Mark Baker revisits the 1999 Kinsey Milhone mystery "O" Is For Outlaw by Sue Grafton. 
  

Con and event reports:

• Ali Karim reports about the Capital Crime festival in London, UK, and shares several photos.
• Joy Kluver reports about the October First Monday Crime event in London, UK.
  
• Pasadena Now reports that the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Pasadena, California, will host of panel of Australian crime fiction writers living in the US.
  

Research:

• The Guardian reports about Samuel Little, America's deadliest serial killer.
• Crawford Smith wonders who is burried in John Dillinger's tomb.
• Sue Coletta explains if it is possible to lose your fingerprints.
• The BBC reports that a Japanese students of ninja history has handed in an essay written in invisble ink.
  

Free online fiction:

• "FOL" by Krsitine Kathryn Rusch.
• "Bar Bet" by J.M. Taylor in Tough.
• "Whiskey Made Us Brave" by S.A. Cosby in Tough.
• "Memory, the Fickle Jade" by Michael Bloor in Spelk.
• "Spelk" by A.F. Knott in Shotgun Honey.
• "The Hit Woman's Handbook" by J. Brooke in Yellow Mama.
• "Bridge Game" by D.V. Bennett in Yellow Mama.
• "The Broken Queen of Hearts, Part 3" by Hamilton Kohl in Crimson Streets.
• "Shut-Off" by Wayne F. Burke in The Five-Two.
  

Odds and Ends:

• Watch a trailer for The Gentlemen.
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Castle Rock.