Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 20, 2017

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.

Crime fiction in general:

• Kate Jackson discusses four overlooked female sleuths from the 1940s. 
• Ellen Klages discusses her favourite bad girls of mystery, spy and fantasy fiction. 
• Kristen Lepionka shares an overview of LGBT detective characters in crime fiction. 
• Danuta Kean explains why British crime fiction is attracting attention abroad.
• Cathy Brown offers an overview of Irish crime fiction. 
• Picador Books shares ten great books set in Scandinavia and Iceland, including a lot of crime fiction.
• John Dugdale explains how Colin Dexter changed the face of British crime fiction.
  
• Bethan Bell explores Morse's Oxford, the city that inspired Colin Dexter.
• Mark Lawson explains how politicians have helped thriller authors.
• Stephane Dunn shares her appreciation for Eleanor T. Bland.
• Eugen Kontschenko revisits The King of Fools, a 1962 crime novel by Frédéric Dard.
• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books revisits the early mystery classic The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
• Andy Martin reports about the real life case that inspired Mark Billingham's latest crime novel Love Like Blood.
  

Film and TV:

• Steve Rose revisits Twin Peaks and traces its impact on today's television drama. 
• Graeme Virtue attempts to find the point when Columbo jumped the shark.
• Mark Lawson discusses the Spanish prison drama Locked Up. 
• Nell Frizzell also praises Locked Up.
• Cheryl Eddy shares the fifteen best science fiction and fantasy noir films. 
• John Grant revisits the 1939 British crime movie Inquest.
• Xan Brooks reports about Cary Grant's use of LSD for therapeutic purposes in the 1950s.
• Actor Powers Boothe has died aged 68.
  

Awards:

• The nominess for the 2017 Anthony Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2017 Bafta TV Awards have been announced.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Alyx Dellamonica talks about the challenges of teaching writing.
• Maurice Broaddus talks about wrestling with writer's block.
• Jeff Goins shares his writing system.  
• Janet Lynn and Will Zeilinger talk about their collaboration process.
• Colum McCann shares tips for novelists. 
• Paul Hardisty shares six qualities of a great thriller. 
• John Scalzi talks about writing diverse characters.

Reviews:

• Emma B. Books reviews Out of Bounds by Val McDermid.
• It's Book Talk reviews Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane.
• Cleo Bannister reviews The Long Drop by Denise Mina. 
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews Perish the Day by John Farrow.
• Crime Thriller Girl reviews Silent Rain by Karen Salvalaggio.
• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books reviews Overwhelming Force by Janie Crouch.
• Dirk Robertson reviews Price of Duty by Dale Brown. 
• Ian Sansom reviews A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson.
• Terrie Farley Moran reviews Sticks and Bones by Carolyn Haines. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Town in a Maple Madness by B.B. Haywood and cooks a recipe from the book.

Interviews:

• Aunt Agatha's Bookstore interviews Lori Rader-Day.
• Lucy V. Hay interviews Tana Collins. 
• Lucy V. Hay also interviews Mike Knowles. 

Crowdfunding:

• Emerging Indigenous Voices, a new Canadian literary award to support and nurture new indigenous writers, is looking for funding.
• Author and editor Tom Shutt died much too young and people are raising money for his family. 
  

Con reports:

• Dru's Book Musings reports about Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland.
• Susan M. Boyer shares photos of Malice Domestic.
• Marina Sofia reports about the Orenda Roadshow, an evening of international crime fiction at Waterstones Picadilly branch in London and shares some photos.
  

Research:

• R. Doug Wicker compares different types of handguns. 
• The dangers of Fentanyl to police officers and emergency personnel and how to prevent them.
• In Connecticut, data from a Fitbit bracelet may be admitted as evidence in a murder case.
• In the UK, many convictions might be overturned due to alleged manipulations of forensic tests at a private lab in Manchester.
• The forensic analysis of tattoos and ink.
• A new body farm for researchers and detectives has opened near Tampa, Florida.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for The Doorman.
• Watch a trailer for The Crossing.
• Watch a trailer for Law and Order: True Crime.
• Watch a trailer for Mindhorn.
• How to make the famous, divinely good cherry pie from Twin Peaks.