Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 24, 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, this week with return of Ripper Street, The Sopranos ten years on and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Brian McGilloway shares his top ten Northern Irish crime novels.
• Jaed Coffin explores the mystery behind the popularity of mystery and crime fiction set in Maine.  
• Nate Pedersen traces the origin of the "The butler did it" cliché.
• Valeria Vitale recommends crime and noir works featuring female characters that are not sexist stereotypes. 
• Margot Kinberg shares her appreciation for the 1978 paranormal noir thriller Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg.
• Sarah Ward shares her appreciation for classic 1940s crime writer Elizabeth Daly. 
• Diana Morrow profiles Fiona Sussman and discusses her latest crime novel, The Last Time We Spoke.
• Agatha French presents nine famous writers whose children are also writers.
  

Film and TV:

• Stuart Heritage explains why he prefers the new Twin Peaks to the original.
• Leslie Gilbert Elman reviews the Christmas special of the British TV series Granchester.
• Sarah Hughes reviews episode 2 of the British TV series Fearless.
• Julia Raeside reviews the true crime film Murdered for Being Different.  
• Ardi Alspach reviews the episode "The Murdered Bride" of the true crime show Beyond Reasonable Doubt. 
• Sam Wollaston reviews the true crime documentary Jo Cox: Death of an MP.

Comments on season 5 of Ripper Street: 

• Aimée Grant Cumberbatch explains what to expect from season 5 of Ripper Street.
• Michael Hogan calls the first episode of season 5 of Ripper Street a thrilling return for the gripping crime drama. 
• Adam Sweeting calls Ripper Street more a laboratory for lost souls than a crime drama.
• Rory O'Connor shares some viewer reactions to season 5 of Ripper Street.
  

The Sopranos finale ten years on:

• David Stubbs declares that even ten years after the last episode aired, The Sopranos is still the most masterful TV show ever.
• Phill Langhorne explores what the cast of The Sopranos has been up to since the show finished.
• Stuart Heritage revisits the infamous ending of The Sopranos and compares it to other controversial series finales since then.

Awards:

• The longlist for the 2017 McIlvanney Prize has been announced.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Lauren Sapala explains why so many introverts are writers. 
• Jason Sanford discusses writing advice he loathes and how he ignored it. 
• Robyn Paterson attempts to explain what makes a good story. 
• Chuck Wendig shares some thoughts on writing a scene.
• Yoon Ha Lee praises the beauty of physical writing. 
• Damien Walter explains why he avoids any kind of personal branding.
• Madeleine E. Robins talks about the art of reading to an audience.
  

Interviews:

• Elisa Bray interviews Val McDermid.
• Sarah Hilary interviews Ian Rankin.
• Clare De Lore interviews Joanne Drayton.
• Carmen Amato interviews Brian Stoddart.
• Anthony Franze interviews Barry Lancet.
• BookTrib interviews Christina Hoag.  
• Crime HQ interviews J. Leon Pridgen II.
• Janet Emson interviews Pam Weaver.
• Chapter in My Life interviews Bob McDevitt, the director of the Bloody Scotland crime fiction festival.
  

Reviews:

• Oline H. Cogdill reviews The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess.
  
• Chapter in My Life reviews The Confession of Stella Moon by Shelley Day.
• Prashant C. Trikannad reviews Past Tense by Margot Kinberg. 
• Lola's Reviews reviews Missing by Kelley Armstrong. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Indigo by Charlaine Harris and others.
• Darragh McManus reviews The Therapy House by Julie Parsons.
• Craig Sisterson reviews Talk to Me by Neil Coleman.
• For Winter Nights reviews After I've Gone by Linda Green.
• Simon Akan reviews Some Rise By Sin by Philip Caputo.
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Wolves in the Dark by Gunnar Staalesen. 
• John Valeri reviews Lowcountry Bonfire by Susan M. Boyer.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Just Clause by Lorna Barrett and cooks a recipe from the book.
• Don Oldenburg reviews The Force by Don Winslow.
• Thomas Pluck reviews The Force by Don Winslow.
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Zero Sum by Barry Eisler.
  

Research:

• How much science is in forensic science?
• How pacemakers can help to solve forensic cases.
• Improving a database to help identify vehicles via paint fragments.
• A mysterious body found in Exmoor fifteen years ago is about to be identified.
• Some very stupid thieves have stolen GPS devices which promptly led the police to their location.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Ibis" by Ted Flanagan at Akashic Books.
• "Consequences" by J. Malcolm Garcia at Akashic Books.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for The Mountain Between Us. 
• Watch a trailer for You Get Me.
• Watch a trailer for American Assassin.
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Shooter. 
• Watch a trailer for Happy Death Day.