Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 19, 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 a somewhat truncated edition, because Cora was away at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki.

Crime fiction in general:

• Anders Roslund discusses the rise of Scandinavian crime fiction.
• Christopher Brown takes a look at bandit and outlaw characters in American crime fiction.
• Ian Coates talks about high tech and the modern thriller. 
• Susan Swarbrick profiles Val McDermid. 
• Crime Squad profiles Dame Ngaio Marsh and discusses her novel The Nursing Home Murder.

Film and TV:

• Brian Greene takes a look at the 1980 spy movie Hopscotch and the eponymous 1975 novel by Brian Garfield it is based on.

Comments on The Defenders:

• Katharine Trendacosta calls The Defenders an excellent show that is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Charles Pulliam Moore declares that the greatest strength of The Defenders is that they are all strong, but broken people.
• Kevin Melrose explains how The Defenders brings the character of Misty Knight in line with her comic counterpart.
• Kevin Melrose also explains just what the Hand wants with Iron Fist in The Defenders.
• Dave Richards shares a primer to The Defenders and its individual characters.
  

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2017 Hugo Awards have been announced.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Sandy Peckinpah implores people to stop avoiding their creative destiny. 
• Kelley Armstrong talks about discovering your writing tribe. 
• Chris Winkle shares five essentials of omniscient narration.
• David Handler explains why he included a canine sidekick in his crime novel. 
• Adam Walker Philips explains why he decided to turn a human resources executive into a private investigator.
• Johnny B. Truant shares five ways a book cover could hurt sales and how to fix it.
  

Interviews:

• John Valeri interviews Kelley Armstrong.
• The Puppet Show interviews Chris Ewan.
• Radio New  Zealand interviews Simon Wyatt.
  

Reviews:

• Katherine Tomlinson reviews Poisonous by Allison Brennan.
• Meghan Harker reviews No Good Deed by Allison Brennan.
• Janet Webb reviews Seeing Red by Sandra Brown.
• John Valeri reviews I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen.
• Angie Barry reviews The Amber Shadows by Lucy Ribchester.
• Gabino Iglesias reviews Darkansas by Jarret Middleton. 
• Katherine Tomlinson reviews Dog Dish of Doom by E.J. Copperman. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Cat Shining Bright by Shirley Rosseau Murphy. 
• Doreen Sheridan also reviews French Fried by Kylie Logan and tries a recipe from the book.
• Cleo Bannister reviews Cut Short by Leigh Russell.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews Without Fear or Favor by Robert K. Tanenbaum.
• Ardi Alspach reviews Best Intentions by Erika Raskin.
• Eileen Brady reviews Treble at the Jam Fest by Leslie Budewitz.

Con reports:

• Francesca Dobson reports about her experiences at a flash fiction workshop at the Captivating Criminality conference at Corsham Court, UK.
• Cora Buhlert shares some videos of her experiences at WorldCon 75 in Helsinki, Finland. 

Research:

• What is it like to be a forensic nurse? 
• Stopping child abuse before it can happen.
• Automated fingerprint analysis is one step closer to reality.
• Fighting ivory trafficking with forensic science.
• Tracking illicit drugs via strontium isotope analysis.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Silver City by the Golden Sands" by Jennifer Swain at Akashic Books.
• "Hide Out" by Jeremy Ford at Akashic Books.
• "The Hong Kong Deal" by June Lorraine Roberts at Akashic Books.
• "Roppongi Noir" by Barry Bergmann at Akashic Books.

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for The Defenders.
• Watch a trailer for The Punisher. 
• Watch a trailer for Rememory.
• Watch a trailer for Manhunt. 
• Watch a trailer for The Deuce.