Crime Fiction Links of the Week for January 20, 2018

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 Leila Slimani and her novel Lullaby, Proud Mary, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, Hard Sun, Altered Carbon, McMafia, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, the nominees for the Edgar and RT Book Review Awards, tributes to Peter Wyngarde and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Literary Hub shares the most anticipated mysteries, thrillers and crime novels of 2018.
  
• Criminal Element shares a list of cozy mysteries coming out in February 2018.
• Crime by the Book shares eight gripping domestic thrillers.
• Sophia Gilbert explains why some men use a female pen name to write thrillers.
• Lauren Collins profiles Leia Slimani. 
• Brian Greene shares his appreciation for noir fiction author David Goodis. 
• Jamie Bernthal revisits the 1950 mystery Frequent Hearses by Edmund Crispin. 
• Paul Fry compares the two film adaptations of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and wonders how well Christie's novels still hold up today.
• Margot Kinberg takes a look at the way tea is portrayed in crime fiction. 

Film and TV:

• Euro But Not Trash revists the 1949 Georges Simenon adaptation The Man on the Eiffel Tower.
• Steven Charnock shares the best crime dramas currently available at the Amazon Prime streaming service. 
• Robin Burks lists fifteen abandoned storylines Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would prefer viewers to forget about.  
• David Stubbs shares his thoughts on the latest episode of McMafia.
• Sam Wollaston calls the Swedish crime drama Before We Die more than nordic noir by numbers. 
• Andrew Hageman takes a look at the various book tie-ins to Twin Peaks and how they enhance the narrative. 
• Beth Elderkin discusses how the upcoming adaptation of Altered Carbon handles the whitewashing issue it inherited from the Richard K. Morgan novel it is based upon.
• Jake Nevins calls the documentary drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace a grim portrait of gay life. 
• Pier Dominguez declares that The Assassination of Gianni Versace cannot unravel the mysteries of the murder case. 
• Actress Eliza Dushku  reports that she was sexually assaulted on the set of True Lies at the age of 12. 
• Jamie Lee Curtis, who played Eliza Dushku's mother in True Lies, weighs in on the sexual assault allegations.

Comments on Proud Mary:

• Owen Gleiberman declares that the humanity of Proud Mary transcends its formulaic plot.
• Glenn Kenny shares his thoughts on Proud Mary.
• April Wolfe praises Taraji P. Henson's performance as well as the cinematography of Proud Mary. 
• Sonny Bunch praises the poster for Proud Mary, but is not all that impressed with the actual film. 
• Scott Mendlesohn calls the box office failure of Proud Mary an aberration. 
• Sylvia Obell explains how marketing failed Proud Mary.
• Princess Weekes reports about the lack of promotion for Proud Mary.
• Inspired by Proud Mary, Princess Weekes also asks whatever happened to the black action heroine.
• Wesley Morris reports that John Fogerty who wrote the song "Proud Mary" is not happy with the movie of the same title.
  

Comments on Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams:

• Jen Chaney wonders if Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, another British anthology series, is the new Black Mirror.
• James Poniewozik declares that the future presented in Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams feels outdated.
• Karen Han declares that Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams presents the best science fiction has to offer.
• Henry Farrell declares that Philip K. Dick's work seems so topical today, because we live in his dystopian future rather than in George Orwell's or Aldous Huxley's. 

Comments on Hard Sun:

• Ben Dowell offers an overview over the cast and characters of Hard Sun. 
• Louisa Mellor reviews the latest episode of Hard Sun.  
• Antonia Blyth reports that Hard Sun creator Neil Cross believes that post-apocalyptic dramas are reassuring.
• Josh Weiss profiles Neil Cross, creator of Hard Sun.
  

Tributes to Peter Wyngarde:

• British actor Peter Wyngarde, best remembered for starring in the 1970s crime drama Jason King and many other programs, has died aged 90.
• Gavin Gaughan shares an obituary for Peter Wyngarde.
• Mike Glyer remembers Peter Wyngarde.
  

Awards:

• The nominees for the 2018 Edgar Awards have been announced.
• The nominees for the 2017 RT Book Reviews awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2018 TA First Translation Prize has been announced.
• Stephen King will receive the PEN America Literary Service Award.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Atomic Scribbler shares the results of their survey of writers. 
• Lauren Sapala declares that writing is messy.
• Anthony Johnston shares his organisation system for writers.  
• Patty Jansen talks about marketing and that it doesn't have to be a chore.
  

Interviews:

• John Valeri interviews Christopher Reich.
• Matt Craig interviews Luca D'Andrea.
• Jane Temson interviews Amy Lloyd.
• Crime by the Book interviews A.J. Finn.
• Crime by the Book also interviews C.J. Tudor.
  

Reviews:

• Eric Karl Anderson reviews Lullaby by Leila Slimani, translated by Sam Taylor.
• Matt Janney also reviews Lullaby by Leila Slimani, translated by Sam Taylor.
• Mrs. Bloggs' Books reviews I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May. 
• Catherine Turnbull reviews I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May. 
• Crime by the Book reviews Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh.
• Jen Lucas reviews Deep Blue Trouble by Steph Broadribb. 
• Jenny Maloney reviews The Weight of an Infinite Sky by Carrie La Seur. 
• Purity Brown reviews City Without Stars by Tim Baker.
• Angie Barry reviews Light It Up by Nick Petrie.
• Bibliophile Book Club reviews Assassin's Vengeance by Rachel Amphlett.
• Fictionophile reviews The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor.
• Lance Charnes reviews The Night Market by Jonathan Moore. 
• David Cranmer reviews Jack Waters by Scott Adlerberg. 
• Crime Fiction Lover reviews An Aegean April by Jeffrey Siger.
• Crime Fiction Lover reviews Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan. 
• Jamie Bernthal reviews The Crossing Places by Elle Griffiths.
• Colman Keane reviews American Static by Tom Pitts. 
• Philip Rafferty reviews An English Murder by Cyril Hare.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke and tries a recipe from the novel. 

Con reports:

• Tickets are available for the Granite Noir crime fiction festival in Aberdeen, Scotland.
  

Research:

• Rachel Wagner shares a guide to writing by people currently in prison.
• Neuroscientists claim that brain scans can spot criminals.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Cabanga Situation" by Nick Swain in Crimson Streets.
• "A Raging Witness" by Anna Drake.

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Altered Carbon.  
• Watch a trailer for Tomb Raider. 
• Watch a trailer for Acts of Violence.
• Watch a trailer for Summer of '84.