Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 17, 2018
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson offers a roundup of the best recent crime novels.
- Criminal Element shares a list of cozy mysteries coming out in April 2018.
- Sarah Hilary shares her favourite prison novels.
- Margot Kinberg takes a look at crime fiction featuring the mafia.
- Alison Flood explains how #MeToo is changing the romance genre.
Film and TV:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Gringo a lifeless crime drama.
- Wendy Ide calls Gringo a muddled drugs thriller.
- Paul Levinson calls Hard Sun a hard crime drama, but soft science fiction.
- Lance Charnes shares his thoughts on the French mystery series Zone Blanche.
- Tara Lynne shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The X-Files.
- James Donaghy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
- Farid Ul-Haq shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Alienist.
- Ardi Alspach reviews the latest episode of the true crime documentary Unmasking a Killer.
- Mark Brown reports that Danny Boyle is working on the next James Bond script.
Comments on season 2 of Jessica Jones:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls season 2 of Jessica Jones must-watch TV.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw also praises the subtle power of the #MeToo storyline in season 2 of Jessica Jones.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that season 2 of Jessica Jones tells the right story about psychological trauma.
- The Geekiary reports that season 2 of Jessica Jones offers some emotional development for the titular character, but at a very high cost.
- Jill Pantozzi declares that season 2 of Jessica Jones starts slow, but has potential.
- Tansy Rayner Roberts reviews episode 1 and episode 2 of season 2 of Jessica Jones.
- Dave Richards reviews the first four episodes of season 2 of Jessica Jones.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on season 2 of Jessica Jones.
- James Whitbrook, Jill Pantozzi and Beth Elderkin share six things they loved about season 2 of Jessica Jones and four things they didn't.
- Charles Pulliam Moore traces the arc of the character Trish Walker in season 2 of Jessica Jones and wonders what may be in store for her in season 3.
- Emily Asher-Perrin also praises the character of Trish Walker in season 2 of Jessica Jones as well as a particular aspect of her.
- Kevin Melrose shares his appreciation for the character of Sally in season 2 of Jessica Jones.
- Brian Cronin shares fifteen Easter eggs about season 2 of Jessica Jones that many viewers may have missed.
- Kevin Melrose explains the ending of season 2 of Jessica Jones.
Comments on Red Sparrow:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Red Sparrow the sexist Black Widow movie that nobody asked for.
- Caryn James calls Red Sparrow a painfully unsexy thriller.
- Elena Lazic is bothered by the depiction of sexual violence in Red Sparrow and other thrillers.
Comments on the new Tomb Raider movie:
- Germain Lussier calls the new Tomb Raider a solid action movie, but not a great Tomb Raider movie.
- David Sims calls the new Tomb Raider a gritty reboot of a videogame classic.
- Alissa Wilkinson calls the new Tomb Raider a reboot that is promising, if not always thrilling.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider a badarse bore.
Awards:
- The shortlist for the 2018 Crime and Thriller Book of the Year award has been announced.
- The nominees for the 2018 Saturn Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Michael Coorlim implores writers and other creatives to stop selling themselves short.
- Chris Winkle discusses the one big thing most manuscripts lack.
- Peter Ritchie explains why he writes.
- Natasha Bell talks about finding her genre.
- Lauren Sapala explains what it is like to be a female author of transgressive fiction.
Interviews:
- The Guardian interviews Val McDermid.
- Catherine Turnbull interviews Robert Goddard.
- John Valeri interviews Sebastian Rotella.
Reviews:
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews I Bring Sorrow and Other Stories of Transgression by Patricia Abbott.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh.
- Catherine Turnbull also reviews Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh.
- The Qwillery reviews Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney.
- Thomas Pluck reviews This Is How It Ends by Eva Dolan.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Close to Home by Cara Hunter.
- Philip Rafferty reviews Blue Night by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward.
- Garrick Webster reviews The Shadow Killer by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Victoria Cribb.
- Chris Wolak reviews The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty.
- Amanda Coe reviews Force of Nature by Jane Harper.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Gringa by Joe Thomas.
- Mike Parker reviews Bluff by Michael Kardos.
- Angie Barry reviews Death of an Unsung Hero by Tessa Arlen.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Purloined Puzzle by Parnell Hall.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Dipped to Death by Kelly Lane and tries a recipe from the book.
Crowdfunding:
Con reports:
- Ali Karim reports about the 2018 Penguin Crime & Thriller Party in London, UK, and shares several photos.
- Ali Karim also reports about the Transworld Crime Writers' Lunch and shares several photos.
- Ayo Onatade shares the program for the 2018 Newcastle Noir crime fiction festival.
Research:
- Lorraine Murphy chronicles her date with a serial killer.
- Watch a video in which Professor Dame Sue Black explains how to identify criminals via the veins and marks on their hands.
- In Britain, a rapist has been caught some thirty years after the crime, when he urinated into a potted plant.
Free online fiction:
- "The Lonely Gravedigger" by Peter DiChellis in Spelk Fiction.
- "Daphne and That Lawyer Who Drinks" by Cindy Rosmus in Shotgun Honey.
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