Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 21, 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 Killing Eve, Homeland, men's adventure paperbacks revisited and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Laura Wilson offers a round-up of the best recent crime novels.
• Henry Sutton explains why crime fiction and thrillers are the bestselling genre in the UK.
• Henry Sutton also talks about the rise of domestic noir.
• Sandro Ferri shares a history of Mediterranean noir. 
• Lisa Jewell shares her seven favourite thrillers about missing girls. 
• Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks about the diversity problem in the romance genre.
• Lisa Levy shares seventeen modern classics of addiction fiction. 
• Noah Berlatsky wonders what if Sherlock Holmes was wrong about everything.
• Steve Lewis revisits the 1955 crime novel A Bullet for My Lady by Bernard Mara. 
• Joe Kenney revisits The Spy in Bangkok, a 1965 Joaquin Hawks thriller by Bill S. Ballinger.  
• Joe Kenney also revisits Hanoi, a 1966 Nick Carter, Killmaster adventure.

Film and TV:

• Elizabeth Vincentelli shares eleven great European (mainly Scandinavian) crime dramas you can stream in the US.
• Jordan Hoffman looks back on Brian de Palma's version of Scarface 35 years later.
• Linda Holmes called the British crime drama Unforgotten the detective show you didn't know you needed. 
• John Sutherland reports about an uproar regarding the use of swearwords in the BBC's recent Agatha Christie adaptation Ordeal by Innocence. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Americans.
• Sam Wollaston shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary Stephen: The Murder That Changed a Nation.
• Actor Harry Anderson, best known for his role in Night Court, has died aged 65.
  

Comments on Killing Eve:

• Jake Nevins calls the miniseries Killing Eve a dazzling thriller. 
• Jen Cheney calls Killing Eve instantly addictive television.
• Inkoo Kang shares their thoughts on the first episode of Killing Eve. 
• Charles Bramesco wonders what shows like Killing Eve or Barry say about our fascination with contract killers.
• E. Alex Jung interviews Sandra Oh, star of Killing Eve.
  

Comments on Homeland:

• James Donaghy explains why Homeland deserves to end on a high note.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.  
• James Donaghy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland

Awards:

• The longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2018 has been announced. 
• Voting is also open for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.
• The shortlist for the 2018 CrimeFest Awards has been announced.
• The finalists for the 2018 Derringer Awards have been announced. 
• Nominations are open for the Dead Good Reader Awards 2018.
• Andrew Sean Greer has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel Less.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Shannon Ferretti shares some tips for people who want to write fiction.
• Bryan Ye explains how to write wherever you go.
• Wendy Van Camp talks about her novel reference journal.
• Hunter Shea shares five steps to building a winning mailing list.
  

Interviews:

• Garrick Webster interviews Alison Gaylin and Megan Abbot. 
• Lily Meyer interviews Karin Brynard.
• Victoria Goldman interviews Vicky Newham.
• Danette Chavez interviews Hayley Atwell, best known for playing Peggy Carter in Agent Carter.
  

Reviews:

• Raven Crime Reads reviews Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic. 
• Raven Crime Reads also reviews Turn a Blind Eye by Vicky Newham.
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Lullaby Road by James Anderson.
• Sandra Mangan reviews Our House by Louise Candlish. 
• Craig Sisterson reviews The Silent Room by Mari Hannah.
• Emma B. Books reviews Drift Stumble Fall by M. Jonathan Lee.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews One Way by S.J. Morden.
• Eileen Brady reviews Killer Choice by Tom Hunt.
• Victoria Goldman reviews Fault Lines by Doug Johnstone.
• Louis Bravos reviews Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr. 
• Paul Weimer reviews Serpent in the Heather by Kay Kenyon.
• Garrick Webster reviews Macbeth by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett.
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald reviews Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks.

Con reports:

• Walker Martin reports about the 2018 Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention in Chicago, Illinois.  
• Mrs. Peabody Investigates looks ahead at a panel about German crime fiction at CrimeFest 2018 in Bristol, UK.
• The program for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, UK, is now online.
  

Research:

• Viola Carr talks about the many uses for and superstitions regarding the bodies of executed criminals in the 18th and 19th century.
• Declan Butler reports that there is a growing need for chemical forensics experts in the light of the recent chemical weapon attacks in the UK and Syria.
• Hannah McKinnon talks about losing a friend in a cult mass suicide.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Action Hero Murder" by Peter DiChellis in Over My Dead Body. 
• "Cranked" by Mark Westmoreland in Shotgun Honey.
• "On and Off" by Regina Clarke in Flash Bang Mysteries.
• "Fog Watch" by Ben White at Akashic Books.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for The Equalizer 2.
• Watch a trailer for Dark Crimes.