Crime Fiction Links of the Week for February 9, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- The Real Book Spy shares the top fifteen most lethal lady in the thriller genre right now.
- Christina McDonald shares eight thrillers about mothers who risk everything to protect their children.
- Megan Collins shares her favourite amateur detectives.
- Jessica Strawser shares her favourite thrillers about unwitting witnesses and bystanders.
- Tom Hunt shares ten thrillers featuring normal, everyday protagonists.
- Joseph Finder shares five classic suspense novels about predators and prey.
- Michelle Frances shares the best workplace thrillers.
- Paul French shares a brief history of mysteries and crime novels set in Chinatowns around the world.
- Natasha Onwuemezi discusses how Val McDermid's books are linked to Scotland.
- Book Marks shares classic and contemporary reviews of five classic Patricia Highsmith thrillers.
- Sarah Weinman shares her appreciation for Southern crime fiction writer Nedra Tyre.
- Ben H. Winters shares his appreciation for libraries.
- Emily Maguire declares that there is no shame in reading whatever you want.
- Sian Cain reports that Swedish thriller writer and journalist Stieg Larsson was investigating the still unsolved assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme in 1986.
Discussion of the Dan Mallory a.k.a. A.J. Finn scandal:
- Ian Parker shares a juicy tell-all profile of psychological thriller writer Dan Mallory a.k.a. A.J. Finn, which includes details about Mallory falsely claiming to have cancer and pretty much lying his way up the career ladder.
- Sian Cain and Alison Flood report about the Dan Mallory scandal.
- Katie Rothstein reports about the Dan Mallory scandal and that Mallory just continues scamming as if nothing had happened.
- Jonathan Freedland asks whether the Dan Mallory scandal marks high noon for the privileged white man.
- Alison Flood reports that a second novel by Dan Mallory a.k.a. A.J. Finn is on the way in spite of the scandal.
Film and TV:
- Alex Michaelides shares the five best movies adapted from thrillers.
- Peter Bradshaw calls If Beale Street Could Talk a moving and beautiful crime drama.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido calls season 2 of The Punisher a huge mess.
- Renaldo Matadeen calls Serenity the worst video game movie of all time (spoilers).
- Graeme Virtue shares his thoughts on the first episode of Hanna.
- Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on the Swedish-Danish high tech thriller Greyzone.
- Lance Charnes shares his thoughts on the Finnish crime series Bordertown.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Counterpart.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How to Get Away With Murder.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the crime drama Lost Holiday.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary The Inventor - Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the documentary Shooting the Mafia.
- Lucy Mangan is disturbed by the documentary Teachers Training to Kill.
- Lucy Mangan calls the true crime documentary Surviving R. Kelly disturbing, but deeply flawed.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the Ted Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
- Jean Sergent shares her thoughts on the documentary Anne Perry: Interiors.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the biopic Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played With Fire.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the time travel thriller Relive.
- Lisa Levy shares her appreciation for the TV crime drama Justified.
- Camille LeBlanc shares her appreciation for the domestic thrillers of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.
- Phil Hoad interviews star Pierce Brosnan and director Martin Campbell about making the 1995 James Bond film Goldeneye.
- Charles Bramesco revisits the 1979 gang drama The Warriors for its 40th anniversary.
- Martin Edwards revisits Robert Altman's 2001 country house mystery film Gosford Park.
- Martin Edwards also revisits the 1948 crime movie The Spiritualist.
- Eileen Gonzalez takes a look at some offbeat international Sherlock Holmes adaptations in a two part post.
- Kate Helm shares her favourite true crime shows and legal dramas.
- Rob Smedley takes a look at the coats and jackets worn by various TV detectives.
- Gem Taylor interviews Russell Lewis, creator of the British period crime drama Endeavour.
- Rebecca Onion reports that the real life Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations Inc. has sued the makers of the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 about the negative depiction of the historical Pinkerton Detective Agency.
- British actor Albert Finney, best known for Tom Jones, Miller's Crossing and Murder on the Orient Express, has died aged 82.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Albert Finney.
Comments about season 3 of True Detective:
- Emily L. Stephens shares her thoughts on the latest episode of True Detective.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of True Detective.
- Lanre Bakare shares his thoughts on the latest episode of True Detective.
- Kevin Burton Smith shares his thoughts on season 3 of True Detective.
Comments on I Am The Night:
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the second episode of I Am The Night.
- Farid Ul-Haq shares his thoughts on the second episode of I Am The Night.
Discussion of Liam Neeson's problematic comments regarding rape, revenge and racism:
- Clémence Michallon interviews Liam Neeson about his latest revenge thriller and ignites a scandal.
- Andrew Pulver reports that Liam Neeson claims he is not racist, even though he fantasized about killing a random black person in the controversial interview.
- Paul Chi reports that actress Michelle Rodriguez defends Liam Neeson and declares he cannot be a racist, because he kissed Viola Davis on screen once.
- Gary Younge declares that Liam Neeson's remarks show that black people still aren't considered fully human by some white people.
- Steve Rose point out the similarities between Liam Neeson's remarks and the revenge thrillers in which he has appeared for years now.
- Reuters reports that a red carpet event for Liam Neeson's latest thriller Cold Pursuit has been cancelled following the actor's problematic remarks.
Awards:
- The winner of the Richard and Judy "Search for a Bestseller" competition has been announced and it's the historical mystery The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox by Claire Gradidge.
- The finalists for the 2019 Audie Awards have been announced.
- Nominations are open for the 2019 eFestival of Words.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Cat Rambo talks about writing stories that change the world.
- The Center for Fiction offers a master class with Lee Child in two videos.
- Emma Darwin tells writers that they never have to apologise for what they are writing.
- Jay Penner talks about dealing with writer's block.
- Victoria Hamilton talks about writing difficult women.
- Robert Wood shares some tips for retconning details in an ongoing series.
- Kameron Hurley talks about how to tell when a draft is ready for prime time.
- Anthony DeCastro declares that you must put your story or novel on the market.
- Nick Ripatrozone talks about the lost art of line editing.
- Margot Boyer-Dry talks about current book cover design trends.
- Katrin Schumann asks if fictionalising crimes is inherently exploitative.
- Cora Buhlert introduces her character Richard Blakemore.
Interviews:
- Amelia Lester interviews Jane Harper.
- Lily Meyer interviews Cristobel Kent.
- John Valeri interviews Laura Benedict.
- James Reith interviews Alan Trotter.
- The Real Book Spy interviews James Rollins.
- Travis Richardson interviews Nick Kolakowski.
- The Dark Phantom interviews Debra H. Goldstein.
Reviews:
- Weston Ochse reviews The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.
- For winter nights reviews The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.
- For winter nights reviews The Lost Man by Jane Harper.
- Chris Wolak reviews The Lost Man by Jane Harper.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews The Man With No Name by Peter May.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Run Away by Harlan Coben.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews No Exit by Taylor Adams.
- Louis Bravos reviews Back Door to Hell by Paul Gadsby.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Hell Chose Me by Angel Luis Colón.
- Martin Edwards reviews Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell.
- Mike Parker reviews Cold Bones by David Mark.
- Suzy Feay reviews Blood by Maggie Gee.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Shape of Lies by Rachel Abbott.
- Michelle Carpenter reviews Our Little Secret by Darren O'Sullivan.
- Janet Webb reviews As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Persian Gamble by Joel C. Rosenberg.
- Eleanor Kuhns reviews The Black Ascot by Charles Todd.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews and recreates a recipe from the book.
- Janet Webb reviews Death by Committee by Alexis Morgan.
- E.F. Sweetman reviews Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Playing Card Killer by Russell James.
- Larry Clow reviews Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones by Micah Dean Hicks.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews The Last by Hanna Jameson.
- Brad Hawley reviews The Last of the Innocent, Volume 6 of Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Classics reviews:
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1946 mystery Murder Among Friends by Elizabeth Ferrars.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1948 noir novel Dreadful Summit by Stanley Ellin.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1952 crime novel One For Hell by Jada M. Davis.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1955 crime novel The Paton Street Case by John Bingham.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 Johnny Killain mystery Killer with a Key by Dan Marlowe.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 Pete Selby mystery Case of the Laughing Virgin by Jonathan Craig a.k.a. Frank E. Smith.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1962 Miss Marple mystery The Mirror Cracked by Agatha Christie.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 suspense thriller To Find Cora (no relation) by Harry Whittington.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1966 thriller In Hot Blood by Mercer B. Cook a.k.a. Robert Turner.
- Joe Kenney revisits Last Rites For The Vulture, a 1975 Inquisitor mystery by Simon Quinn a.k.a. Martin Cruz Smith.
Crowdfunding:
Con and event reports:
- Lee Lofland announces MurderCon in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- The programme of the 2019 Noireland international crime fiction festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is now online.
- Ayo Onatade reports that actor Adrian Dunbar will read from A Book of Bones by John Connolly during the Jack-a-Noir-y event at the Noireland crime fiction festival.
- Martin Edwards looks ahead at the 2019 Alibis in the Archive crime fiction event at Gladstone's Library in Hawarden, UK.
- The Mystery Writers of America announce the line-up for the Crime Fiction Readings Series at the KGB Bar in New York City.
- John King Tarpinian shares some photos of Rare Books LA in Passadena, California.
- Dan Berry shares the guest list for the 2019 PaleyFest in Los Angeles, California.
- The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports about the Literary Ink Convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Michael Barron reports about the Literary Ink Convention.
Research:
- Nick Pinto reports about the conditions inside the freezing Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City, which has been without heat for days now.
- Jon Kelly reports about the situation of women in British prisons.
- Kirstie Brewer talks about women who die in British prisons, usually of suicide, and shares two cases.
- Frances Perraudin reports that nearly 65% of prisoners in a British women's prison show signs of traumatic brain injury, usually due to domestic violence.
- The BBC reports about open prisons in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
- Evan Andrews shares ten things you may not know about John Dillinger.
- Olivia Exstrum reports about the case of Maryanne Atkins, a 16-year-old teenager facing life in prison for killing a sex trafficker who raped her.
- Becky Masterman examines some details about the murders made famous by Truman Capote's In Cold Blood that just do not add up.
- Laura Shepherd-Robinson talks about the slave trade in Deptford and how it inspired her historical crime novel Blood and Sugar.
Free online fiction:
- "Life Sentence" by Matthew Baker in Lightspeed.
- "Making Up For Lost Time" by Beau Johnson in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Hit" by Susan Kuchinskas in Shotgun Honey.
- "Don't You Play Your Games With Me" by David Busboom in Crimson Streets.
- "One More Season" by Paul Matts in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "All That and More" by Bill Baber in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Island of Misfit Toys" by Peter M. Gordon in The Five-Two.
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