Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 9, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Paul French talks about the crime fiction of New Orleans.
- Dwyer Murphy shares his favourite Mardi Gras crime novels set in New Orleans.
- Janet Rudolph also offers a list of Mardi Gras mysteries and crime novels.
- Bill Loehfelm explains how he wrote a mystery about Mardi Gras without resorting to the usual clichés.
- Craig Russell discusses the greatest settings in gothic fiction.
- Carol Westron talks about the use of symbolism and superstition in the works of Ngaio Marsh and other golden age crime fiction writers.
- Harriet Tyce shares seven thrillers about losing your grip on reality.
- Peter Swanson shares ten thrillers that explore mental health.
- Lisa Levy shares the best psychological thriller for March.
- Margot Kinberg discusses the importance of a convincing motive for mysteries and crime fiction.
- Arlene Kay explains why dog shows are the perfect setting for murder mysteries.
- Shanna Hogan shares confessions of a true crime junkie.
- Christopher Hull describes a meeting between Graham Greene and Ernest Hemingway on the set of Our Man in Havana in 1959.
- Martin Edwards remembers crime fiction writer Mary Kelly.
- Radha Vatsal asks what it matters who wrote Nancy Drew anyway.
- Julien Oeuillet reports about Nick Rodwell, alleged heir of the Hergé estate, whose handling of the estate has made him the most hated man in Belgium.
- Emma Kantor reports about yet another uproar in the YA world, which ended with the novel A Place for Wolves by Kosoko Jackson being cancelled before publication.
- Books Beyond Binaries reports about the uproar in a Book Riot Slack channel.
- Violet Blue discusses how censorship of sexual content is impacting the entire internet.
- Molly Odintz shares the ten best and pulpiest Mickey Spillane covers.
- Mystery writer H. Terrell Griffin has died.
- Real life spy and spy fiction author Charles McCarry has died aged 88.
- Michael Carlson shares an obituary of Charles McCarry.
- Kathleen George remembers Charles McCarry.
Film and TV:
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Kindergarten Teacher a gripping psychological thriller.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Traitors a snappy, sexy spy drama where women have all the fun.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the psychological thriller The Widow.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the final season of the British/French crime drama The Tunnel.
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Cath Clarke calls Tigers a plodding thriller inspired by the real life Chinese baby formula scandal.
- Jason Pinter remembers the TV crime drama The Shield.
- Francine White interviews Neil Dudgeon, the star of Midsomer Murders.
- William Boyle shares a personal history of screwball noir.
- William Boyle shares the line-up for a hypothetical screwball noir film festival.
- Chitra Ramaswamy calls the documentary Louis Theroux: The Night in Question an incendiary look at campus rape.
- Lisa Levy shares her thoughts on the true crime documentary Lorena.
- Josh Modell shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary The Case Against Adnan Syed.
- Andrew Pulver reports that the next James Bond film will not be called Shatterhand after all.
- Lesley Goldberg reports that the upcoming abbreviated eighth season of Arrow will be its last.
- Lynette Rice reports that the character of Ziva David may reappear on NCIS, six years after her character was written out and supposedly killed off screen.
- Actress Katherine Helmond who appeared in Brazil, Time Bandits and True Blood, has died aged 89.
- Actor Jan-Michael Vincent, best remembered for Airwolf and Damnation Alley, has died aged 74.
- Actor Luke Perry, best known for his parts in Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale, though he also appeared in The Fifth Element, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Oz, has died aged 52.
Comments about the season 3 finale of True Detective:
- Renaldo Matadeen discusses the biggest questions left open after the season 3 finale of True Detective.
- Renaldo Matadeen also muses that the hero of season 3 of True Detective could also be its villain.
- Renaldo Matadeen also hopes that season 4 of True Detective will be a sequel to season 1.
Comments on I Am The Night:
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the season finale of I Am The Night.
- Dustin Rhodes shares his thoughts on the season finale of I Am The Night.
- Brian Tallerico shares his thoughts on the season finale of I Am The Night.
- John Orquiola explains the ending of I Am The Night.
- Megan Vick interviews India Eisley, the star of I Am The Night.
- Taylor Maple talks about I Am The Night director Patty Jenkins' friendship with the real life Fauna Hodel.
Comments on Triple Frontier:
- Benjamin Lee calls Triple Frontier a solid action thriller.
- Mike D'Angelo calls Triple Frontier a blundering heist thriller.
- Owen Gleiberman calls Triple Frontier an action thriller that turns into a plodding parable about greed.
- Gary Thompson declares that Triple Frontier is less interested in the heist itself than in its aftermath.
- Gary Thompson declares that Netflix has become a haven for the sort of movies Hollywood no longer makes, movies like Triple Frontier.
- Zak Wojnar interviews Pedro Pascal, one of the stars of Triple Frontier.
Comments on Leaving Neverland:
- Lucy Mangan calls the documentary Leaving Neverland an astonishing account of Michael Jackson's alleged sexual abuse.
- Cherry Wilson asks if Michael Jackson't legacy is ruined after Leaving Neverland.
- Hadley Freeman interviews Wade Robson and James Safechuck who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse.
- Lanre Bakare reports that the Michael Jackson estate has launched a PR initiative after Leaving Neverland airs in the UK.
Awards:
- The winner of the Carter Brown Mystery Writing Award has been announced.
- The finalists for the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Audie Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Richie Narvaez explains what life looks like through the eyes of a crime fiction writer.
- Kate Rhodes explains how she chose the setting for her new novel Ruin Beach.
- Snorri Kristjansson talks about writing Viking crime fiction.
- Alan Hruska explains what sparks sequels.
- Jack Heckel discusses the challenges of writing a trilogy.
- Annie Ward explains how writing helped her to recover from a harrowing accident.
- Briana Lawrence explains how fan fiction reignited her love of writing.
- Lauren Layne shares five Pinterest tips for authors.
- Nora
Roberts offers a summary which publishing and promotion practices she
considers legit and which she considers cheating or scamming.
Interviews:
- Crime Reads interviews Greg Iles.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Greg Iles.
- Scott Butki interviews Greg Iles.
- Tom Tivnan interviews Karin Slaughter.
- Anna Holmes interviews Laura Lippman.
- Kate Vane interviews Anthony Good.
- Crime by the Book interviews Camilla Grebe.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Steve Berry.
Reviews:
- The Irresponsible Reader reviews The Last Act by Brad Parks.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Reign of the Kingfisher by T.J. Martinson.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Skin Game by J.D. Allen.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Man With No Face by Peter May.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare.
- Chris Wolak reviews The Last Woman in the Forest by Diana Les Becquets.
- Janet Webb reviews The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews The River by Peter Heller.
- Live and Deadly reviews Thunder Bay by Douglas Skelton.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Freefall by Jessica Barry.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Flowers over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti.
- Larry Clow reviews The Devil's Aspect by Craig Russell.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Secrets of the Dead by Murray Bailey.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Treason by Rick Campbell.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Kremlin's Candidate by Jason Matthews and tries a recipe from the book.
- My Chestnut Reading Tree reviews Never Tell by Lisa Gardner.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Double Exposure by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.
- John Valeri reviews Final Exam by Carol J. Perry.
- The Quiet Geordie reviews A Meditation on Murder by Robert Thorogood.
- Crimeworm reviews The Vinyl Detective: Written in Dead Wax by Andrew Cartmel.
- Paul Di Filippo reviews The Plotters by Un-su Kim.
- Chris Wolak reviews Wild Bill - The True Story of America's First Gunfighter by Tom Clavin.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Solitary - Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox and Leslie George.
Classics reviews:
- Only Detect revisits the 1944 mystery The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1951 crime novel The Chief Inspector's Statement by Maurice Procter.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel The Kidnapper by Robert Bloch.
- Arnold Taylor revisits the 1962 mystery Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse by Georges Simenon.
- Susanna Calkins revisits Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters, winner of the 1963 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1964 mystery Dover One by Joyce Porter.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1969 prison break western Escape from Yuma by Frank Castle.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1973 crime novel The Godfather Killer by Dan Brennan.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1974 spy novel The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry.
- Martin Edwards remembers the 1978 spy novel Birdcage by Victor Canning.
- Joe Kenney revisits Death Ray Terror, a 1979 novel in The Penetrator men's adventure series by Lionel Derrick a.k.a. Chet Cunningham.
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Con and event reports:
- Rebecca Rego Barry reports about the auction of Otto Penzler's personal collection of rare editions of crime novels and mysteries and New York City and shares some highlights from the auction.
- Ayo Onatade shares a call for papers for the conference "Girls, Girls, Girls: Defining and Deconstructing Domestic Noir" at the Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
- Ayo Onatade also shares a call for papers for a special issue of Studies in Crime Writing, theme: The True Crime Renaissance.
Research:
- Ed Pilkington traces what happened to those targeted for harrassment by conspiracy theorists.
- Elaine Shannon talks about the new generation of drug traffickers.
- Adam Pockross reports that customs officials intercepted a shipment of smuggled mummy parts hidden in a loudspeaker at Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt.
- Rhett Jones reports why ji32k7au4a83 is a remarkably common password.
- The Crime Con Informant profiles criminal behavioural analyst Laura Richards.
Free online fiction:
- "Blood Trail" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "An Italian Affair" by Barbara Buckley Ristine in Shotgun Honey.
- "Midlife Crisis" by Neva Bryan in Tough.
- "The Kid with the Sad Face" by Jason Beech in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Murder at Midway 1942, Part 1" by J.A. Becker in Crimson Streets.
- "The Complex Solution Is Sometimes Correct" by Nicholas Bush in The Five-Two.
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