Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 6, 2019

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 series 5 of Line of Duty, season 2 of Barry, Hanna, The Case Against Adnan Syed and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Crime By The Book share their favourite crime fiction reads for March 2019.
• Crime Reads shares the best new crime fiction for April 2019.
• The Real Book Spy shares the top forty thrillers coming out this spring. 
• Lisa Levy shares five new psychological thrillers for April.
• Olivia Kiernan shares seven modern classics of small town mysteries. 
• Olivia Kiernan also talks about strong female protagonists in crime fiction.
• Edith Maxwell discusses aspects of police procedure in the late nineteenth century.
• Stephanie Jo Harris explains how the character of Inspector Javert from Victor Hugo's Les Miserables is an unlikely precursor to today's police procedurals.
• Craig Sisterson profiles Jason Pomare.
• Lois Beckett discusses the long fight against racism in romance fiction.  
  

Film and TV:

• Mark Kermode calls Out of the Blue a visionary thriller. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls the western crime drama The Sisters Brothers an all-American delight.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the British spy drama Mrs. Wilson. 
• Lucy Mangan calls The Murder of Jill Dando a moving true crime documentary.
• Eric D. Synder shares thirteen infamous facts about the 1967 crime movie Bonnie and Clyde. 
• Meredith B. Kile explains why Peggy Carter is the lynchpin of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Ralph Macchio, star of Cobra Kai. 
• Ruth Huntman interviews Diana Rigg, best known for playing Emma Peel in The Avengers and Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones. 
• Nellie Andreeva reports that Law & Order: SVU has been renewed for a record-breaking 21st season, beating both previous record holders, Gunsmoke and the original Law & Order.
• Actor Shane Rimmer, who appeared in Doctor Who, several James Bond movies and voiced Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds, has died aged 89.
• Actress and model Tania Mallet who played Tilly Masterson in Goldfinger has died aged 77.
  

Comments on series 5 of Line of Duty:

• Lucy Mangan shares her thoughts on the first episode of series 5 of Line of Duty.
• Sarah Hughes shares her thoughts on the first episode of series 5 of Line of Duty. 
• Ash Percival shares seven non-spoilerish facts about the first episode of series 5 of Line of Duty.
• Ash Percival shares eight burning questions he has after watching the first episode of series 5 of Line of Duty.
• Ash Percival also recaps what happened in series 4 of Line of Duty.
  

Comments on season 2 of Barry:

• Jack Seale asks if Barry, a comedy about a hitman who takes up acting, is the new Breaking Bad. 
• Vikram Murthi declares that season 2 of Barry is funnier and darker than ever before.
• Chris Harley shares his thoughts on the season 2 premiere of Barry.
  

Comments on Hanna:

• Sophie Gilbert discusses the subversive thrills of Hanna.
• Ani Bundel calls Hanna a solid spy thriller combined with a coming of age story. 
• Paul Levinson calls the series version of Hanna top notch. 
• Nick Schager calls Hanna a massively overhyped disappointment.
• John Orquiola traces the biggest differences between the series Hanna and the eponymous movie.
• Molli Mitchell asks whether there will be a second season of Hanna.
  

Comments on The Case Against Adnan Syed: 

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary The Case Against Adnan Syed. 
• Emine Saner believes that The Case Against Adnan Syed should not have been televised.
  

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2019 Derringer Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2019 Lefty Awards have been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2019 Albertine Prize has been announced with some love for crime fiction.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Eliot Pattison talks about writing about human rights violations in his crime fiction. 
• Jane Stanton Hitchcock shares a crime writer's guide to poker obsession.
• Nicole Bianchi shares seven strategies famous writer use to overcome writers block and reawaken their creativity. 
• Sarah McGuire shares five ways to create a memorable and distinguishable cast of characters.
• Janice Hardy shares some tips for showing a character's age.
• Parnell Hall explains how to write a fictional expert when you are at best an amateur. 
• Cat Rambo explains why you should never submit to a writing contest that charges fees. 
• Katy Guest discusses why e-book piracy is so rampant and why so few people feel guilty about it.
  

Interviews:

• John Valeri interviews Jane Stanton Hitchcock. 
• The Real Book Spy interviews Glenn Dyer.
• Benjamin Samuel interviews Seth Fried.
• Mystery People interviews Joe R. Lansdale. 
• Elise Cooper interviews Harlan Coben.
• Elise Cooper interviews Betty Webb.
• Fiction Books interviews Max Allan Collins.
• Lesa's Book Critiques interviews Edith Maxwell.
• Robin Agnew interviews Tim O'Mara.
• Suspense Magazine interviews R.G. Belsky.
  

Reviews:

• Ron Fortier reviews Girl Most Likely by Max Allan Collins.
• John Valeri reviews I Am Watching by Emma Kavanagh. 
• BOLO Books reviews The Night Visitors by Carol Goodman.
• Eleanor Kuhns reviews An Artless Demise by Anna Lee Huber.
• For Winter Nights reviews A Capitol Death by Lindsey Davis.
• Live and Deadly reviews Things in Jars by Jess Kidd. 
• Angie Barry reviews Loch of the Dead by Oscar de Muriel. 
• Mark Rose reviews The Poison Bed by Elizabeth Freemantle.
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Ghost Manuscript by Kris Frieswick. 
• Adrian McKinty reviews Metropolis by Philip Kerr.
• Garrick Webster reviews Kin by Snorri Kristjansson. 
• Louis Bravos reviews The Courier by Kjell Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett.
• The Real Book Spy reviews Game of Snipers by Stephen Hunter.
• The Real Book Spy reviews Reaper: Threat Zero by Nicholas Irving and A.J. Tata.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Stick Together by Sophie Hénaff.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Hidden Corpse by Debra Sennefelder and tries a recipe from the book. 
• Kirkus reviews Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Lights! Camera! Puzzles! by Parnell Hall. 
• Kirkus reviews Lights! Camera! Puzzles! by Parnell Hall.
• Louise Fairbairn reviews Bloody Scotland, edited by James Crawford.
• Annalisa Quinn reviews Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens' London by Claire Harman.
• Larry Clow reviews Hollywood Godfather - My Life in the Movies and the Mob by Gianni Russo and Patrick Picciarelli.
  

Classics reviews:

• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1945 mystery Remembered Death by Agatha Christie.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1950 crime fiction collection Murder Twice Told by Donald Hamilton. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 mystery Meet Me at the Morgue a.k.a. Experience with Evil by John Ross MacDonald.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel Death Trap by John D. MacDonald. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The King of the Rainy Country by Nicolas Freeling, winner of the 1967 Edgar Award.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 spy novel Missile Island by Gil Davis a.k.a. Don Gilmore.  
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1969 comedic mystery Picture Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1974 crime novel Goldfish Have No Hiding Place by James Hadley Chase.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1980 crime novel Dominoes by John Wainwright.
  

Con and event reports:

• Ali Karim reports about the launch event for Philip Kerr's final novel Metropolis at Daunt Books in London, UK, and shares several photos.
• Ayo Onatade shares the line-up for the 2019 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, UK.
• Mike Glyer looks ahead at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention in Lombard, Illinois.
• Angie Dahl reports about the Deadly Class panel at WonderCon in Anaheim, California. 
• Mike Glyer reports about the latest, even stranger developments in the case of Ed Kramer, convicted child molester and co-founder of Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia.

Research:

• Sonia Purnell remembers Virginia Hall, a disabled woman who was a spy in World War II.  
• Sarah Weinman talks about British reporter Sandy Fawkes and her brief relationship with US serial killer Paul John Knowles.
• Bob Mayer discusses the Son of Sam case and how it is linked to the rise of tabloid journalism.
• Scarlett Harris wonders why people keep romanticising serial killer Ted Bundy. 
• JoeAnn Hart takes a look at an unsolved murder from 1976.
• Michelle Legro interviews courtroom artist Marilyn Church.
• Gyles Brandreth shares a new theory regarding the mystery of Jack the Ripper.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Egg Hunt" by Cora Buhlert.
• "The Amazing Quizmo" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• "The Daytripper" by Paul D. Brazill in Out of the Gutter. 
• "Rebound" by Stanton McCaffery in Shotgun Honey.
• "Blood on Stacks" by Robert Ragan in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "The Timid Timmy Incident" by Ricky Sprague in Mysterical-E.
• "Lilith" by Laure van Rensburg in Spelk.
• "Jolly Dom and the Crossroads Inn" by F.R. di Brozolo in Crimson Streets. 
• "Dying a Slow Death" by J.H. Johns in The Five-Two.
  

Odds and ends:

• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Cobra Kai.
• Watch a trailer for Joker.