Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 13, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Ryan Steck shares the best new thrillers for April.
- Christena Appleyard shares the best recent psychological thrillers.
- Crime Reads shares seven essential true crime books for April.
- Angie Kim, Alafair Burke, Alison Gaylin and Laura Lippman discuss the state of women in crime fiction.
- Alison Flood reports that J.K. Rowling a.k.a. crime fiction writer Robert Galbraith is backing the mentoring program of the organisation Killer Women for crime fiction writers from minority backgrounds.
- Rachel Howzell Hall talks about unlikeable heroines in crime fiction.
- Kate Jackson talks about mothers in crime fiction.
- The Yorkshire Post profiles Mark Billingham.
- Tom Nolan talks about the enduring legacy of Ross Macdonald and why his hardboiled and noir novels still resonate today.
- Ali Karim discusses the character of Dr. Roman Fell in the novels of Thomas Harris.
- Rebecca Rego Barry discusses the 18th and 19th century Newgate novels, precursors of modern crime fiction.
- Crime Reads shares twenty quotes by Robert Bloch.
- Foz Meadows talks about cancel culture and the internet eating itself.
- J. Kingston Pierce takes a look at the many covers of The Moving Target, the first Lew Archer mystery by Ross Macdonald, for the novel's 70th anniversary.
Film and TV:
- Lucy Mangan calls The Victim a gripping vicious thriller.
- Sarah Hughes shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Line of Duty.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Enemy Within.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Mrs. Wilson.
- Vikram Murthi shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Barry.
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that season 2 of Cloak and Dagger is off to a blindingly good start.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls the Chinese crime drama Long Day's Journey Into Night beguiling.
- Katie Rife declares that no matter how Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood turns out, it can't possibly be worse than the exploitation film The Haunting of Sharon Tate, which covers the same material.
- Roxana Hadadi calls Girls of the Sun a gripping war drama.
- Adrian Horton shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary Roll Red Roll.
- Ben Child wonders why Donald Trump is so obsessed with the character of Bane in the superhero movie The Dark Knight Rises.
- Alex Godfrey interviews actor Udo Kier.
- Alex Wong interviews actor Daniel Dae Kim, best known for his parts in Lost, Hawaii Five-O and Hellboy.
- James Whitbrook reports that actor Iain Glen, best known for playing Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones and Jack Taylor in the eponymous crime drama, has been cast as Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Batman in Titans.
- Joe Otterson reports that Disney is working on a Hawkeye series featuring Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton handing over the torch to Kate Bishop.
Comments on season 2 of Killing Eve:
- Caryn James declares that the relationship between the two leads is as complicated as ever in season 2 of Killing Eve.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 2 premiere of Killing Eve.
- Lisa Weidenfeld shares her thoughts on the season 2 premiere of Killing Eve.
- The Geekiary shares their thoughts on the season 2 premiere of Killing Eve.
- Erik Adams interviews actress Fiona Shaw who plays Carolyn Martens in Killing Eve and Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter movies.
Awards:
- The nominees for the 2019 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 CrimeFest Awards have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 Bony Blithe Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2019 Spotted Owl Award has been announced.
- Audible has named its 2019 Thriller of the Year.
- The winners of the 2019 Minnesota Book awards have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 Peabody Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Louisa Luna explains how she created her protagonist Alive Vega.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch shares some tips for making writing fun again.
- Laurence MacNaughton explains how to never suffer writer's block again.
- Maggie Plummer talks about turning life into fiction.
- Marina J. Lostetter talks about feeling the shape of stories.
- Cathy Ace talks about the importance of setting in crime fiction.
- Vivian Shaw shares six ways that fanfiction can make your writing stronger.
- Kyle Mills shares the story behind Lethal Agents, the latest novel in the Mitch Rapp series by the late Vince Flynn.
- Tobias S. Buckell shares his appreciation for Writer's Digest for its 100th anniversary.
- Clayton Noblit shares a complete guide to making an Amazon Author Central page.
- Charity Bradford asks if it's worth juggling two or more pen names.
Interviews:
- Dwyer Murphy interviews Lisa Scottline.
- John Valeri interviews Edith Maxwell.
- Désirée Zamorano interviews Rachel Howzell Hall.
- Molly Odintz interviews Leye Adenle.
- Steph Cha interviews Nina Rovoyr.
- The Daily Mail interviews Harlan Coben.
- Paperback Warrior interviews Ralph Hayes.
- Basil Sands interviews Cathy Ace.
- Locus interviews Jasper Fforde.
- Katie Rife interviews Billy Jensen.
Reviews:
- Rachel Kramer Bussel reviews They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall.
- Pat H. Broeske reviews Don't Wake Up by Liz Lawler.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Envy by Amanda Robson.
- For Winter Nights reviews Dead Man's Daughter by Roz Watkins.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews A Beautiful Corpse by Christi Daugherty.
- Jean Gazis reviews The Last of the Stanfields by Marc Levy.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Neighbour by Fiona Cummins.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Neighbour by Fiona Cummins.
- Bella Jones reviews The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney.
- Clare Clark reviews The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag.
- Larry Clow reviews The Unquiet Heart by Kaite Welsh.
- For Winter Nights reviews The King's Evil by Andrew Taylor.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby.
- Angie Barry reviews Death of a New American by Mariah Fredericks.
- Terrie Farley Moran reviews Scot & Soda by Catriona McPherson.
- Amber Keller reviews The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton.
- Debbie Haupt reviews Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O'Connor.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder from Scratch by Leslie Karst and tries a recipe from the book.
- Debbie Haupt reviews The Alchemist's Illusion by Gigi Pandian.
- Janet Webb reviews Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton.
- Craig Sisterson reviews The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Jane Furlong by Kelly Dennett.
Classics reviews:
- Les Blatt revisits the 1938 locked room mystery The Judas Window by Carter Dickson a.k.a. John Dickson Carr.
- J.F. Norris revisits the 1938 gothic novel The Crowing Hen by Reginald Davis.
- José Ignacio Escribano revisits the 1947 Hercule Poirot mystery The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1952 adventure novel Savage Love by Whit Harrison a.k.a. Harry Whittington.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1956 Hercule Poirot mystery Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Start Screaming Murder, a 1962 Ed Rivers hardboiled mystery by Talmage Powell.
- Mariah Fredericks God Save the Mark by Donald E. Westlake, winner of the 1968 Edgar Award.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1972 adventure novel Maryjane Tonight at Angels Twelve by Martin Caidin.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Assignment Bangkok, a 1972 novel in the Sam Durrell spy fiction series by Edward S. Aaarons.
- Joe Kenney revisits Son of the Flying Tiger, a 1973 novel in the K'ing Kung Fu men's adventure series by Marshall Macao.
- Curtis Evans revisits the 1976 mystery collection The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell.
- Aubrey Hamilton revisits the 1978 mystery Suddenly While Gardening by Elizabeth Lemarchand.
- Barry Gardner revisits the 1991 mystery A Cool Breeze on the Underground by Don Winslow.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1995 crime fiction collection Blood Lines by Ruth Rendell.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1997 mystery Tarnished Icons by Stuart M. Kaminsky.
Crowdfunding:
Con and event reports:
- Crime Cymru reports about the launch event for Rather To Be Pitied by Jan Newton in Builth Wells, Wales.
- Ayo Onatade reports about the Capital Crime Social Outreach program and a crime writing seminar for students they organised in London, UK, and shares some photos.
- Martin Edwards report about his visit to the Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Reference Library in Toronto, Canada, and shares several photos.
- Dan Berry shares some highlights from the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at WonderCon in Anaheim, California.
- Ayo Onatade looks ahead at the cRYme Day at the Rye Arts Festival in Rye, UK.
- R. Graeme Cameron reports about the Creative Ink Festival for Writers and Readers in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Research:
- Sonia Purnell remembers disabled WWII spy Virginia Hall.
- Ashitha Nagesh profiles Joseph Bertony, a WWII spy who later helped to build the Sydney opera house.
- Leigh Egan reports that several more unmarked graves have been found on the ground of the former Dozier School for Boys, a notorious reform school in Florida where hundreds of young boys were tortured and abused and at least 82 killed.
- Chelsea Bieker talks about her family's legacy of violence and murder.
- Vanessa Romo reports that when the police arrived to arrest a burglar after suspicious noises had been heard inside a house in Cedar Hills, Oregon, they found a robotic vacuum cleaner trapped in a shower stall instead.
- Will Caine explains how investigative journalism has changed in the last forty years.
- Glen Erik Hamilton talks about becoming an Army Ranger.
- Oscar de Muriel talks about Victorian patent medicines between quackery and science.
- Kris Waldherr talks about mourning, post-mortem photography and other Victorian death rituals.
- Stephanie Marland talks about the creepy fascination of abandoned places.
Free online fiction:
- "Cowboy Grace" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Kaboom" by Cindy Rosmus in Shotgun Honey.
- "Par for the Corpse" by Steve Liskow in Tough.
- "Mile Marker" by Jeff Esterholm in Beat To A Pulp.
- "The Fatal Wound" by Charles Rammelkamp in The Five-Two.
- Part 2 of "Murder at Midway: 1942" by J.A. Becker in Crimson Streets.
- "Painless" by Rich Larson at Tor.com.
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