Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 27, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- The 2019 Edgar Award finalists have a roundtable discussion on the state of the mystery genre in two parts.
- Laura Wilson offers a round-up of the best recent crime novels.
- Alison Flood shares the best recent thrillers.
- Gigi Pandian offers a beginner's guide to locked room mysteries.
- Adi Tantimedh shares ten novels that strike a balance between humor and noir.
- Lisa Levy attempts to define a canon of hipster mysteries.
- Paul French looks at the crime fiction of Jamaica.
- Kathleen Valenti talks about the enduring power of the medical thriller.
- Sally Hepworth shares eight crime novels about dysfunctional families.
- Paul Abbott shares his appreciation for the 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain.
- Craig Sisterson profiles Norwegian crime fiction writer Jørn Lier Horst.
- Crime Reads shares the best crime fiction book covers for April.
- Open Culture reveals that Andy Warhol and Hergé, creator of Tintin, mutually admired and influenced each other.
- Concepción de León reports that Nora Roberts has sued plagiarist Cristiane Serruya.
- DevonLive reports that an Agatha Christie statue in Torquay, UK, has been vandalised.
- British science fiction and thriller writer John Bowen died aged 94.
- Crime fiction writer and playwright Warren Adler has died aged 91.
- Ted Johnson shares an obituary for Warren Adler.
- Manga writer Kazuo Koike, creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Executioner, Lady Snowblood, Crying Freeman and others, has died aged 82.
- Brigid Alverson remembers Kazuo Koike.
Film and TV:
- Katie Rife calls Body at Brighton Rock a terrifying survival thriller.
- Cath Clarke calls Bel Canto a soapy adaptation of Ann Pratchett's hostage drama.
- Mike McCahill calls The Dig a tense thriller.
- Peter Crawley calls Chimerica a gripping drama about fake news.
- Phil Hoad calls The World Is Yours a carnivalesque caper movie.
- Cath Clarke calls the children's crime movie Spy Cat not up to scratch.
- Abe Friedtanzer shares his thoughts on the period crime movie The Highwaymen.
- Peter Bradshaw shares his thoughts on the Chinese gangster drama Ash Is the Purest White.
- Mike McCahill shares his thoughts about the refugee thriller Styx.
- Kyle Fowle shares his thoughts about the series finale of Gotham.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Enemy Within.
- Sarah Hughes shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Line of Duty.
- John Valeri shares his thoughts on the legal drama The Fix.
- Vikram Murthi shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Barry.
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Joe Bendel looks at ten years of crime movies at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
- Otto Penzler revisits the 2003 crime movie Mystic River.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1967 gangster film Bonnie and Clyde.
- Vance Kotrla revisits the 1945 suspense movie My Name Is Julia Ross.
- Lanre Bakare shares the latest news about the upcoming twenty-fifth James Bond movie.
- Rick Porter reports that David Milch, Emmy-winning writer who worked on TV shows like Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and Deadwood, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
- German film composer Martin Böttcher died aged 91.
- German actress Hannelore Elsner, best known for playing the lead in the German TV crime series Die Kommissarin, has died aged 76.
- Actor Ken Kercheval, who appeared in many movies and TV crime dramas and was best known for playing Cliff Barnes in Dallas, has died aged 83.
Comments on season 2 of Killing Eve:
- Lisa Weidenfeld shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Killing Eve.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Killing Eve.
- Emily Nussbaum talks about the homoerotic thrills of Killing Eve and Gentleman Jack.
Comments on season 5 of Bosch:
- Reed Farrell Coleman calls Bosch a masterful adaptation.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on season 5 of Bosch.
Comments on season 2 of Cobra Kai:
- Alex McLevy declares that season 2 of Cobra Kai has half the humor but twice the melodrama.
- Germain Lussier interviews Ralph Macchio, one of the stars of Cobra Kai.
Comments on High Life:
- Jordan Hoffman calls High Life a big screen space odyssey unlike any other.
- Dan Jackson interviews Claire Denis, director of High Life, and discusses the ending of the movie with her.
- Marah Eakin interviews Robert Pattinson and Claire Denis, director and star of High Life.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2019 Edgar Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2019 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year have been announced.
- The finalists for the Seventh Annual Bisexual Book Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Susan Spann explains how she researches her historical mysteries set in Japan.
- Cara Hunter explains how she researched her suspense thriller No Way Out.
- Bryan Ye explains how to journal in the morning and why.
- Bridget Collins talks about the power of story.
- Meg Elison talks about the hidden layers of every novel and why they should stay hidden.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch shares some tips for taming the critical voice.
- Sean Platt shares twelve steps to making a living as a self-published fiction authors in 2019.
- Tom Hunter talks about the importance of diversity in publishing.
- Eneasz Brodski offers a crash course in creating a podcast.
- Martin Edwards reflects on his two years as the head of the Crime Writers Association.
Interviews:
- Crime Reads interviews John Sandford.
- Declan Hughes interviews John Connolly.
- Richard Fitzpatrick interviews Jeffrey Deaver.
- Zeynab Esra interviews Ruth Ware.
- Locus interviews David Baldacci.
- Garrick Webster interviews Nathan Blackwell.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Nathan Blackwell.
- Crime Review interviews David Young.
- Nick Kolakowski interviews E.A. Aymar.
- Locus interviews Jasper Fforde.
Reviews:
- Sandra Mangan reviews No Way Out by Cara Hunter.
- BOLO Books reviews Saving Meghan by D.J. Palmer.
- Mystery Playground reviews The Better Sister by Alafair Burke.
- Seattle Book Mama reviews Miracle Creek by Angie Kim.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Black Mountain by Laird Barron.
- Theresa Smith reviews Under the Midnight Sky by Anna Romer.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Border by Don Winslow.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Strong As Steel by Jon Land.
- BOLO Books reviews The Last by Hannah Jameson.
- Alan Cranis reviews Pirates by Timothy J. Lockhart.
- Justine Jordan reviews Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Kremlin Strike by Dale Brown.
- Janet Webb reviews Murder on Trinity Place by Victoria Thompson.
- Lesa's Book Critiques reviews Death of a New American by Mariah Fredericks.
- Ray Palen reviews Oscar Wilde and the Return of Jack the Ripper by Gyles Brandreth.
- Eleanor Kuhns reviews Cat Chase the Moon by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.
- Amber Keller reviews Foul Play on Words by Becky Clark.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews Murder Lo Mein by Vivien Chen.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis and tries a recipe from the book.
- Tadiana Jones reviews The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Robert B. Parker's Buckskin by Robert Knott.
- John Valeri reviews Alice and Gerald: A Homicidal Love Story by Ron Franscell.
Classics reviews:
- Richard Robinson revisits the 1939 crime story G Stands for Glory by Norvell Page.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1948 mystery Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1951 mystery The Noonday Devil by Ursula Curtiss.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 police procedural The Floater by Jonathan Craig a.k.a. Frank E. Smith.
- J.F. Norris revisits the 1959 suspense novel Dangerous to Me by Rae Foley.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1968 crime novel Sinner Man a.k.a. Savage Lover by Sheldon Lord a.k.a. Lawrence Block.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1989 historical mystery The Women of Peasenhall by R.J. White.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1970 crime novel Heir by Roger Simon.
- Aubrey Hamilton revisits the 1974 thriller The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1975 suspense novel A Country Kind of Death by Mary McMullen a.k.a. Mary Reilly Wilson.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1979 crime story "Down in the Valley" by James Reasoner.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1980 mystery Deadly Picnic by John Bingham.
- Curtis Evans revisits the 1983 mystery Speaker of Mandarin by Ruth Rendell.
- Joe Kenney revisits Death Waves, a 1987 novel in the Kane's War men's adventure series by Nick Stone.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Raiders of the Revolution, a 1989 novel in the Freedom's Rangers time travel men's adventure series by Keith William Andrews a.k.a. William H. Keith and J. Andrew Keith.
- BOLO Books revisits the 1994 crime fiction collection The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories by Peter Lovesey.
Con and event reports:
- Dave Ritzlin reports about the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention in Lombard, Illinois, and shares some photos.
- B.V. Lawson reports about crime and mystery bookshops taking part in the fifth annual Independent Bookstore Day on April 27, 2019.
Research:
- Forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd talks about being the pathologist in charge of identifying the victims of the 1989 Marchioness disaster and how difficult identifying the bodies was.
- Heather Murphy reports that more than 150 people in US prisons convicted due to faulty forensic analysis have been exonerated in 2018 alone.
- Ruth Wilson Gilmore asks if prison is necessary.
- D.J. Palmer takes a look at some real life cases of hospitals removing children from their parents for alleged abuse.
- Deirdre Finnerty chronicles the abuses that women and children suffered at the Bessborough home for unwed mothers in Cork, Ireland.
Free online fiction:
- "Getting Ideas" by Amy Samin in Flash Bang Mystery.
- "Dead End" by Herschel Cozine in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "The Rule of Three" by Albert Tucher in Shotgun Honey.
- "Family Guy?" by Paul Matts in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Terry's Car" by Matthew Borczon in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "For Want of a Dollar" by Nancy Scott in The Five-Two.
- "Star" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Odds and ends:
Comments
Post a Comment