Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 25, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Alison Flood shares a round-up of the best recent thrillers.
- Marcel Berlins shares a round-up of his favourite recent crime novels.
- Ryan Steck shares the best new thrillers for May 2019.
- Crime Reads shares the best debut thrillers for May.
- Heloise Wood reports that the Sunday Times' list of the top 100 crime novels and thrillers has come under fire for featuring too few books by women.
- In response to the Sunday Times list, Alison Flood shares fifty great thrillers by women.
- Gabino Iglesias shares ten women crime and thriller writers you should be reading.
- Mel McGrath wonders whether reading crime fiction by women is a feminist act.
- Brigid George shares her classification of mysteries.
- Paul French takes a look at the crime fiction of Athens.
- Carlene O'Connor shares her favourite crime novels set in rural Ireland.
- Curtis Evans discusses Raymond Chandler's well-known issues with traditional British mysteries.
- Kaira Rouda shares seven creepy fictional couples that will send shivers down your spine.
- Anna Pitoniak discusses novels about social climbers and the American dream.
- Chad Baker talks about Sara Gran's Claire DeWitt mysteries and the nature of truth in detective fiction.
- Vincent Dowd profiles Lee Child.
- Kathleen Barber profiles Kellye Garrett.
- Kellye Garrett shares her appreciation for mystery writer Barbara Neely and her iconic sleuth Blanche White.
- Kinohi Nishikawa profiles Donald Goines, author of black pulp fiction.
- Yomota Takashi profiles Japanese crime fiction writer Matsumoto Seicho.
- Michael Nava profiles Jospeh Hanson, pioneer of gay crime fiction.
- G.S. Denning discusses the surprising logic behind Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft mash-ups.
- Steph Post finds some surprising parallels between fairytales and hardboiled crime fiction.
- Janet Hutchings compares the bestsellers of the 1970s to those of earlier and later decades.
- David Barnett reports that British TV presenter Richard Osman has received a seven figure advance for a crime novel he wrote in secret.
Film and TV:
- Paul Levinson calls the British crime drama Line of Duty a brilliant hunt for corrupt cops.
- Stuart Jeffries shares his thoughts on the British heist TV drama Hatton Garden.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of The Enemy Within.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the finale of The Red Line.
- Peter Bradshaw shares his thoughts on the mafia movie The Traitor.
- Genevieve Valentine shares her thoughts on the season 7 premiere of Elementary.
- Vikram Murthi shares his thoughts on the season 2 finale of Barry.
- Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the true crime movie Georgetown.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on episode 3 of the Chernobyl miniseries.
- Otto Penzler revisits the 1993 movie version of The Fugitive.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 1966 and 2004 film versions of Modesty Blaise.
- Dwyer Murphy shares his appreciation for the western crime drama Deadwood.
- Katie Rife interviews Laura Dern, star of Trial by Fire.
- Rebecca Keegan profiles Ava DuVernay, director of the true crime series When They See Us.
- Dwyer Murphy looks at the most iconic injuries in the history of crime films.
- Andrew Pulver reports that Daniel Craig injured his ankle while filming the upcoming 25th James Bond film.
- Andrew Pulver also reports that Red Sparrow was the most complained about movie in the UK in 2018.
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.
- Sarah Hughes recounts how Jodie Comer, who plays Villanelle in Killing Eve, was discovered.
Comments on John Wick 3: Parabellum:
- Brandon Zachary declares that John Wick 3: Parabellum elevates violence to high art.
- Renaldo Matadeen shares some revelations about the Continental Hotel found in John Wick 3: Parabellum.
- Renaldo Matadeen also explains that the John Wick tie-in comic reveals the character's backstory.
Comments on Once Upon a Time... in Hollwood:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood dazzling and disorienting.
- A.A. Dowd calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood meandering and elegiac.
- Gwilym Mumford reports about the premiere of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood at the Cannes film festival.
- Gwilym Mumford also shares director Quentin Taratino's response to criticism of his treatment of actress Margot Robbie in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
- Tatiana Siegel reports about Quentin Tarantino's presss conference after the Cannes premier of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
- Mia Galuppo profiles Mike Moh who plays Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
- Watch a trailer for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
Comments on season 4 of Lucifer:
- Narayan Liu declares that Eve is not the villain viewers expected in season 4 of Lucifer.
- Narayan Liu also asks where the season 4 finale of Lucifer leaves the show.
Comments on What/If:
- Gwen Ihnat calls What/If a trashy soap opera that is a mash-up of Indecent Proposal and Revenge.
- Lucy Mangan calls What/If a deranged gender flip of indecent proposal.
Comments on Oh Mercy!:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Oh Mercy! a self-admiring French murder drama.
- Boyd van Hoeij calls Oh Mercy! half social issue drama about poverty and half CSI.
Comments on Detective Pikachu:
- Leigh Monson declares that Detective Pikachu hits the sweet spot between fan service and neo noir nostalgia.
- David Sims declares that Detective Pikachu shouldn't work, but somehow manages to be delightful.
- David Fear declares that Detective Pikachu is strictly for the fans - in the best and the worst sense of the word.
- Reuben Baron calls Detective Pikachu the most Millennial blockbuster to date.
Tim Burton's Batman at thirty:
- Peter Bradshaw revisits Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film and its three direct sequels.
- Alex Hess also revisits Tim Burton's 1989 Batman
and its sequels and declares that they say a lot about 1990s Hollywood
and also helped to pave the way for today's superhero boom.
Awards:
- The shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award has been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2019 Iceland Noir Award for Translated Crime Fiction have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing has been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Colorado Book Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 British Book Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2019 Maine Literary Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 BAFTA Television Awards have been announced with some love for crime drama.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Tom Ashford shares the biggest mistakes writers make.
- Karen DeGroot Carter asks if you should write what you don't know.
- Gibril Kerefa explains why he stopped calling himself a pantser.
- M.H. Thaung explains how and why people make bad decisions.
- Acemandese Nzondi Hall discusses how to write about mental health issues and suicide.
- Graham Watkins explains how an article about Crispr inspired his crime novel The Enemy Within.
- S.R. Algernon shares some tips for writing non-human protagonists.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about the importance of your inventory.
- Cat Rambo shares some tips about how to build a successful internet presence for writers from Norwescon in Seattle, Washington.
Interviews:
- Alexandra Alter interviews Thomas Harris.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Jeffery Deaver.
- Alex Spencer interviews Jeffery Deaver.
- Andrew Anthony interviews James Ellroy.
- Nick Duerden interviews Lee Child.
- Barry Didcock interviews Denise Mina.
- Paperback Warrior interviews Paul Bishop.
- Lisa Morton interviews Gabino Iglesias.
- Naomi Hirahara interviews Cara Black.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Will Dean.
- Molly Odintz interviews Scott Montgomery.
Reviews:
- Angie Barry reviews The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins.
- Aunt Agatha reviews The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey.
- Jen Lucas reviews A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee.
- Mark Rose reviews The Poison Thread by Laura Purcell.
- Susan Amper reviews Tightrope by Amanda Quick.
- John Valeri reviews Swann's Down by Charles Salzberg.
- Ray Palen reviews The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver.
- Mike Parker reviews This Storm by James Ellroy.
- Kevin Burton Smith reviews Mercy River by Glen Erik Hamilton.
- Deborah Locke reviews Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon.
- Kirkus reviews If She Wakes by Michael Koryta.
- BOLO Books reviews The Night Before by Wendy Walker.
- Jamie Bernthal reviews Night by Night by Jack Jordan.
- Katherine Reads Books reviews Dark Secret Night by Michael Connelly.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Conviction by Denise Mina.
- Barry Forshaw reviews Cari Mora by Thomas Harris.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Out of the Ashes by Vicki Newham.
- Maureen Carlyle reviews Deadland by William Shaw.
- Hank Wagner reviews The Bone Keeper by Luca Veste.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Exit Wounds, edited by Paul B. Kane and Marie O'Regan.
- Lesa's Book Critiques reviews Milwaukee Noir, edited by Tim Hennessy.
- Robert Allen Papinchak reviews Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Deadly Feast by Lucy Burdette and tries a recipe from the novel.
- Camestros Felapton reviews The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews No Way by Simon Morden.
- Liz Bourke reviews Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan.
- Books, Bones and Buffy reviews Westside by W.M. Akers.
Classics reviews:
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1936 hardboiled crime story Boomerang Blade by Norman A. Daniels.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1940 mystery Dead March in Three Keys by Peter Curtis a.k.a. Norah Lofts.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1947 mystery A Man Called Jones by Julian Symons.
- Furrowed Middlebrow revisits the 1953 mystery Murder in the King's Road by Jane Boyd.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 mystery An Afternoon to Kill by Shelley Smith.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 noir novel Backwoods Tramp a.k.a. A Moment to Prey by Harry Whittington.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1961 crime novel Night's Black Agent by John Bingham.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 thriller The President Is Missing by Henry A. Milton.
- Joe Kenney revisits Doomsday Vendetta, a 1968 novel in The Adjusters spy action series by Peter Winston.
- The Deighton Dossier revisits the 1972 thriller Domino Island by Desmond Bagley.
- Carol Potenza takes a look at the finalists for the 1974 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1977 men's adventure novel Deadly Companions by Bob and Dusty Sang.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Escape from Nicaragua, a 1987 novel in the M.I.A. Hunter men's adventure series by Jack Buchanan a.k.a. Stephen Mertz.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1987 anthology The Best American Mystery Stories, edited by Robert B. Parker.
Con and event reports:
- A Library in My Luggage shares her experiences at CrimeFest in Bristol, UK.
- J. Kingston Pierce shares his experiences at CrimeFest in Bristol as well as several photos.
- Janet Hutchings reports about the Edgar Awards banquet in New York City as well as Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland, and shares several photos.
- The Bookseller reports about the guests of the 2019 Bute Noir festival in Rothesay, Scotland.
- Greg Myre reports about a visit to the International Spy Museum in Washington DC.
- Peggy McClone reports about a visit to the International Spy Museum in Washington DC.
Research:
- Mim Skinner discusses what it's like to be pregnant in a women's prison.
- Marc Cameron remembers his time as a US Marshall in Alaska.
- Joe Berlinger points out that serial killers are a uniquely American phenomenon.
- Sharon Kirkey reports about the opening of Canada's first body farm.
- Sara Collins talks about the 1846 murder trial of Albert Tirrell who claimed to have murdered his lover while sleepwalking.
- Dan Abrams and David Fisher report about a libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt in 1915.
Free online fiction:
- "The Final Course" by Stacy Woodson in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Splatterproof is Not a Challenge" by Tom Leins in Shotgun Honey.
- "Flipping the Frozen Finger Farewell" by Michael D. Davis in Yellow Mama.
- "A Gift of Death" by Kenneth James Crist in Yellow Mama.
- "Mile Marker" by Jeff Esterholm in Beat to a Pulp.
- "Funny Little Frog" by Graham Wynd in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Finding His Calling" by Matthew Borczon in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Ballad of a Tabby Man" by Howard Ho in The Five-Two.
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