Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 4, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares the best new crime novels for May 2019.
- Abby Endler shares her favourite crime novel of April 2019.
- Lisa Levy shares the best psychological thrillers for May.
- The finalists for the 2019 Agatha Awards hold a roundtable on the state of the cozy mystery.
- V.M. Burns shares seven cozy mysteries featuring weddings.
- Erin Kelly points out that psychological thrillers are not a new phenomenon, but have been with us for a long time.
- Vincent Zandri takes a look at the doomed romances of noir.
- Mary Lawrence takes a look at historical mysteries set during the Tudor era.
- Lorraine Berry talks about the power and pain of post-apocalyptic detective fiction.
- Craig Pittman profiles Donald J. Sobol, creator of the Encylopedia Brown children's mysteries.
- Craig Pittman discusses John D. MacDonald's love of nature and Florida.
- Curtis Evans remembers T.S. Eliot's crime fiction criticism.
- Dustin Stephens takes a look at Harper Lee's little known foray into the true crime genre.
- Laura Lee wonders why women's bookshelves are considered clutter these days, while men's bookshelves are a mark of their intellectual prowess.
Film and TV:
- Kyle Fowle shares his thoughts about the series finale of Gotham.
- Vikram Murthi shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Barry.
- Dan Neilan declares that Barry rather than Game of Thrones or Avengers: Endgame provided the scariest scene of the last weekend
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Katie Rife calls The Intruder a giggle-inducing home invasion thriller.
- Vikram Murthi calls El Chicano a shoddy Batman imitation starring an all Latino cast.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the crime movie Blow the Man Down.
- Joe Bendel shares his thoughts on the crime movie Come to Daddy.
- Peter Bradshaw calls the Icelandic crime drama Woman at War a well-performed and stylish oddity.
- Bryan Armen Graham calls At the Heart of Gold a shocking true crime documentary.
- Otto Penzler revisits the 1945 classic suspense movie Spellbound.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1951 noir movie Mr. Denning Drives North.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1981 neo-noir movie Body Heat.
- Camille LeBlanc shares the best international political thriller TV series.
- Steven Poole discusses how the spoiler became the most heinous sin in pop culture.
- Catherine Shoard wonders why there are fewer sex scenes in movies than there used to be.
- Jody Simon offers an update on the conflict between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agencies.
- Amanda Bell reports that NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans have both been renewed.
- John Singleton, director of Boyz N the Hood, 2 Fast 2 Furious and the Shaft remake, has died aged 51.
- Myles E. Johnson remembers John Singleton.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers John Singleton.
Comments on season 2 of Killing Eve:
- Lisa Weidenfeld shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Killing Eve.
- Alan Sapinwall shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Killing Eve.
- Laura Bradley interviews Lisa Brühlmann, director of Killing Eve.
- Julie Miller and Josh DuBoff interview Jodie Comer who plays Villanelle in Killing Eve.
- Jill Gutowitz calls the character Villanelle from Killing Eve an LGBT fashion icon.
- Danette Chavez shares a clip from the upcoming episode of Killing Eve.
- Emma Dibdin compares Killing Eve to the novella series Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings that it is based on.
Comments on series 5 of Line of Duty:
- Sarah Hughes shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Line of Duty.
- Lucy Mangan lists the questions she hopes to see answered in the Line of Duty series 5 finale.
- Poppy Noor asks real life police officers how they feel about Line of Duty.
- Read the scripts of Line of Duty series 1 to 4 online at the BBC.
Comments on Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile:
- Olly Richards calls Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile a lightweight biopic, but praises Zac Efron's performance.
- Peter Bradshaw also praises Zac Efron, but declares that Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile shies away from awkward questions.
- Oliver Jones calls Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile entirely unnecessary and wonders about Netflix's obsession with Ted Bundy.
- Larushka Ivan-Zadeh declares that if you do not want to sensationalise Ted Bundy's crimes even further, making yet another movie about him is rather counterproductive.
- Alani Vargas discusses a scene in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile where the hostile reaction of a dog is supposed to show us that Ted Bundy is evil.
- The BBC discusses the real case of serial killer Ted Bundy upon which Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is based, since the Ted Bundy case is not nearly as well known in Europe as in the US.
- Simon Mayo interviews Zac Efron and Lily Collins, stars of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
- Jane Mulkerrins interviews Lily Collins, star of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
Comments on season 2 of Cobra Kai:
- Renaldo Matadeen declares that Cobra Kai's most interesting rivalry is a big step forward for gender equality.
- Renaldo Matadeen also declares that the season 2 finale of Cobra Kai rewrites the entire dynamic of the series.
- Alexandra August interviews Martin Kove who plays John Kreese in Cobra Kai.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2019 Derringer Awards have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 Scribe Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2019 Faust Award has been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 Munsey Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Cora Buhlert talks about the joy of writing, how to lose it and how to get it back.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about setting good goals.
- Eugene Linden talks about researching his novel Deep Past.
- Max Allan Collins talks about writing outside your comfort zone.
- William Shaw shares three things he learned about writing a female lead.
- Laura Drake discusses the reality of writing for a living today.
- James Millington shares five easy steps to ensure you're writing, not editing.
- Rachel Thompson discusses how to create a pre-launch marketing strategy for your book.
- August Norman talks about the importance of setting in crime fiction.
- Rosie Claverton talks about using Wales as a setting for crime fiction.
- Bev Jones talks about the setting for her crime novel Wilderness.
Interviews:
- Libby Brooks interviews Denise Mina.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Val McDermid.
- John Valeri interviews Carlene O'Connor.
- The Guardian interviews Oyinkan Braithwaite.
- Shilpa Ganatra interviews Jane Casey.
- Dominique Jeannerod interviews Ellen Dunne.
- Dietrich Kalteis interviews Paul D. Brazill.
- Jill's Book Café interviews Thomas Enger.
Reviews:
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Better Sister by Alafair Burke.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Death's Dark Veil by Patricia Dixon.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Fallen Angel by Chris Brookmyre.
- The Real Book Spy reviews If She Wakes by Michael Kortya.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews Follow Her Home by Steph Cha.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Redemption by David Baldacci.
- David Dwan reviews The Ghost Factory by Jenny McCartney.
- Jenny Maloney reviews The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden.
- Jeremy Megraw reviews The Katharina Code by Jörn Lier Horst, translated by Anna Bruce.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Black Mountain by Laird Barron.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Deadland by William Shaw.
- Angie Barry reviews Stone Mothers by Erin Kelly.
- Anthony Cummins reviews The Storyteller by Pierre Jarawan.
- The Real Book Spy reviews True Believer by Jack Carr.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone.
- John Burnside reviews We, the Survivors by Tash Aw.
- Steph's Book Blog reviews The Evidence Against You by Gillian McAllister.
- Alyssa Gammello reviews Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness.
- Grab This Book reviews The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry.
- Corrina Lawson reviews The Alchemist of Lost Souls by Mary Lawrence.
- Corrina Lawson reviews Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins.
- Janet Webb reviews Thread on Arrival by Lea Wait.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death of a Wedding Cake Baker by Lee Hollis and tries a recipe from the book.
- Ben Boulden reviews Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Night Window by Dean Koontz.
- Jon L. Breen reviews Carl Hiaasen: Sunshine State Satirist by David Geherin.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1930 mystery Shock! a.k.a. The Black Door by Virgil Markham.
- Vintage Pop Fictions revisits The Spiked Lion, a 1933 Anthony Bathurst mystery by Brian Flynn.
- Vintage Pop Fictions revisits Murder in Mesopotamia, a 1936 Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie.
- Vintage Pop Fictions revisits The Saint's Getaway, a 1936 Saint novel by Leslie Charteris.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1948 mystery Through a Glass Darkly by Helen McCloy.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1949 crime story Hills of Homicide by Louis L'Amour.
- Only Detect revisits the 1953 locked room mystery Whistle Up the Devil by Derek Smith.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 noir novel Dead Low Tide by John D. MacDonald.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1956 Brock Callahan hardboiled mystery Day of the Ram by William Campbell Gault.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 crime novel Nude on Thin Ice by Gil Brewer.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 crime novel Killer at Large by Don Bannon a.k.a. Manning Lee Stokes.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1984 post-apocalyptic men's adventure novel The Outrider by Richard Harding a.k.a. Richard Tine.
Crowdfunding:
Con and event reports:
- Ayo Onatade reports about the Bloody Scotland 2019 programme launch in Stirling, Scotland.
- Hector DeJean reports about the Edgar Awards banquet in New York City.
- Steph's Book Blog looks ahead at the First Monday Crime event in London, UK.
- J. Kingston Pierce reports about the Seattle Independent Bookstore Day in Seattle, Washington.
- Will C. Franklin reports that the presence of the CIA at Awesome Con in Washington D.C. has caused some controversy.
Research:
- Matthew Caruana Galizia, son of the murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, talks about the fight to gain justice for his mother.
- Daniel Tucker reports that a serial killer has been preying on black woman in Chicago for twenty years and may have claimed up to 51 victims.
- Debra Anne Haaland talks about an epidemic of missing indigenous women in the western US.
- Hallie Golden also reports about the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women in the US.
- Dylan Struzan shares the true story of mobster Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo.
- Susanna Calkins discusses the so-called canary murder case from 1929.
- David C. Taylor discusses the so-called Mad Bomber case in New York City in the early 1940s and how it gave rise to criminal profiling.
- Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh discuss the case of several students at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, who fell under the sway of a cult.
- Carolyn Murnick wonders what is behind the current fascination with serial killers.
- The BBC reports that a Beluga whale, who was likely trained by the Russian Navy to serve as a spy, has been captured of the Norwegian coast.
Free online fiction:
- "Conversation with the Murderer" by Heidi Hunter in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "The Final Course" by Stacy Woodson in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "A Game of Chess" by Mohan Pandey in Crimson Streets.
- "A Heart Within Me" by Ilan Mochari in Tough.
- "Lil' Redd" by Kenneth Pobo in The Five-Two.
- "That's What Friends Aren't For" by John Patrick Robbins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Thorns" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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