Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 15, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- J. Kingston Pierce shares his favourite crime novels of the year so far and looks ahead at the crime novels coming out in the next few months.
- Lisa Levy shares the best psychological thrillers for June.
- Janna King discusses the sublime magic of seaside thrillers.
- Michael Niemann shares eight crime novels about refugees, displacement and diaspora.
- Peter Houlahan shares five true crime courtroom dramas that are as enthralling as the crime itself.
- Kelly-Leigh Cooper asks if the current fascination for true crime is problematic.
- Paul French explores the current Chinese fascination for crime fiction and crime movies.
- Val McDermid shares her top Scottish crime fiction locations.
- Janet Rudolph lists some Father's Day mysteries as well as mysteries about fathers and their children.
- Sandra Ireland wonders whether crime thrillers are the new folklore.
- Zach Vasquez looks at Bob Dylan's songs about crime.
- James Queally profiles Mitzi Roberts, the real life inspiration for Michael Connelly's character Renee Ballard.
- Tina Jordan chronicles the mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926.
- Marissa Martinelli reports about the controversy that erupted when suspicions arose that the first two novels to be published by the new Scarlet imprint for women focussed thriller and crime novels were in fact written by men using female pen names.
- The Irish Examiner reports that Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher thrillers, has been awarded the honour "Commander of the British Empire".
- Alison Flood reports that Patrice Lawrence will write new stories in Enid Blyton's beloved Malory Towers series and that these stories will finally also feature pupils of colour.
- Stephen Moss reports that print book sales are rising in the UK and the number of independent bookstores is growing as well.
Film and TV:
- Camille LeBlanc shares the most anticipated crime shows of summer.
- Dennis Broe shares his top five crime films shown at this year's Cannes film festival.
- Scott von Doviak declares that City on the Hill struggles to transcend the clichés of the Boston crime drama.
- Lucy Mangan shares her thoughts on the British crime drama Wild Bill and wonders why Rob Lowe is now fighting crime in Lincolnshire.
- Readers of the Guardian share their thoughts on season 2 of Killing Eve.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the classic 1969 heist movie The Italian Job.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 2010 action movie The Losers.
- Sarah Hughes declares that binge-watching TV may be fashionable, but that it is ultimately unsatisfying.
- Randall Silvis shares his experiences having one of his crime novels adapted into a movie.
- Marjorie M. Liu shares her appreciation for Keanu Reeves and the many roles he played.
- Gwen Ihnat interviews Tom Skerritt, best known for Alien, Top Gun, Picket Fences and many other films and TV shows.
Comments on season 3 of Jessica Jones:
- Graeme Virtue shares his thoughts on season 3 of Jessica Jones and bids farewell to the Marvel Netflix shows.
- Dave Richards also shares his thoughts on season 3 of Jessica Jones and looks back on the Marvel Netflix shows.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that season 3 of Jessica Jones feels a little too familiar and is not a fitting swan song for the Marvel Netflix shows and their mini-universe.
- Caroline Siede offers episode by episode reviews of season 3 of Jessica Jones.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore interviews Carrie Ann Moss who plays Jeri Hogarth in Jessica Jones.
Comments on Shaft:
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky is not convinced by the latest version of Shaft.
- Todd Gilchrist declares that the new Shaft sabotages the social conscience of the iconic 1960s originals.
- Benjamin Lee declares that the latest reiteration of Shaft is a regressive sequel that replaces style with ugly homophobia.
- Chris Klimek is also not impressed by the new Shaft and the homophobic jokes.
Comments on season 5 of Black Mirror:
- Abigail Nussbaum shares her thoughts on the Black Mirror episode "Striking Vipers".
- Charles Pulliam-Moore declares that "Striking Vipers" is an important exploration of black masculinity and sexuality.
- Stuart Heritage explains why the "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" episode of season 5 of Black Mirror hits the wrong note.
- The AV Club ranks every episode of Black Mirror to date.
- Ross Johnson also ranks every episode of Black Mirror to date.
- Stuart Heritage also ranks every episode of Black Mirror to date.
Comments on Murder Mystery:
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky declares that there is murder but no mystery in Murder Mystery.
- Benjamin Lee calls Murder Mystery a goofy and likeable movie that is uplidted by Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's performances.
Comments on Chernobyl:
- Sophie Gilbert calls Chernobyl a gruesome and riveting drama.
- Also inspired by Chernobyl, Sophie Gilbert laments that TV episodes are just too damned long these days.
- Natalia Antonova declares that Chernobyl is still horrifyingly relevant, because the lessons have not been learned.
- Esther Addley and Stephanie Convery report that Craig Mazin, screenwriter of Chernobyl has criticsed tourists for taking inappropriate selfies in Pripyat.
- Andrew Roth reports that the Russian TV channel NTV will make its own Chernobyl film, where the CIA is to blame for everything.
Comments on When They See Us:
- Eric Deggans calls When They See Us gripping and hard to watch.
- Barrett Holmes Pitner explains why the story of the so-called "Central Park Five" is still relevant today.
- Jeremy Fuster reports that the so-called "Central Park Five" whose case is detailed in the true crime drama When They See Us, received an additional settlement of 3.9 million US-dollars in 2016 in addition to the 41 million US-dollars already received in 2014.
- E.J. Dickson profiles Linda Fairstein, mystery writer and prosecutor in the case upon which When They See Us is based.
- Hillel Italie reports that mystery writer Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor in the case upon which When They See Us is based, had her publishing contract cancelled following a backlash due to the program.
- Jamil Smith wonders if Linda Fairstein is the true villain in When They See Us.
- Ava DuVernay, director of When They See Us, claims that she wanted to talk to Linda Fairstein to get her side of the story, but that Linda Fairstein did not want to talk to her.
- Linda Fairstein shares her thoughts on When They See Us and that she believes that the series misrepresents the facts and defames her.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Rockie Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Caro Ramsay discusses the research she did for her crime novel The Suffering of Strangers.
- Lauren Sapala explains how to fight the self-doubt that comes with writing your first book.
- Kameron Hurley explains what writers can do in case of burnout.
- Alexa Grave shares some self-care tips for writers.
- Mark Waid explains how to become a comic book writer.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch discusses the many ways that writers measure success.
- Kellie Doherty shares some tips for planning book-related events.
- Alexandra Alter and Tiffany Hsu report that Barnes & Noble has been sold to a hedgefund.
- Ed Nawotka interviews James Daunt who will soon be running Barnes & Noble.
Interviews:
- The Real Book Spy interviews Sandie Jones.
- Adrian McKinty interviews James Ellroy.
- Daneet Steffens interviews Mick Herron.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Nicci French.
- Ali Karim interviews Gilly Macmillan.
- Dennis Broe interviews Gunnar Staalesen.
- The Real Book Spy interviews T.R. Kurtz.
- John Wisniewski interviews Maxim Jakubowski.
Reviews:
- Stephanie Merritt reviews Big Sky by Kate Atkinson.
- Jenny Maloney reviews Bone Deep by Sandra Ireland.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews The First Mistake by Sandie Jones.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Searching for Sylvia Lee by Jean Kwok.
- For Winter Nights reviews Come and Get Me by Chris McGeorge.
- Hank Wagner reviews Come and Get Me by August Norman.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Never Be Broken by Sarah Hilary.
- Craig Sisterson reviews All That's Dead by Stuart MacBride.
- Jean Gazis reviews A Good Enough Mother by Bev Thomas.
- Larry Clow reviews Those People by Louise Candlish.
- Larry Clow reviews Joe Country by Mick Herron.
- Betty Webb reviews Revolution Sunday by Wendy Guerra.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Black Summer by M.W. Craven.
- Janet Webb reviews Assassin of Shadows by Lawrence Goldstone.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Russian by Ben Coes.
- Ceridwen Christensen reviews The Games House by Claire North.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The String Games by Gail Aldwin.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews No Way to Die by P.A. De Voe.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews The Sussex Murder by Ian Sansom.
- Ben Boulden reviews Trouble on the Books by Essie Lang.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Sconed to Death by Lynn Cahoon and tries a recipe from the book.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Exit Wounds, edited by by Paul B. Kane and Marie O'Regan.
- Stephen Erikson reviews Trace: Who Killed Maria James? by Rachael Brown.
- Amy Bloom reviews No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1936 mystery The Strange Case of Harriet Hall by Moray Dalton.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1936 mystery Three Sisters Flew Home by Mary Fitt.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Death Warriors, a 1951 novel in the Rex Brandon adventure series by Marco Garon a.k.a. Denis Hughes.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1953 novel The Saint in Europe by Leslie Charteris.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 adventure novel Pieces of the Game by Lee Gifford.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1966 heist novel Odds On by John Lange a.k.a. Michael Crichton.
- Joe Kenney revisits Revenge at Indy, a 1967 novel in the Don Miles men's adventure series by Larry Kenyon.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1968 thriller Goodbye, Friend by Sebastien Japrisot.
- Joe Kenney revisits Hickey & Boggs, the novelisation of the eponymous 1972 crime movie by Philip Rock.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Detroit: Dead End Delivery, a 1976 novel in The Vigilante men's adventure series by V.J. Santiago.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Crystal Kill, a 1984 novel in The Terminator men's adventure novel by John Quinn.
- M. Deichler revisits Passport to Romance, a 1992 trilogy in the Nancy Drew YA mystery series by Carolyn Keene.
Con and event reports:
- NBC Dateline reports about CrimeCon in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Andrea Marks reports baout CrimeCon 2019.
- Thomas Perumean reports about CrimeCon 2019.
- Martin Edwards reports about the Greenway Literary Festival in Galmpton, UK, and shares several photos.
Research:
- Sandie Jones looks at some London serial killers and how they were caught.
- Becky Masterman reports that Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Smith, the two murderers whose story was the basis for Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, may have killed another family in a very similar case in Florida.
- Peter Houlahan explains how Los Angeles became the bank robbery capital of the world in the 1980s.
- Jessica Flores shares some photos of the so-called Zoot suit riots that took place in Los Angeles, California, in 1943.
- Stephanie Gorton looks at the late 19th century crime scene photographs of Alphonse Bertillon.
- Alison Flood reports that the University of Cambridge is cataloguing two hundred years' worth of court documents from the Isle of Ely.
- Elizabeth Joh argues that the police should not be allowed to collect anybody's DNA without a warrant.
- Mike Chase reports about the odd anti-margarine laws in some US states.
Free online fiction:
- "Sign of the Rose" by J.A. Prentice in Crimson Streets.
- "Sunset" by Glenn Duncan Jr. in Thrilling Detective.
- "The Weather Prophet" by Paul D. Brazill in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Starting Over" by Tim Gerstmar in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "There is Always a Hitch" by John Patrick Robbins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Sprinkles" by Ward Howarth in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Rusty" by Wayne F. Burke in The Five-Two.
- "Skinner Box" by Carole Johnstone at Tor.com.
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