Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 8, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares the best new crime novels and thrillers for June.
- Charlie Donlea shares ten slow-burn thrillers that form a master class in suspense.
- Shalini Boland shares six domestic noir novels to die for.
- Karen Lord shares six novels which explore the sociological and historical roots of violence and crime.
- Jenny Maloney shares five books to give the true crime fan in your life.
- Timothy Jay Smith takes a look at Cold War crime and spy fiction, then and now.
- Paul French discusses the many mysteries set in Oxford.
- Martin Edwards takes a look at mysteries set aboard passenger liners and cruise ships.
- Kate Vane shares the five books that got her hooked on crime fiction.
- James Polchin talks about LGBTQ characters in crime fiction and the legacy of Tom Ripley.
- Nathan Ripley points out that psychological thrillers demand complex villains.
- Jean Kwok praises unreliable narrators.
- Shalini Boland talks about strong women in crime fiction.
- Scarlett Harris wonders why the current true crime boom is spearheaded by women.
- Neil Nyren offers a guide to the works of Tony Hillerman.
- Frank W. Puncer traces Edgar Rice Burroughs' time with the US Cavalry in Arizona, hunting the outlaw known as Apache Kid.
- Steve Vertlieb remembers Robert Bloch.
- Zac O'Yeah looks at the popularity of Sherlock Holmes in India.
- Kyrie Great shares the daily routine of a cozy mystery heroine.
- Zach Vasquez shares his appreciation for the works of James Ellroy and David Milch.
- 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.
- Comic and pulp artist and portraitist Everett Raymond Kinstler has died aged 92.
- Crime short fiction author Sandra Seamans has died.
- W. Glenn Duncan, author of the Rafferty mysteries, has died aged 78.
Film and TV:
- Abe Friedtanzer shares his top five new crime shows coming this fall.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the series 5 premiere of Luther.
- Paul Levinson calls season 2 of Bad Blood a different kind of mob series.
- Tim Goodman calls the TV version of The Name of the Rose confusing, messy and average.
- Cath Clark shares her thoughts on the acid attack drama Dirty God.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
- Radha Vatsal shares his issues with many modern Agatha Christie adaptations.
- Mark Brown reports that James Ellroy has a very low opinion of the film adaptation of L.A. Confidential.
- Matt Webb Mitovich discusses the return of the character Ziva David in the season 16 finale of NCIS.
- Michael Cavna explains why the recently casted Robert Pattinson will make a fine Batman.
- Ben Child wonders whether playing Batman will destory Robert Pattinson hardwon cred as an arthouse movie actor.
- Cora Buhlert shares her appreciation for the West German Edgar Wallace movies of the 1960s.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1949 crime comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets.
- The Writers' Guild of America interviews screenwriter Dean Hargrove, who worked on lots of crime and adventure shows.
- Stuart Jeffries interviews Caroline Munro, best known for The Spy Who Loved Me, Starcrash and At the Earth's Core.
- The Guardian reports that an explosion on the set of the upcoming James Bond movie has injured a crewmember and damaged the 007 soundstage at the Pinewood Studios in London, UK.
- Andrew Pulver wonders whether the new James Bond movie is cursed or whether the many problems are just a sign that the series has lost direction.
- Madeleine Aggeler declares that the new James Bond movie is definitely cursed.
Comments on the season 2 finale of Killing Eve:
- Steve McIntosh discusses the complex relationship between the characters of Eve and Villanelle in Killing Eve.
- Antonia Blyth interviews Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator of Killing Eve.
- Dino Day-Ramos interviews Sally Woodward Gentle, executive producer of Killing Eve.
Comments on When They See Us:
- Daniel Fienberg calls When They See Us searing and compelling, but a bit unfocussed.
- Elizabeth Hinton talks about When They See Us and how the true crime case the series is based on and the hysteria it engendered changed America.
- Marlow Stern interviews Ava DuVernay, director of When They See Us.
- Gabrielle Bruney shares a timeline of the events chronicles in When They See Us.
- Sarah Weinman tells the stories of the other victims of the serial rapist who actually committed the crime at the centre of When They See Us.
- Gabrielle Bruney profiles Matias Reyes, the serial rapist who actually committed the crime at the centre of When They See Us.
- Gabrielle Bruney also traces Donald Trump's connection to the case detailed in When They See Us.
- Lloyd Grove shares the reaction of Linda Fairstein, crime fiction author and prosecutor in the case, to When They See Us.
- Tanasia Kenney reports that there are calls to boycott Linda Fairstein's books in the wake of When They See Us.
- Tanasia Kenney also reports that Linda Fairstein has been forced to resign from positions on the board of Vassar College and the nonprofit organisation Safe Horizons following the backlash due to When They See Us.
Comments on John Wick 3: Parabellum:
- Neon Dystopia finds some parallels between the John Wick movie series and the Cyberpunk genre.
- Renaldo Matadeen declares that John Wick has the strongest body and plot armour in movie history.
Comments on season 5 of Black Mirror:
- Lucy Mangan calls season 5 of Black Mirror sweet, sadistic and hugely impressive.
- Farid Ul-Haq declares that season 5 of Black Mirror has interesting ideas, but not a lot of depth.
- Kathryn VanArendonk calls season 5 of Black Mirror equisitely dumb.
- Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on season 5 of Black Mirror.
- Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on "Striking Vipers", "Smithereens" and "Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too" episodes of season 5 of Black Mirror
- Beth Elderkin is bothered that the Black Mirror episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" once again makes teenage girls and their interests the punchline.
- Stuart Heritage ranks every episode of Black Mirror to date.
- Readers of The Guardian interview Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.
Tributes to Paul Darrow:
- Actor Paul Darrow, best known for playing Kerr Avon in Blake's Seven, has died aged 78.
- The BBC remembers Paul Darrow.
- James Whitbrook remembers Paul Darrow.
Comments on Chernobyl:
- Tom Seymour declares that when the dust settles, Chernobyl will be considered a classic.
- Randall Colburn calls Chernobyl the scariest TV show of the year.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the final episode of Chernobyl.
- Masha Gessen explains what Chernobyl got right and what it got horribly wrong.
- Julie McDowall explains how Chernobyl recreated a nuclear meltdown.
- Michael Waters interviews Kate Brown who wrote a book about Chernobyl.
- Paul Tassi reports that Chernobyl is the highest audience rated TV series in history.
- Randall Colburn shares some internet memes that have sprung up around Chernobyl.
- Inspired by Chernobyl, Megan Nolan reports about tourism in contemporary Pripyat.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2019 Shamus Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2019 Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2019 Mystery Writers Whodunnit Writing Competition has been announced.
- The winners of the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2018 Bisexual Book Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Awards have been announced.
- Batman has been inducted into the Comic-Con Hall of Fame.
- The Bookseller reports that Amazon Publishing will sponsor the Capital Crime Awards.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Ted White explains how he unexpectedly found himself a mystery writer.
- Shalini Boland explains how she researches her psychological thrillers.
- Becky Masterman explains how In Cold Blood by Truman Capote inspired her latest thriller We Were Killers Once.
- Philip Gwynne Jones explains how living in Venice inspired his latest mystery.
- Shannon Ashley implores writers to be brave.
- Mark Bowden shares five writing tips.
- Janice Hardy shares some basics about point of view.
- Janice Hardy explains how to fix a novel's sagging middle.
- Gwenda Bond shares her experiences writing media tie-in fiction.
- Chrys Fey explains how to prepare for outdoor book and author events.
- Alexandra Alter and Tiffany Hsu report that Barnes & Noble has been sold to a hedgefund.
Interviews:
- Clark Collis interviews James Ellroy.
- The Real Book Spy interviews David Ricciardi.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Graeme Macrae Burnet
- Leza's Book Critiques interviews J.A. Kazimer.
Reviews:
- The Real Book Spy reviews The First Mistake by Sandie Jones.
- Mal McEwan reviews The Sound of Her Voice by Nathan Blackwell.
- Janet Webb reviews Borrowed Time by Tracy Clark.
- BOLO Books reviews Borrowed Time by Tracy Clark.
- For Winter Nights reviews Out of the Ashes by Vicky Newham.
- Hank Wagner reviews If You Go Down to the Woods by Seth C. Adams.
- Richard Allen Papinchak reviews And Then You Were Gone by R.J. Jacobs.
- Dick Lochte reviews Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Almost Midnight by Paul Doiron.
- Sandra Mangan reviews No One Home by Tim Weaver.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews A High Mortality of Doves by Kate Ellis.
- Emma Cazabonne reviews A Long Way Down by Randall Silvis.
- Stephanie Merritt reviews Cari Mora by Thomas Harris.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews Save the Last Dance for Me by Ed Gorman.
- Ray Palen reviews This Island by Ragnar Jonasson.
- Paul J. Garth reviews Black Mountain by Laird Barron.
- Hank Wagner reviews Dark Territory by Terrence McCauley.
- For Winter Nights reviews Secret Service by Tom Bradby.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Rogue Strike by David Ricciardi.
- Weston Ochse reviews This Storm by James Ellroy.
- BOLO Books reviews A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson.
- Nicole Hill reviews Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey.
- Leza's Book Critiques reviews The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Crepe Expectations by Sarah Fox and tries a recipe from the book.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder She Wrote: Murder in Red by Jon Land.
- David Theis reviews Houston Noir, edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda.
Classics reviews:
- Reginald Dwayne Betts revisits the 1858 prison memoir The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict by Austin Reed.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1950 Dr. Basil Willing mystery Through a Glass, Darkly by Helen McCloy.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1951 Johnny Liddell mystery Dead Weight by Frank Kane.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1951 crime novel Don't Get Caught by Carter Cullen a.k.a. Richard and Mildred Macauley.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 noir novel So Young, So Wicked by Jonathan Craig a.k.a Frank Smith.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1962 suspense novel ...And Presumed Dead by Lucille Fletcher.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1968 cruise ship mystery The Girl in Cabin B54 by Lucille Fletcher.
- Joe Kenney revisits Prime Cut by Mike Roote, the novelisation of the eponymous 1973 crime film.
- Scott Adlerberg revisits the spy thriller Hopscotch by Brian Garfield, winner of the 1976 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Joe Kenney revisits Blonde Target, a 1980 novel in the Bodyguard men's adventure series by Richard Reinsmith.
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Liberation of Paris, a 1981 novel in the The Sergeant war series.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Resurrection, a 1983 novel in the post-apocalyptic Wasteworld men's adventure series.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1983 short mystery collection Exeunt Murderers by Anthony Boucher.
Con and event reports:
- Ayo Onatade shares the program of the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland.
- Oxygen livestreams some panels and presentations from CrimeCon 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Martin Edwards reports about the Murder Squad Crime Weekend in South Shields, UK, and shares several photos.
- Ed Nawotka reports about BookExpo America in New York City.
- Natalie Zutter reports about a panel featuring Rainbow Rowell at BookCon in New York City
- Natalie Zutter reports about a fanfiction panel at BookCon.
- Jamie Sugah reports about a panel on LGBTQ romance at BookCon.
- Jamie Munn reports about a visit of Ian Rankin to Fife College in Fife, Scotland, to award some scholarships.
Research:
- Vann R. Newkirk talks about the health effects of prison.
- Ashita Nagesh reports about a wave of murders of black transwomen in Dallas, Texas.
- Maria Hummell talks about the 1964 murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer, artist and former lover of John F. Kennedy.
- Clara McKenna talks about the so-called "Million Dollar Princesses", American heiresses who married impoverished British aristocrats around the turn of the century, and how these marriages make good material for historical mysteries.
- Jennifer Ryan profiles WWII spies Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne.
- Wil S. Hylton interviews disgraced lawyer F. Lee Bailey.
- Drug dealer Frank Lucas has died aged 88.
Free online fiction:
- "Backtrack" by Paul Doiron in Criminal Element.
- "Hats Off" by Anthony Dieso in Crimson Streets.
- "Blood on the Curb, Part 2" by Nick Swain in Crimson Streets.
- "Old Bones" by Michael Patrick Brady at Akashic Books.
- "Bruno and the Chocolate War" by Martin Walker in Shots Magazine.
- "Anger Management" by Paul D. Brazill in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "MXYZPTLK" by Alex Jennings in The Five-Two.
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