Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 13, 2019

It's time again for Crime Fiction Links of the Week, our weekly round-up of interesting links about crime fiction from around the web, this week with a controversy about the Staunch Prize for thrillers without violence against women, the state of the thriller, Point Blank, I Love You, Now Die, tributes to Artur Brauner and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Chris Schluep shares the best mysteries and thriller of 2019 so far.
  
• Crime Reads hosts a roundtable discussion on the state of the thriller. 
• Ryan Steck shares the best new action thrillers for July.
• Lisa Levy shares seven psychological thrillers to read this July. 
• John Galligan shares eight literary crime novels that you won't find in the crime fiction section. 
• Rebecca Alexander shares her favourite historical crime novels. 
• Marnie Riches discusses the shifting popularity of mysteries featuring private investigators.
• Terry Shames discusses how small town mysteries can nonetheless tackle big social issues.
• Hilary Davidson discusses how crime fiction deals with PTSD.
• Clea Simon explains that she cannot read thrillers during her holidays, because in politically uncertain times they stress her out too much. 
• Dwyer Murphy shares his appreciation for the works of Donald E. Westlake.
• Carl Vondreau takes a look at the greatest moral compromises in crime fiction. 
• Kristen Leionka shares seven crime stories with not particularly likeable female characters to explore this summer.
• Laura L. Sullivan takes a look at the wicked women of 19th century fiction. 
• Kali Wallace explains what crime fiction can tell us about the allure of cults.
• Aya de Leon declares that the genre known as urban fiction deserves more respect.
• John L. Lennon profiles prison writer Jack Abbott and shares his own experiences in prison.
• Ada Palmer attempts to explain the appeal of Stoicism to the rich and powerful.  
• Sofka Zinovieff asks if cancel culture is really driven by the young or if older editors and publishers are cancelling books, because they fear negative reactions.  
• Bruce Haring reports that thriller Gillian Flynn is disgusted that a defence lawyer has cited her novel Gone Girl in a real life missing person and potential murder trial. 
• Kate Briquelet reports that Amazon has pulled a novel by murder suspect Ayoola Ajayi from sale.

Comments on the Staunch Prize controversy:

• Marissa Martinelli reports about the Staunch Prize controversy.
• Heloise Wood reports that Staunch Prize founder Bridget Lawless has doubled down on her comments that crime novels with lurid depictions of rape and violence against women hinder real life rape convictions.
  

Film and TV:

• Gwilym Mumford calls the British crime drama The Left Behind a chilling film that digs deep into the roots of the far right. 
• Leslie Felperin calls the Hong Kong action thriller The White Storm 2: Drug Lords a messy sequel and second-rate import.
• Lucy Mangan calls Dark Money a slight, but horribly real child abuse drama. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of City on a Hill.
• Kyle Fowle shares his thoughts on the season 3 premiere of Snowfall.
• Liz Shannon Miller shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer. 
• Paul Hirons lists the most dangerous villages in British crime drama. We're sure that all of them are in Midsomer. 
• Perri Nemeroff wonders why this summer's blackbusters are so weak.
• Mark Sweeney wonders whether the lackluster summer box office is a sign of Hollywood franchise fatigue. 
• Guy Lodge declares that Disney should be broken up for the sake of cinema.   
• Catherine Shoard reports that Christopher Waltz will be reprising his role as Ernest Stavro Blofeld in the upcoming 25th James Bond movie.
• Otto Penzler revisits the 1932 prison movie I Am a Fugitive From Chain Gang. 
• Peter Bradshaw declares that the 1973 horror thriller Don't Look Now is still scary 46 years later.  
• Brian Greene revisits Val Lewton's and Jacques Tourneur's horror and suspense movies from the early 1940s.
• Cora Buhlert shares her appreciation for the Dr. Mabuse film series of the 1960s.
• German film producer and Holocaust survivor Artur Brauner, best known for producing the Dr. Mabuse movies, has died aged 100. 
• Cora Buhlert remembers Artur Brauner. 

Comments on Point Blank: 

• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Point Blank a grating chase thriller inspite of the fine cast.
• Benjamin Lee calls Point Blank a mediocre action thriller remake.

Comments on I Love You, Now Die: 

• Charles Bramesco shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary I Love You, Now Die.
• Robyn Bahr calls I Love You, Now Die a captivating docu-drama. 
• Katie Rife shares her thoughts on I Love You, Now Die.
  

Awards:

• The winners of the 2019 Strand Critics Awards have been announced.
• The winner of the 2019 Falcon Award has been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2019 David Awards have been announced.
• The longlist for the 2019 Glass Bell Award has been announced.
• Ayo Onatade reports that the CWA's Margery Allingham Short Story Competition will continue.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Dan Brotzel explains how you can use Paul Grice's maxims in your writing. 
• S.L. Huang explains how her background as a stuntwoman and armourer helped her to become a better writer.
• Sheryl Browne discusses the inspiration for her psychological thriller The Babysitter.
  
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch continues her series on licensing for writers.
• Danielle Turchiano takes a look at Neil Gaiman's writing retreat.

Interviews:

• Alison Flood interviews Adrian McKinty.
• Mark Rubinstein interviews Adrian McKinty.
• Molly Odintz interviews Denise Mina.
• Mystery People interviews Denise Mina.
• Jason Steger interviews Mick Herron. 
• The Sunday Post interviews Mark Billingham.
• Scott Buttki interviews Cristina Alger.
• Bridgette Bates interviews Helen Phillips.
  

Reviews:

• Colette Bancroft reviews Big Sky by Kate Atkinson.
• Thomas Pluck reviews The Chain by Adrian McKinty. 
• Garrick Webster reviews The Chain by Adrian McKinty. 
• For Winter Nights reviews The Chain by Adrian McKinty. 
• BOLO Books reviews The Chain by Adrian McKinty. 
• Pamela Kramer reviews Wherever She Goes by Kelley Armstrong.
• Eleanor Kuhns reviews Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear. 
• Mal McEwan reviews Sanctuary by Luca D'Andrea. 
• Barbara Tom reviews Conviction by Denise Mina.
• Brian Bandell reviews The Dark Above by Jeremy Finlay.
• Lesa's Book Critiques reviews Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher. 
• Michael Carlson reviews White Hot Silence by Henry Porter.
• Mystery People reviews End of the Ocean by Matthew McBride.
• Eileen Brady reviews The Shallows by Matt Goldman. 
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Old Bones by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. 
• Malcolm Forbes reviews The Body Lies by Jo Baker.
• Jason Sheehan reviews Growing Things by Paul Tremblay. 
• Kirkus reviews The Need by Helen Phillips.
• For Winter Nights reviews Child's Play by Angela Marsons. 
• Oline H. Cogdill reviews Paper Son by S.J. Rozan.
• Vanessa Orr reviews The Rumor by Lesley Kara.
• Lesa's Book Critiques reviews The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean. 
• Shannon Dyer reviews Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle. 
• Sandra Mangan reviews Those People by Louise Candlish. 
• Mystery Playground reviews The Perfect Fraud by Ellen LaCorte.
• Dave Richards reviews Murderabilia by Carl Vondreau.
• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books review Milady by Laura L. Sullivan. 
• L.J. Roberts reviews Traitor's Codes by Jeri Westerson.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder's No Votive Confidence by Christin Brecher. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Dying for Devil's Food by Jenn McKinlay and tries a recipe from the book.
• Kat Hooper reviews Bewitched and Betrothed by Juliet Blackwell.
• Mike Parker reviews The Spider Dance by Nick Setchfield.
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Best Laid Plans, edited by Judy Penz Sheluk. 
• Peter Conrad reviews Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill

Classics reviews:

• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1945 mystery The Rising of the Moon by Gladys Mitchell.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 noir novel Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1954 crime novel The Third Skin a.k.a. Murder is a Witch by John Bingham.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1957 mystery Shadow of a Lady by Holly Roth.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1964 mystery A Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs.
• Paperback Writer revisits the 1973 men's adventure novel Jigsaw by Robin Sherman. 
• Joe Kenney revisits The Assassin, a 1974 men's adventure novel by Paul Ross.
• Paperback Warrior revisits Mankill Sport, a 1976 novel in The Penetrator men's adventure series by Lionel Derrick a.k.a. Chet Cunningham.
• Paperback Warrior revisits Shades of Gray, a 1976 novel in the John Marshall men's adventure series by Mark Denning a.k.a. John Stevenson.
• Paperback Warrior revisits The Sins of the Fathers, the first Matt Scudder novel by Lawrence Block from 1976.
• Thomas Wickersham revisits the thriller The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling, winner of the 1980 Edgar Award for Best Novel. 
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1981 men's adventure novel Nazi Hunter by Mark Mandell.
• Patrick J. Sauer revisits the 1999 thriller Hannibal by Thomas Harris.
  

Con and event reports:

• Garrick Webster reports about the Summer of Crime event at the Beaufort Bookstore in Bath, UK. 
• John Anson reports about the opening of the Number 10 crime and mystery bookshop in Clitheroe, UK.
• Elizabeth Foxwell announces that there will be an Anthony Boucher themed literary walk in South Berkeley, California.
  

Crowdfunding:

• The Clifton House, a proposal to turn the former home of Maryland poet laureate Lucille Clifton into a retreat for writers and artists, is looking for funding.
  

Research:

• Emma Jane Kirby reports about Norway's revolutionary prison system.
• Chelsea Dowell reports about the last public execution in Washington Square, New York City, in 1819.
• Cate Holahan explains that even though domestic abuse is more prevalent among the poor, it happens in wealthy and affluent communities, too.
• Angela Clarke talks about the situation of pregnant women in UK prisons.
• Alison Flood reports about the mysterious case of the Herne Bay book ripper, who damages books in charity and book shops in Herne Bay, UK.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Tinder Hearted Holidays" by John Patrick Robbins in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "Mr Whatever, Denise and Me" by Ian Lewis Copestick in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Bad Blood and Bad Luck" by Gareth Spark in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "The Bear" by Gareth Spark in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Three Ring Binder" by Martin Zeigler in Shotgun Honey.
• "The Whores Go Down With the Stars" by Sarah Jilek in Tough.
• "Blood on the Curb, Part 3" by Nick Swain in Crimson Streets.
• "Improvements" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• "Denkmal" by Charles Rammelkamp in The Five-Two.