Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 20, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares the best recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Alison Flood shares the best recent thrillers.
- Ali Karim shares his favourite crime novels featuring perfect murders.
- Oline H. Cogdill shares her favourite mysteries featuring immigrants.
- Paul French talks about the crime fiction of Bali.
- Mystery Tribune shares the top ten Brazilian crime novels.
- Sarah Weinman takes a look at the Miami of hardboiled crime writer Edna Buchanan.
- Maddie Day shares her favourite cozy mysteries set in the American Midwest.
- Scott Montgomery discusses the evolution of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series.
- Neil Nyren shares his appreciation for the work of Patricia Moyes.
- Laura Purcell talks about guilt, innocence and doubt in the historical crime novel.
- Layne Fargo shares eight thrillers featuring ambitious women.
- Allison Dickson shares ten thrillers featuring female friendships and deception.
- Alison Gaylin asks why true crime podcasts have so many people enthralled.
- Mark Lawson wonders what Boris Johnson's not very good thriller Seventy-Two Virgins tells us about him.
- Mike Roe discusses Bad Weekend by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, a noir graphic novel set against the backdrop of San Diego Comic Con.
- Crime fiction and science fiction fan and former BoucherCon and Left Coast Crime chair Andi Shechter hs died aged 66.
- Linda L. Richards remembers Andi Schechter.
- Canadian crime fiction writer Howard Engel, author of the Benny Cooperman mysteries, has died aged 88.
Tributes to Andrea Camillieri:
- Italian crime fiction writer Andrea Camillieri, creator of Comissario Montalbano, has died aged 93.
- John Hooper shares an obituary for Andrea Camillieri.
- Mark Lawson remembers Andrea Camillieri.
- Neil Genzlinger remembers Andrea Camillieri.
- Dominique Jeannerod remembers Andrea Camillieri.
Film and TV:
- Cath Clarke calls Gwen a chilling historical mystery horror film.
- Liz Shannon Miller shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
- Stephen A. Russell shares his thoughts on the documentary Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played With Fire.
- Craig Pittman shares his appreciation for the 1980s cop show Miami Vice and traces how it changed both television and the city of Miami.
- Beatrice Loayaza revisits the 1971 thriller Klute.
- Charles Bramesco revisits the biker movie Easy Rider for its 50th anniversary.
- Constance Grady ranks every episode of the teen crime drama Veronica Mars.
- Rowan Kaiser revisits the 2014 Veronica Mars movie.
- Zach Vasquez explains why the works of noir writers Jim Thompson and William Lindsay Gresham is notoriously hard to adapt to film, though Hollywood keeps trying,
- Kathryn Shatuck interviews Gina Torres, star of Firefly, Serenity and Suits.
- Killian Fox interviews David Lynch, director of Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and others.
- The BBC reports that the Warner Bros studios in Leavensden, UK, where all Harry Potter as well as several James Bond movies were filmed, have caught fire.
Comments on the upcoming 25th James Bond film:
- Catherine Shoard reports that Christopher Waltz will be reprising his role as Ernest Stavro Blofeld in the upcoming 25th James Bond movie.
- Rebecca Lewis reports that in the upcoming 25th Bond film, the 007 codename will have been passed on to a black female agent played by Lashana Lynch, while James Bond as played by Daniel Craig is in retirement.
- Adam Howard declares that it's about time for a black woman to play 007.
- Emily Asher-Perrin shares five questions about the new 007 and the future of the James Bond franchise.
- Noah Berlatsky hopes that the new 007 will not be turned into a stereotypical Bond girl.
Awards:
- The winner of the 2019 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award has been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2019 Davitt Awards has been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 Emmy Awards have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2019 Saturn Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Stacey Bowditch explains how to write about pain in fiction.
- Lauren Sapala shares three reasons why writing every day doesn't work for some writers.
- Paul Jessup explains how music helps him to write.
- Bob Mayer talks about the importance of titles.
- Kristine Kathryn Ruch explains how to create an inventory of your stories and why you should.
- A.R. Kavli talks about producing his own audiobooks.
- James Navé and Allegra Huston share some tips for planning a book reading that will delight the audience.
Interviews:
- Seamas O'Reilly interviews Jo Nesbo.
- Alverne Bell interviews Michael Connelly.
- Alex Segura interviews Leonardo Padura.
- Philipa Coughlan interviews Stephen Booth
- Jessica Rydill interviews Ellen Clary.
- Book Marks interviews Xhenet Aliu
- Ayo Onatade interviews A.A. Chaudhuri and Awais Khan.
- Suspense Magazine interviews Deborah Goodrich Royce.
- Suspense Magazine interviews J.K. Franko.
- Suspense Magazine interviews Tim Mason.
- Mystery Tribune interviews Jazzy Mackenzie.
Reviews:
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Shamed by Linda Castillo.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews False Step by Victoria Helen Stone.
- Jen Lucas reviews The Chain by Adrian McKinty.
- Kate Vane reviews The Stories You Tell by Kristen Lepionka.
- Dan Malmon reviews The Stories You Tell by Kristen Lepionka.
- Philipa Coughlan reviews Drowned Lives by Stephen Booth.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Dead Girl in 2A by Carter Wilson.
- Kirkus reviews The Dead Girl in 2A by Carter Wilson.
- Angie Barry reviews Burried by Ellison Cooper.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher.
- Kerry Hammond reviews Last Summer by Kerry Lonsdale.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews The Dance of Death by Oliver Bottini, translated by Jamie Bulloch.
- Lesa's Book Critiques reviews The Shameless by Ace Atkins.
- Read and Rated reviews The Sinner by Martyn Waites.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Blood by Maggie Gee.
- Crime by the Book reviews Knife by Jo Nesbø
- Paul Burke reviews The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Never Look Back by Alison Gaylin.
- Jeremy Megraw reviews Wolves at the Door by Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Last Stage by Louise Voss.
- Red Carpet Crash reviews Layover by David Bell.
- Emma Cazabonne reviews The Reunion by Guillaume Musso.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Betrayal in Time by Julie McElwain.
- Larry Clow reviews Black Sun by Owen Matthews.
- Paola de Varona reviews Whisper Network by Chandler Baker.
- Betty Webb reviews A Bouquet of Rue by Wendy Hornsby.
- Mystery Tribune reviews A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black a.k.a. John Banville.
- Kirkus reviews A House Divided by Jonathan F. Putnam.
- Betty Webb reviews Once More Onto the Breach by Meghan Holloway.
- The Puzzle Doctor reviews The Maltese Herring by L.C. Tyler.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Bark of Night by David Rosenfelt.
- Caroline Haley reviews Killing With Confetti by Peter Lovesey.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Read On Arrival by Nora Page and tries a recipe from the book.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Extinction Agenda by Michael Laurence.
- Ben Boulden reviews Sherlock Holmes: Zombies Over London by Stephen Mertz.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Hound of Justice by Claire O'Dell.
- Jessica Juby reviews One Way by S.J. Morden.
- Pat H. Broeske reviews Assassin of Shadows by Lawrence Goldstone.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1937 mystery Mystery on the Queen Mary by Bruce Graeme.
- The Puzzle Doctor revisits the 1938 mystery The Bloody Tower a.k.a. Tower of Evil by John Rhodes.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits 120 Rue de la Gare, a 1943 Nestor Burma mystery by Léo Malet, translated by Peter Hudson.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits Pearls Before Swine, a 1945 Albert Campion mystery by Margery Allingham.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1966 crime novel The Crooked Widow a.k.a. Blood Lust Orgy by Harry Whittingdon.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1973 war novel Siberia 10 by Clark Howard.
- Thomas Pluck revisits the 1974 serial killer thriller The Triumph of the Spider Monkey by Joyce Carol Oates.
- Joe Kenney revisits Lynch Town, a 1974 novel in the Razoni & Jackson detective series by W.B. Murphy.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 true crime book Cocaine by Marc Olden.
- Daniel Palmer revisits Whip Hand by Dick Francis, winner of the 1981 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Key West Connection, a 1981 novel in the MacMorgan men's adventure series by Randy Striker a.k.a. Randy Wayne White.
- Thomas Wickersham revisits Peregrine by William Bayer, winner of the 1982 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Model Body, a 1984 novel in the Bodyguard men's adventure series.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Guild, a 1987 western mystery by Edward Gorman.
Con and event reports:
- Joe Brosnan reports about ThrillerFest 2019 in New York City.
- Matt Reeder reports about the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Fetsival in Harrogate, UK.
- The Puzzle Doctor reports about the 2019 Bodies from the Library conference at the British Library in London, UK.
- Martin Edwards reports about the Newark Book Festival in Newark, UK, and shares several photos.
- Ali Karim looks ahead at the programme of the Capital Crime festival in London, UK.
- Ayo Onatade shares a call for papers for Captivating Criminality, the seventh Annual Conference of the International Crime Fiction Association, in Bath, UK.
- Janet Rudolph shares a call for papers for The Absurdity of Racism: An Internation Chest Himes Conference at the American University of Paris in Paris, UK.
- Vicki Weisfeld offers an overview of crime fiction tours in the US.
Research:
- Nile Capello profiles Kate Warne, America's first female detective who worked for the Pinkerton Agency in the mid 19th century.
- Rachel Monroe profiles Matthew Cox, con man turned true crime writer.
- Nathan Ward traces the tragic violent history of the Brooklyn waterfront.
- Leah Asmelah and Brian Ries reports that several thousand people have taken a Facebook pledge to storm Area 51 and see the aliens supposedly kept there.
- Merrick Morton offers a look at the LAPD archive of crime scene photographs, mug shots and the like.
Free online fiction:
- "The Windrows" by Matt Kingkroft in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Wedding Ring" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Nobody's Safe" by Peter DiChellis in Tough.
- "Pepperoni" by Alex Z. Salinas in Mystery Tribune.
- "The Bayou Boobie Blues" by Jesse "Heels" Rawlins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Scenes from an Ongoing Moment" by Ken Meisel in The Five-Two.
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