Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 3, 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 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, season 4 of Veronica Mars, the final season of Orange Is the New Black, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, Pennyworth, The Boys and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Crime Reads shares twelve new crime and mystery novels to read this August. 
• Kristian Wilson shares forty new thrillers to read this summer.
• Tammi Tang asks thirteen crime fiction authors about their favourite murder.
• Megan Goldin explains why locked room mysteries still captivate crime fiction fans. 
• James Morton wonders why so many crime fiction writers are lawyers in their day jobs.
• Paul French takes a look at the crime fiction of Buenos Aires. 
• Carmen Amato and Jeanine Kitchel take a look at the women of narco noir.
• Chandler Baker talks about the rise of the corporate thriller. 
• Tom Chatfield shares his favourite science fictional and dystopian thrillers. 
• Shannon Kirk shares her favourite thrillers about twisted games.
• Patrick Coleman finds some unexpected parallels between noir fiction and the rise of Evangelicalism in the US. 
• Thorne Moore talks about domestic noir and what it takes to push someone over the edge into committing a crime. 
• Joshilyn Jackson shares her favourite unreliable narrators in crime fiction.
• Lisa Levy discusses the evolution of true crime memoirs.
• Tina Jordan and Ross MacDonald offer a true crime book for every state of the US. 
• Laura Miller traces the connection of Delia Owens, author of the bestselling novel Where the Crawdads Sing, to a still unsolved vigilante murder of a poacher in Zambia.
• Jeff Somers lists ten times science fiction reinvented Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
• Patrick Coleman shares his favourite songs about crime and murder. 
• Alison Flood reports that fantasy writer Sherrilyn Kenyon has dropped her lawsuit against her husband.  
• Crime fiction writer Oriana Papazoglou a.k.a. Jane Haddam has died.  
• Mystery writer Sarah Andrews was killed in a plane crash.
• British crime fiction reviewer and law professor Marcel Berlins has died aged 77.
• Barry Forshaw remembers Marcel Berlins.
• Chris Lines remembers Marcel Berlins.

Film and TV:

• Camille LeBlanc shares the best crime and mystery related television for August.
• Stuart Jeffries shares his thoughts on the German-Austrian crime drama Der Pass.
• Garrick Webster discusses the Italian crime drama Thou Shalt Not Kill. 
• Leslie Felperin calls The Candidate a slow burn thriller.
• Peter Bradshaw calls the Brazilian film Hard Paint an absorbing but esasperating underworld drama. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls the Danish film The Holiday an unflinching look at abuse and toxic masculinity. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of City on a Hill.
• William Hughs shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.  
• Charles Pulliam-Moore shares his thoughts on the animated Harley Quinn series.  
• Anna Bilson wonders whether the female gaze makes sexual and physical violence against women less repugnant.
• Mike Hale talks about the popularity of true crime documentaries and the satisfaction of an unsolved mystery. 
• Steve Rose explains how the big streaming services are breaking the taboos of Indian cinema and offering up edgy crime and political dramas.
• Tanner Tafelski offers a guide to the classics of South Korean noir cinema.
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 2003 South Korean revenge drama Oldboy. 
• Otto Penzler revisits the 1953 noir movie The Big Heat. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1946 noir movie Shock.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido revisits the 2013 action movie Red 2.
• British composer Barrington Pheloung, who wrote the theme tunes for Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavour, has died aged 65.
  

Comments on Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood: 

• Todd McCarthy calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood an incredible time capsule. 
• David Rooney calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood a time travel picture with the typical Tarantino twists. 
• Charles Bramesco calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood a film about the end of an era. 
• Danny Leigh calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood a movie about the end of Hollywood as we know it.
• Steve Pond calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino's most contemplative movie, until it isn't. 
• Joelle Monique is troubled by the fact that in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood violence against women still seems to be merely a punchline for Quentin Taratino (spoilers). 
• Adrienne Westenfield declares that Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood turns Sharon Tate into an object, which she never wanted to be.
• Brandon Zachary explains the ending of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (spoilers).
• Gabrielle Bruney explains the differences between Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood and the real events the movie is loosely based on (spoilers). 
• The AV Club annotates Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
• Reuben Baron discusses how Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood plays in the #MeToo era. 
• Jeremy Fuster explains how Hollywood was returned to its 1969 status quo for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. 
• Stephanie Zacharek interviews Quentin Tarantino, director of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
• Scott Christian interviews Arianne Phillips, costume designer of Once Upon a Time.. in Hollywood.
• Gabrielle Bruney also lists the real actors that the fictional character of Rick Dalton in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is based upon.
• Brian Welk lists the real movies which inspired the fictional movies in which Rick Dalton appeared in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. 
• Thom Geier contrasts some of the real people portrayed in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood with their filmic counterparts. 
• Tim Molloy reports that Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Bruce Lee, is not pleased by how her father is protrayed in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. 
• Tim Molloy also sheds some light on the real life friendship between Bruce Lee and Sharon Tate.
• Paul Bond reports that billboards advertising Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood have been vandalised as a protest against high profile alleged pedophiles in Hollywood. 

Comments on season 4 of Veronica Mars: 

• Mike Hale shares his thoughts on season 4 of Veronica Mars.
• Scott Tobias shares everything viewers need to remember about Veronica Mars before watching season 4.
  

 Comments on the final season of Orange Is the New Black: 

• Rebecca Nicholson interviews Jenji Kohan, showrunner of Orange Is the New Black. 
• Eleanor Stanford interviews Jenji Kohan.
• Alexis Soloski explains why Piper Kerman, on whose prison memoir Orange Is the New Black was based, is now working with prison inmates.
  

Comments on Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw a fervently brainless delight.
• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky declares that Hobbs & Shaw is the silliest Fast & Furious movie, but far from the best.
• Germain Lussier calls Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw a solid action movie that lacks an identity. 
• Chris Klimek declares that Hobbs & Shaw features better stunts and actors, but is just as derivative as the rest of the Fast & Furious franchise.
• Stephanie Zacharek declares that Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw proves that there is such a thing as too much action.
• Germain Lussier declares that with Hobbs & Shaw, the Fast & Furious franchise takes a step into science fiction.
• Stuart Heritage explains that Hobbs & Shaw stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are contractually required to throw the same number of punches and never lose a fight in the film.
• Germain Lussier interviews Chris Morgan, screenwriter of Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
  

Comments on Pennyworth: 

• Leah Schnelbach declares that Pennyworth is best when it commits to the crazy.
• Mike Hale declares that Pennyworth tells the story of Batman before Bruce Wayne was even born.
• Brett White offers an overview of the many, many actors who have played Alfred Pennyworth on screen.
  

Comments on The Boys:

• Graeme Virtue calls The Boys an antidote to traditional superhero stories.
• Mike Fugere calls The Boys a savage superhero satire. 
• Mike Hale declares that The Boys deconstructs the superhero genre with a light touch.
• Liz Shannon Miller declares that The Boys is fun, but doesn't have a lot to say.
• Glen Weldon declares that The Boys has nothing new to say, but says it very loudly.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on season 1 of The Boys.
• Mike Fugere reports that The Boys avoids one of the more disturbing bits of the comic.
• L.D. Nolan shares a drawing of The Boys character Billy Butcher by Jim Lee. 
• Brandon Stanley reports that The Boys has been renewed for season 2.

Awards:

• The nominees for the 2019 Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced. 
• The longlist for the 2019 Ned Kelly Awards has been announced.
• The winner of the 2018 Hammett Prize for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing has been announced.  
• The winner of the 2019 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Colour Award has been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2019 Glass Bell Award has been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2019 Library of Virginia Literary Awards have been announced with some nominees of genre interest.
• The winners of the 2019 Rita and Golden Heart Awards have been announced.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Mae Clair asks writers to find out when they are at their most creative. 
• Tracie Delaney shares her top ten writing tips. 
• Writer's Relief offers a short story idea generator.
• Janice Hardy asks if you're asking and answering the right story questions.
• Debbie Burke talks about the importance of stakes in your story. 
• Gibril Kerefah talks about pacing. 
• Stephen Hunter shares six tips for writing better gunfights.
• Jacqui Murray shares 160 ways to describe the weather. 
• Phil Rowlands explains why he set his latest crime novel in Spain.
• John Nicholl explains why he uses Wales as a setting for his psychological thrillers.
• Gwen Parrott discusses the challenges of translating her own novels.
• Neil Nyren, editor of John Sanford for thirty years, remembers their time together. 
• Ari Meghlen explains why you should market your book before it's published.
• Goodreads offers a case study about how Alex Michaelides' debut thriller The Silent Patient was turned into a bestseller. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about the challenges of cover art and licensing.
• Crime Reads shares the best crime and mystery book covers for July.
  

Interviews:

• Molly Odintz interviews Shari Lappena.
• Natasha Onwuemezi interviews David Baldacci. 
• Adam K. Raymond interviews James Patterson.
• Billy Kring interviews Stephen Hunter.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Stephen Hunter.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Ben Coes.
• Mystery People interviews Matthew McBride.
  

Reviews:

• Garrick Webster reviews Knife by Jo Nesbo, translated by Neil Smith. 
• Ray Palen revies Knife by Jo Nesbo, translated by Neil Smith. 
• BOLO Books reveiws Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman.
• Rachel Gonzales reviews Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews One Good Deed by David Baldacci.  
• Ray Palen reviews Their Little Secret by Mark Billingham. 
• Lesa's Book Critiques reviews Our Little Secret by Cate Holahan
• BOLO Books reviews The Poison Garden by Alex Marwood.
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Gretchen by Shannon Kirk.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean.
• Seattle Book Mama reviews Heavy on the Dead by G.M. Ford.
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews The Dance of Death by Oliver Bottini, translated by Jamie Bulloch. 
• L.J. Roberts reviews Deep Dive by Chris Knopf. 
• Linda M. Castellitto reviews Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Warehouse by Rob Hart. 
• Emma Cazabonne reviews The Gomorrah Gambit by Tom Chatfield. 
• Robert Faires reviews The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin.
• Kirkus reviews The Swallows by Lisa Lutz.
• Angie Barry reviews Murder at the Crossways by Alyssa Maxwell. 
• Kirkus reviews Watchers of the Dead by Simon Beaufort. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews Gallows Court by Martin Edwards.
• The Lit Bitch reviews Death in a Desert Land by Andrew Wilson. 
• Janet Webb reviews Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen.
• Michael J. McCann reviews Black Sun by Owen Matthews.
• Publishers Weekly reviews Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer
• Hank Wagner reviews White Knight and Other Pawns by Bracken MacLeod. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood.
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Advent of Murder by Martha Ockley. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Masquerading Magician by Gigi Pandian and tries a recipe from the book.  
• Nicole Hill reviews The Hound of Justice by Claire O'Dell.
• Publishers Weekly reviews The Hound of Justice by Claire O'Dell.
• Paperback Warrior reviews The Best of Manhunt, edited by Jeff Vorzimmer. 
• Alan Cranis reviews The Best of Manhunt, edited by Jeff Vorzimmer. 
• Martin Edwards reviews The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton.
• Jenny Maloney reviews The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the 13 Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue by John Glatt.
  

Classics reviews:

• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1927 suspense novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1941 mystery Speak No Evil by M.G. Eberhart.
  
• Publishers Weekly revisits the 1950 mystery Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1951 noir novel The Woman Aroused by Ed Lacey a.k.a. Leonard Zinberg.
• Paperback Warrior revisits The Buried Motive, a 1957 Cash Madigan mystery by Bruce Cassidy.
• Elgin Bleeker revisits From Russia With Love, a 1957 James Bond novel by Ian Fleming. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 war novel Tropic Fury by Christopher Gale a.k.a. Jeff Sutton. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1962 crime novel ...and Presumed Dead by Lucille Fletcher.
• Paperback Warrior revisits Mission: Third Force, a 1967 novel in The Man from W.A.R. Inc. spy thriller series by Michael Kurland.
• Joe Kenney revisits Red Revenge, a 1974 novel in the Dakota men's adventure series by Gilbert Ralston.
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 crime novel Mafia Operation Loan Shark by Don Romano.
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1975 crime novel Miss Pink at the Edge of the World by Gwen Moffat.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1984 historical mystery Death in a Deck Chair by K.K. Beck.
  

Con and event reports:

• Britt Peterson reports about CrimeCon in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Walker Martin shares eight reasons to attend PulpFest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  
• Ayo Onatade shares a call for papers for the conference "The Golden Age of Crime: A Re-Evaluation" at the University of Chester, UK. 
• The Self Publishing Show shares some interviews from ThrillerFest 2019 in New York City.
• Susan Spann reports about a visit to the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo, Japan, and how it helped her research her historical mysteries.

Research:

• Carrie Stuart Parks talks about her work as a forensic artist. 
• Jack Brook reorts about the use of electric stun belts or similar device in US courtrooms. 
• Sarah Zhang reports that the so-called "Belle in the well", an unknown murder victim, has been identified after 38 years.
• Kalisha Buckhanon talks about an epidemic of missing black women.
• Dan Moldea shares his theory about what happened to US trade union leader Jimmy Hoffa who vanished in 1975.
• Dawn Mitchell and Holly V. Hayes report that the body of 1930s bank robber John Dillinger will be exhumed for a new documentary.
  

Free online fiction:

• "A Dip in the Road" by C.W. Blackwell in Flash Bang Mysteries.
• "Deep Woods Dispatched" by Brandon Sears in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Warm Snow" by E.F. Fluff in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Liver Eater" by Michael Carter in Crimson Streets.
• "Hercule Poirot takes the L Train" by Ali Fitzgerald in The New York Times.
• "Intruders in Akumal" by Clarinda Harriss in The Five-Two. 
• "Prison Sonnets" by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt in The Guardian.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Why Women Kill.
• Watch a trailer for The Irishman. 
• Watch a trailer for Tigers Are Not Afraid.
• Watch a trailer for The Hunt.