Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 10, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Lisa Levy shares five new psychological thrillers to read this August.
- Duncan Campbell shares his top ten true crime books.
- Haylen Beck talks about the new focus on families in crime fiction and the rise of the psychological thriller.
- Siobhan Adcock shares eight crime novel that explore the experiences of veterans.
- Hallie Ephrom shares ten crime novels with unreliable narrators.
- Laura McHugh explains why rural noir reflects her life and those of many others in the US.
- Priscilla Royal explains why she writes medieval mysteries.
- Carol Westrom explains why fishing was such a popular theme during the golden age of crime fiction.
- Dwyer Murphy shares his appreciation for the work of Dorothy B. Hughes, the queen of noir.
- Sandra Mangan offers a guide to Michael Connolly's Harry Bosch series.
- Crime Reads offers the best and most throughtful books, essays and films about the Charles Manson murders for the fiftieth anniversary of the killings.
- Christopher Dikey reports that John Steinbeck may have worked for the CIA while he was staying in Paris, France, in 1954.
- Mark Chandler shares the most borrowed library books in the UK in 2017/2018, which include a lot of crime novels and thrillers.
- Dwyer Murphy shares his favourite one star reviews of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
- Mike Ripley offers an obituary for Marcel Berlins.
- Mike Ripley shares his memories of the late crime fiction reviewer Marcel Berlins.
Film and TV:
- Zach Vasquez wonders whether murder mysteries are about to experience a renaissance on the big screen.
- Cath Clarke calls Opus Zero an arthouse mystery that feels like a misstep.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Kings a frustratingly made and baffling riot drama.
- Jesse Hassenger calls Dora and the Lost City of Gold sort of weird and sometimes funny.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of City on a Hill.
- Ian Cardona finds some parallels between Pennyworth and the 1989 Batman comic Gotham by Gaslight.
- Tor.com compares the various Robin Hood film adaptations.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 spy thriller Notorious.
- Derek Milman revisits Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller North by Northwest.
- Pamela Hutchinson wonders why movies about sex and espionage are so popular.
- Kevin E.G. Perry interviews Francis Ford Coppola about the latest re-edition of Apocalypse Now!
- Sarah Hughes interviews Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Bruce Lee.
- Katie Campione interviews Craig Mazin, creator of Chernobyl.
- Brian Davids interviews Ben Stiller, director of Escape at Dannemora.
- Tor.com reports that actor Kevin Conroy who provided the voice of Batman for various animated series will get to play Batman in the live action "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover.
- The Secret Agent Lair remembers David Hedison who played Felix Leiter in two James Bond movies.
- Cosmo Genovese, script supervisor on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, The A-Team and Perry Mason, has died aged 95.
Comments on Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood:
- Paul Levinson calls Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood a masterful alternate reality.
- Molly Odintz declares that Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is essentially the same movie as Bad Times at the El Royale, only that Bad Times at the El Royale is better.
- Matthew Jacobs offers an inside look at the making of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
- Inspired by Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Steve Rose wonders whether Leonardo Di Caprio and Brad pitt are the last true movie stars, since apparently actors who appear in superhero movie do not count.
- Sam Barsanti reports that the Bruce Lee scene in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood was even longer, until Brad Pitt objected.
- Partly inspired by Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Gary Lippman reports about the obsession some people have with Sharon Tate.
Comments on Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw:
- Alex McLevy wonders why Hobbs & Shaw isn't more fun.
- Renaldo Matadeen calls Hobbs & Shaw the Luke Cage and Iron Fist show we'll never get.
- Brandon Zachary explains the ending of Hobbs & Shaw.
- Brandon Zachary also discusses the post-credits sequence of Hobbs & Shaw.
- Brandon Zachary shares the most delightfully absurd action moments on Hobbs & Shaw.
- Charles Bramesco explains how Hobbs & Shaw expands the Fast & Furious franchise.
- Brandon Zachary interviews Dwayne Johnson who plays Hobbs in Hobbs & Shaw.
- Renaldo Matadeen is angry that that Hobbs & Shaw does not deliver justice for Han Seoul-Oh, a fan favourite character who was murdered in a previous installment of the Fast & Furious franchise.
- Chris Lee reports that the Deckard Shaw character played by Jason Statham in the Fast & Furious franchise was never supposed to be a villain
- Chris Davidson shares the ten most ridiculous moments of the Fast & Furious franchise.
Comments on The Kitchen:
- Katie Rife declares that the mob drama The Kitchen flounders in spite of an excellent cast.
- Benjamin Lee calls The Kitchen an undercooked disaster, but also praises the cast.
- Marah Eakin interviews Domhall Gleason, one of the stars of The Kitchen.
Comments on the season 6 finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.:
- Alan Brown shares his thoughts on the season 6 finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Liz Shannon Miller finds the season 6 finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. somewhat weak, but is pleased by the teaser for season 7.
Comments on The Boys:
- Charles Pulliam-Moore calls The Boys a morbidly frank breath of fresh air in the tired superhero genre.
- Jesse Hassenger declares that The Boys shows the limits of satirizing superheroes outside comic books.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore also finds The Boys' criticism of megacorporations somewhat hypocritical, considering that the series is produced by Amazon Prime.
Double Indemnity at 75:
- George Kelley remembers the classic noir thriller Double Indemnity for it 75th anniversary.
- Marc Rivers also shares his appreciation for Double Indemnity on its 75th anniversary.
Awards:
- The winner of the 2019 David Award has been announced.
- Ayo Onatade reports that a new Dagger Award for publishers will be established.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- J. Scott Coatsworth talks about writing goals.
- Kameron Hurley explains how she writes through the news cycle.
- Jay Stringer explains how he became a writer against all odds.
- David Leonardt shares a character development crib sheet.
- Cora Buhlert offers a post-mortem of the 2019 July Short Story Challenge.
- Mike Glyer reports that the SFWA has turned down the application of Jon Del Arroz once again.
- Independent publisher Aurelia Leo is offering services for authors.
- Jessamyn West reports about the fight surrounding e-book lending rights for libraries.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks some more about licensing opportunities for authors.
- Anushree Majumdar interviews Jo Nesbo.
- Mysteristas interviews Ann Aguirre.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Nathan Blackwell.
- Andrew Hill interviews Neil Broadfoot.
- Carolyn Murnick and Alex Segura interview each other.
- The Brooklyn Book Festival interviews Marlon James.
- John Parker interviews John Connolly.
- Ashley House interviews Megan Goldin.
- Nancie Clare interviews Hallie Ephron.
- E.B. Davis interviews Rhys Bowen.
- Mystery People interviews S.J. Rozan.
- Terry Gross interviews Laura Lippman.
- Billy Kring interviews Stephen Hunter.
- Kevin Tumlinson interviews Jack Carr.
Reviews:
- Tim Adams reviews The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre.
- Janet Webb reviews The Escape Room by Megan Goldin.
- The Civilian Reader revies City of Windows by Robert Pobi.
- Elise Cooper reviews Smoke Screen by Iris Johansen
- John Valeri reviews Dead Silence by Wendy Corsi Staub.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews An Unsettled Grave by Bernard Schaffer.
- Kirkus reviews An Unsettled Grave by Bernard Schaffer.
- BOLO Books reviews Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson.
- BOLO Books reviews Careful What You Wish For by Hallie Ephron.
- John Valeri reviews Careful What You Wish For by Hallie Ephron.
- Jon Morgan reviews The Dirty Dozen by Lynda La Plante.
- Ray Palen reviews The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl.
- Kirkus reviews Lost You by Haylen Beck.
- Jon Morgan reviews Gone by Leona Deakin.
- Eleanor Kuhns reviews The Last Good Guy by T. Jefferson Parker.
- Michael Carlson reviews A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais.
- Joe Hartlaub reviews The Hard Stuff by David Gordon.
- Weston Ochse reviews Game of Snipers by Stephen Hunter.
- Larry Clow reviews Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh.
- Gary Webster reviews Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston.
- For Winter Nights reveiws The Possession by Michael Rutger.
- Kate Vane reviews Errant Blood by C.F. Peterson.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Poison Graden by Alex Marwood.
- Janet Webb reviews The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware.
- Publishers Weekly reviews The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware.
- Raven Crime Reads reveiws A Sinner's Prayer by M.P. Wright.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews A Fool's Journey by Judy Penz Sheluk.
- Lesa's Book Critiques reviews Gumshoe Rock by Rob Leininger.
- Amber Keller reviews Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Elusive Elixir by Gigi Pandian and tries a recipe from the book.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Invisible Blood: Seventeen Crime Stories from Today's Finest Crime Writers, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Classics reviews:
- Curtis Evans revisits the 1878 mystery novel The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katherine Green.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1941 psychological thriller Speak of the Devil by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1950 mystery The Thirty-First of February by Julian Symons
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1952 crime novel You'll Get Yours by Thomas Wills a.k.a. William Ard.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 crime novel The Key to Nicholas Street by Stanley Ellis.
- Joachim Boaz revisits the 1960 post-apocalyptic novel Dark December by Alfred Coppel.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 adventure novel Red Radford and the Black Legion.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1963 mystery Blue Octavo a.k.a. Bound to Kill by John Blackburn.
- Sarah Weinman revisits the 1971 true crime book The Family by Ed Sanders.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1972 spy novel Colonel Butler's Wolf by Anthony Price.
- Joe Kenney revisits Boston Bust-Out, a 1973 novel in The Assassin men's adventure series.
- Joe Kenney revisits Voyage of Death, a 1975 novel in the Kill Squad men's adventure series by Mark Cruz a.k.a. Dan Streib.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1976 mystery Home to Roost by Andrew Garve.
- Christi Daugherty revisits LaBrava by Elmore Leonard, winner of the 1984 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Doreen Sheridan revisits Briarpatch by Ross Thomas, winner of the 1985 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Baltimore Takedown, a 1986 novel in The Executioner men's adventure series by Chet Cunningham.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1990 suspense novel Listening in the Dusk by Celia Fremlin.
Con and event reports:
- James Grady reports from ThrillerFest 2019 in New York City and interviews various authors.
- Halley Sutton reports about several Charles Manson tourist tours in Los Angeles, California.
- Tiny Diapana reports about several instances of alleged sexual misconduct at the National Writers Workshop in Iligan, Phillippines.
- Radha Vatsal reports about a visit to the crime and mystery section of Kitab Kana, the biggest English language bookstore in Mumbai, India.
Research:
- A.M. Stuart shares a brief history of fingerprints in the 19th century.
- Anthony DeStefano explains how the FBI used technology to bring down John Gotti.
- Lorenzo Tondo recounts the case of Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe, an Eritrean refugee who was mistaken for a notorious human trafficker and spent three years in an Italian jail.
- Margaret Owen talks about the executioners of medieval Europe.
- Clare Clark wonders why people forge paintings.
- Tom Phillips reports about the latest atrocities in the Mexican drug wars.
- Brad Willis reports about a 1975 double murder in Greenville, South Carolina, where the actual killer may never have been found.
- Karen Abbott recounts the story of 1920s alcohol smuggler George Remus and district attorney Mabel Walker Willebrandt who prosecuted him.
- Christine Pelisek report how librarian Rebekah Heath helped to solve a decades old murder mystery in New Hampshire.
- Tori Telfer looks at the case of Tanya Nelson.
- Sarah Hall wonders why we still struggle so much with the idea of female soldiers.
Free online fiction:
- "The Broken Queen of Hearts" by Hamilton Kohl in Crimson Streets.
- "Above Water" by Brandon Barrows in Tough.
- "Wait Until the Ice Melts" by Hillary Lyon in Yellow Mam.
- "Dealing with Mr. Blue" by Michael Lemieux in Yellow Mama.
- "Unreliable" by Kenneth James Crist in Yellow Mama.
- "Intellectual Property by Kirby Kellog in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Scow" by Garnett Elliot in Beat to a Pulp.
- "A Change in Platforms" by John Patrick Robbins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Summer of '77" by John Kaprielian in The Five-Two.
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