Crime Fiction Links of the Week for September 28, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares the best recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Crime Reads shares the best debut crime novels for September.
- Crime Reads shares the best international crime novels for September.
- Crime Reads shares the best new true crime books for Sptember.
- Derik Cavignano shares the five essential elements of unforgettable thrillers.
- Christina Dodd discusses the importance of relationships for thrillers with female protagonists.
- Tess Gerritsen shares her favourite thrillers set in Maine.
- Paul French talks about mysteries and crime thrillers set in Budapest, Hungary.
- Miriam Alexander-Kumaradoss profiles Blaft Books, a small press specialising in translating Tamil pulp fiction.
- Richard Layman profiles Dashiell Hammett.
- Chandrahas Choudhury shares his appreciation for the Inspector Maigret mysteries by Georges Simenon, all of whom will soon be translated into English.
- Emily Asher-Perrin talks about how readers visualise stories.
Film and TV:
- Camille LeBlanc shares new crime movies and thrillers streaming in September.
- Katie Rife does not quite get the point of the serial killer drama The Golden Glove.
- Paul Levinson declares that in spite of superficial simiarities to Lost, the dystopian prison thriller The I-Land is its own thing.
- Mike D'Angelo calls First Love a lunatic crime comedy and one of Takashi Miike's most entertaining movies.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky declares that The Death of Dick Long has no shortage of shocks.
- Mike McCahill calls To Tokyo a thrilling, chilling horror in the wilderness.
- Cath Clark calls Don't Let Go a very silly timewarp murder mystery.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on Bluff City Law.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the season 6 premiere of How to Get Away With Murder.
- Garrick Webster reports about the Belgian crime drama Hotel Beau Séjour.
- Ed Pilkington calls Always in Season a devastating documentary about lynchings in America.
- Zach Vasquez talks about Martin Scorsese's gangster movies and the dream of upward social mobility.
- Cora Buhlert shares her appreciation for the 1964 German thrillers The Ringer and The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1949 noir movie The Third Man for its seventieth anniversary.
- Scott Tobias revisits the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for its fiftieth anniversary and finds that it still is as entertaining and enjoyable as ever.
- Steve Vertlieb shares his appreciation for 100-year-old character actor Nehemiah Persoff and reports about a recent meeting with Persoff.
- Various Guardian writers share their favourite TV cliffhangers of all time.
- Stuart Heritage asks if Netflix has killed off the cliffhanger.
- Actor Rob Garrison, best known for his appearances in Karate Kid and Cobra Kai, has died aged 59.
Comments on Stumptown:
- Dustin Rowles calls Stumptown his favourite new TV series and praises the performance of Cobie Smulders.
- Allison Shoemaker declares that Stumptown's primary appeal is not as a crime drama, but as a vehicle for Cobie Smulders.
- Caroline Framke calls Stumptown a promising new drama and praises the grimy atmosphere of Portland, Oregon.
- Kristi Turnquist asks how well Stumptown captures the atmosphere of Portland, Oregon.
- Hannah Chambers asks if Stumptown lives up to the hype.
- Kathryn Shattuck profiles Cobie Smulders, star of Stumptown.
- Mark Daniel interviews Cobie Smulders.
- Oline H. Cogdill takes a look at Stumptown and the graphic novel series by Greg Rucka it is based upon.
Comments on season 3 of The Deuce:
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Deuce.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Deuce.
Comments on season 2 of Mindhunter:
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on season 2 of Mindhunter.
- Patrick McDonald explains that the name of Holden Ford, lead character of Mindhunter, is an Australian in-joke.
Comments on Rambo: Last Blood:
- Kieran Fisher calls Rambo: Last Blood a bleak, brutal and nihilistic action film.
- Kieran Fisher explains the ending and post-credits scene of Rambo: Last Blood (spoilers).
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky hopes that Last Blood is the last we'll ever see of Rambo.
Comments on Cressida Dick's criticism of British crime dramas:
- Ben Quinn reports that Cressida Dick, commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, has criticised the portrayal of police work in crime dramas like Bodyguard and Line of Duty.
- Flora Carr interviews Cressida Dick, wherein she complains about the inaccurate portrayal of corruption in Line of Duty.
- Marina Hyde declares that Cressida Dick should maybe deal with the many issues and scandals plaguing the Metropolitan Police first before criticising TV shows.
Comments on Joker:
- Kathleen Newman-Bremang declares that Joker is a dangerous film that brings out the worst of the internet.
- Sarah Hagi declares that Joker is the antihero that angry and alienated white men have been waiting for and that precisely is the problem.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that Joker is catnip for the toxic masculinity of parts of Batman fandom.
- Ryan Parker reports that the families of victims of a mass shooting during a screening of The Dark Knight in Auroro, Colorado, in 2012 are concerned that Joker will glorify violence.
- Brent Lang reports that Warner Bros has responded to the concerned families that Joker is not intended as an endorsement of real world violence.
- Dell Cameron reports that the US military has warned soldiers of the potential for shootings and violence at screenings of Joker.
- Jim Vejvoda shares the responses of director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix to criticisms of Joker.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that director Todd Phillips has blamed the backlash against Joker on the "far left".
- Omar Sanchez interviews Todd Phillips, director of Joker, about the backlash against the film.
- Robbie Collin tried to interview Joaquin Phoenix, star of Joker, only for Phoenix to walk out of the interview, when faced with an uncomfortable question.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore reports that Joaquin Phoenix also stormed off the Joker set a lot.
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) at fifty:
- Spy Vibe remembers the British supernatural detective show Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
- J. Kingston Pierce also remembers Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
Awards:
- The winners of the 2019 Golden Fedora Fiction Prize have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced.
- The recipients of the 2019 MacArthur Genius Grants have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Tor.com shares some writing advice by Neil Gaiman.
- John DeDakis talks about research for crime writers.
- Zoe Sharp talks about the settings for her new novel Bad Turn.
- K.V. Johansen talks about the small details that create depth in worldbuilding.
- Janice Hardy implores writers not to let the plot hijack the story.
- Bonnie Randall explains how to effectively insert backstory.
- Katy Doherty shares Joanne Harris' remarks about ageism in publishing and the intense focus on debut novels.
- Chuck Wendig shares some financial advice for writers.
Interviews:
- Noel King interviews Attica Locke.
- Molly Odintz interviews Oyinkan Braithwaite.
- Lesa Holstein interviews Ann Cleeves.
- Désirée Zamorano interviews Angel Luis Colón.
- There's Been a Murder interviews Val Penny.
- Crossexamining Crime interviews John Curran.
Reviews:
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Big Sky by Kate Atkinson.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen.
- Sarah Prindle reviews The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre.
- Craig Sisterson reviews Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Lying Room by Nicci French.
- Martin Edwards reviews The Long Call by Ann Cleeves.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews Violet by Scott Thomas.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring.
- Chris Wolak reviews Ain't Nobody by Heather Harper Ellett.
- Vanessa Orr reviews Lost You by Haylen Beck.
- Ariell Cachola reviews Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman.
- Lesa Holstein reviews The Off-Islander by Peter Colt.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson.
- Eileen Brady reviews The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller.
- Mark Yon reviews Cold Storage by David Koepp.
- For Winter Nights reviews Cold Storage by David Koepp.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Pale White by Chad Lutzke.
- Tadiana Jones reviews Pines by Blake Crouch.
- Garrick Webster reviews Starlight by Rod Humphris.
- Janet Webb reviews Death in Focus by Anne Perry.
- Lesa Holstein reviews Lies in White Dresses by Sofia Grant.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Mitford Scandal by Jessica Fellowes.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Mumbo Gumbo Murder by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley-Moran and tries a recipe from the book.
- Amber Keller reviews Fudge Bites by Nancy Coco.
- Lyndsay Faye reviews Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse.
- Rebecca Liu reviews Know My Name by Chanel Miller.
- John Naughton reviews Permanent Record by Edward Snowden.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1930 mystery It Walks By Night by John Dickson Carr.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1951 noir novel Edge of Panic by Henry Kane.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 crime novel The Broken Angel by Floyd Mahannah.
- M. Porcius revisits the 1958 James Bond novel Dr. No by Ian Fleming.
- Gilly Macmillan revisits the 1958 crime novel The Pledge by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 crime novel Murder Takes a Wife by James A. Howard.
- Only Detect revisits the 1958 crime novel The Madhouse in Washington Square by David Alexander.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 crime novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Pike a.k.a. Robert Lloyd Fish.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1981 crime novel Hand of Fate by Michael Underwood.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Bloodbath, a 1985 novel in the Soldier of Fortune men's adventure series by Peter McCurtin.
- Nick Kolakowski revisits A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block, winner of the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1993 collection Morse's Greatest Mystery by Colin Dexter.
- Only Detect revisits the 1996 crime novel The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas.
- Benjamin Myers revisits the 1998 true crime book Happy Like Murderers: The True Story of Fred and Rosemary West by Gordon Burns.
Crowdfunding:
Con and event reports:
- Kenny Smith reports about the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in Stirling, Scotland.
- Louise Fairbairn also reports about Bloody Scotland.
- Alexander McCall Smith talks about Bloody Scotland and the importance of the festival for Scottish crime fiction.
- Lynsey May reports about Bloody Scotland.
- George Mair reports about the outcome of the annual football match between English and Scottish crime fiction writers at Bloody Scotland.
- There's Been a Murder reports about events featuring crime fiction writers Lin Anderson and Mary Paulson-Ellis at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Ayo Onatade shares the program for Capital Crime in London, UK.
- Mike Glyer reports about yet more charges against Ed Kramer, co-founder of DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia.
Research:
- Doris Payne a.k.a. Diamond Doris recounts a daring jewel heist in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in 1974.
- Gary Nunn shares the story of Sherele Moody, who maps child murders in Australia, ever since she learned that her stepfather had killed two young girls.
- Jonathan Lang discusses the life of mobster Meyer Lansky.
- Steve Vogel talks about espionage during the Cold War.
- Steve Healey remembers the day he found out his father was a spy.
- Heather Harper Ellett explains why feral hogs are a real problem in parts of the US.
- Alison Flood reports that US prisons have banned thousands of books on arbitrary grounds.
Free online fiction:
- "The Perfect Man" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Aphrodite" by Joe White in Crimson Streets.
- "Texas Redux" by Kenneth James Crist in Yellow Mama.
- "Incident on the 139" by Arthur Evans at Akashic Books.
- "The Fog" by Kevin Eade in Yellow Mama.
- "The Hedge" by Jeff Behr in Over My Dead Body.
- "Tree House" by Bruce Harris in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Paradise Costs" by Barry Ergang in The Five-Two.
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