Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 19, 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 Dublin Murders, The Irishman, Giri/Haji, The Deuce, El Camino, Parasite, Treadstone, Joker, Wachmen, Gemini Man, The Day Shall Come, By the Grace of God and much more.
Crime fiction in general:
Film and TV:
Comments on Dublin Murders:
Comments on The Irishman:
Comments on Giri/Haji:
Comments on season 3 of The Deuce:
Comments on El Camino:
Comments on Parasite:
Comments on Treadstone:
Comments on Joker:
Comments on the latest version of Watchmen:
Comments on The Day Shall Come:
Comments on By the Grace of God:
Comments on Gemini Man:
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
Interviews:
Reviews:
Classics reviews:
Con and event reports:
Research:
Free online fiction:
Odds and Ends:
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson offers a round-up of the best recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Crime Reads shares the best true crime and nonfiction books for October 2019.
- Sherry Thomas declares that she doesn't read crime fiction just for the crimes.
- Tim Maleeny talks about the art of blending crime fiction and humor.
- Lynne Truss talks about Brighton's crime fiction scene.
- Christopher Smith visits the fifteen most iconic Los Angeles locations of the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly.
- Bob Byrne takes a look at the history of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade in print and on film.
- Scott Bradfield remembers his mother's love for the Cool and Lam mysteries by Erle Stanley Gardner.
- Charlotte Higgins talks about the enduring appeal of Lee Child's Jack Reacher.
- Craig Pittman shares his appreciation for the Miami set noir thrillers of Charles Willeford.
- Brenna Ehrlich shares her appreciation for the suburban thrillers of Liane Moriarty.
- Joe Hill talks about his childhood as the son of Stephen King.
- Rachel Readerer profiles Nobel Prize for Literature winner Olga Tokarczuk and also explains why she is a crime fiction writer.
- John Connolly offers a defense of the supernatural in crime fiction.
- Max Booth III asks if supernatural crime fiction is allowed to be funny.
- Andrew Liptak reports that Stephen and Tabitha King are planning to turn their home in Bangor, Maine, into a library and writers' retreat.
- Literary critic Harold Bloom has died aged 89.
- Sara Danius, former secretary of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died aged 57.
Film and TV:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Knives Out one of the best films of 2019.
- Gwen Ihnat calls Why Women Kill an addictive feminist serial.
- Leslie Felperin calls the Polish film Corpus Christi a smart drama about an ex-con turned priest.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Official Secrets a shrewd and relevaqnt espionage drama.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Laundromat messy, unsatisfying and redundant.
- Lucy Mangan calls Limetown a load of tosh and cheap X-Files knock-off.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Synchronic an original science fiction thriller.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls The Report a grim docudrama about CIA torture and praises the performance of Adam Driver.
- Phil Hoad calls Ladyworld a stylish feminist thriller.
- Cath Clarke declares that Tell Me Who I Am is an amnesia documentary that plays like a psychological thriller.
- Paul Levinson offers episode by episode reviews of the serial killer drama Prodigal Son.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder.
- Camestros Felapton asks if John Wick 3 is fantasy.
- Aamna Mohdin profiles Jed Mercurio, creator of Bodyguard, Line of Duty and Bodies.
- Terrence Towles Canote celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of the crime drama The Untouchables.
- Paul Abbott asks if the 1980s cop drama Hill Street Blues was a rip-off of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series.
- Scott Tobias revisits Fight Club for its twentieth anniversary.
- Brian Greene profiles actress Susan George who appeared in several thrillers in the early 1970s.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that Zoe Kravitz will play Catwoman in The Batman.
- Zoe Wood explains how the historical crime drama Peaky Blinders has influenced fashion in the UK.
- Sam Levin reports that John Reid and Associates, a law enforcement consulting firm which has developed a controversial interrogation technique, is sueing director Ava Du Vernay and Netflix for defaming their company in When They See Us.
- Actor Robert Forster, best known for his appearances in Banyon, Jackie Brown, Breaking Bad, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive and Delta Force, has died aged 78.
- J. Kingston Pierce remembers Robert Forster.
Comments on Dublin Murders:
- Lucy Mangan calls Dublin Murders a breathless whodunnit with more dread by the minute.
- Darragh Berry shares all you need to know about Dublin Murders.
- Pete Crawley reports about a visit to the set of Dublin Murders.
- George Morahan reports that Dublin Murders is a bigger hit for the BBC than Line of Duty.
Comments on The Irishman:
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Irishman Martin Scorsese's bets film in thirty years.
- Andrew Pulver reports how Martin Scorsese defends his decision to let Netflix finance The Irishman.
- Kim Marsters reports that Hollywood studios are increasingly selling films to Netflix and other streaming services rather than risk a box office flop.
Comments on Giri/Haji:
- Lucy Mangan calls the British-Japanese crime drama Giri/Haji all killer and no thriller.
- Sandra Mangan looks ahead at the new British Japanese crime drama Giri/Haji.
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 El Camino:
- Abigail Nussbaum shares her thoughts on El Camino and Breaking Bad in general.
- Daniel Fienberg declares that El Camino doesn't add much to Breaking Bad.
- Paul Levinson calls El Camino an unqualified success.
- Zach Vasquez and readers of The Guardian discuss whether El Camino was worth the wait.
Comments on Parasite:
- A.A. Dowd calls Parasite a thrilling genre hopper.
- Guy Lodge talks about how director Bong Joon Ho had difficulties getting Parasite made and marketed after some problems in Hollywood.
- Katie Rife interviews Bong Joon Ho, director of Snowpiercer and Parasite.
Comments on Treadstone:
- Tim Goodman declares that the Bourne prequel Treadstone has lots of brainless action, but little brain.
- Benjamin Lee calls the Bourne prequel Treadstone a surprise success.
Comments on Joker:
- Brock Wilbur declares that Joker is a very stupid film that pretends to be an arthouse film, because it believes that's what arthouse films look like.
- Emily Asher-Perrin declares that the enduring popularity of the Joker is due to the fact that the character can fit any story you want to tell.
- Ben Child explains why Joker should be kept isolated from the rest of the Batman and DC movies.
- Angel Wilson analyses the complex drama surrounding Joker.
- Chris Yogerst declares that we shouldn't fear Joker, because it is unlikely to provoke real world violence.
- Joshua Yehl reports that Jared Leto, who played the Joker in Suicide Squad, was upset that Joaquin Phoenix was cast for the part in Joker.
- Inspired by Joker, Zach Vasquez wonders why American filmmakers are so fascinated by angry white men driven to violence and murder, because the world doesn't hand them everything on a silver platter.
- Pete Keeley reports that a man got a lifetime from the US cinema chain AMC Theatres because of a prank about a "no singles" policy for showing of Joker.
- Kristin Salaky reports about the Joker Frappuccino available at Starbuck's.
Comments on the latest version of Watchmen:
- Danette Chavez calls Watchmen a reckoning worth waiting for.
- Tim Goodman calls Watchmen relentlessly entertaining, but also difficult for people who are not familiar with the comic.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that the latest version of Watchmen leans into the political side of the comic.
- Emma Brockes interviews Regina King, one of the stars of Watchmen.
- Ross Johnson explains everything you need to know about Watchmen past, present and future.
Comments on The Day Shall Come:
- Mark Kermode calls The Day Shall Come an overcooked FBI farce.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Day Shall Come a sly satire.
Comments on By the Grace of God:
- Mike D'Angelo finds little urgency in the abuse drama By the Grace of God.
- Kim Willsher interviews Francois Ozon, director of the abuse drama By the Grace of God.
Comments on Gemini Man:
- Leonard Maltin calls Gemini Man a highly-enjoyable, action-packed thriller and praises the organic use of 3D technology and high frame rates.
- Simran Hans calls Gemini Man a silly science fiction thriller that all the digital de-aging technology in the world cannot make convincing.
- A.A Dowd declares that Gemini Man uses de-aging technology to make a case against de-aging technology.
- Mark Jenkins calls Gemini Man sluggish and sterile.
- Leah Schnelbach wonders whether Gemini Man is a movie or something new.
- John Scalzi shares his thoughts on Gemini Man and its high frame rate.
- Brandon Zachary finds Gemini Man's villain surprisingly engaging - most of the time.
- Brandon Zachary shares the best action scenes in Gemini Man.
Awards:
- The Testaments by Maragret Atwood and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo are sharing the 2019 Book Prize.
- The finalists for the 2019 Booker Prize explain why they wrote the shortlisted novels.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Madison Malone Kirchner shares writing tips by thirteen mystery authors.
- Kameron Hurley explains why writing books gets tougher instead of easier with time.
- Dwyer Murphy explains why he finds Elmore Leonard's ten rules for writing so valuable.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about three different kinds of writers.
- Linden A. Lewis explains how to turn a short story into a novel.
- Daniel Brotzel discusses how to make author collaborations work.
- Rocking Book Covers shares eight questions for coming up with standout book cover ideas.
- Katie Mansfield reports about the launch of the Viper crime fiction imprint of UK publisher Serpent's Tail.
Interviews:
- Stephen Hale interviews John Grisham.
- Paul Henderson interviews James Ellroy.
- Thomas Pluck interviews Joyce Carol Oates.
- Lisa Levy interviews Steph Cha.
- Crime Reads interviews Susan Isaacs.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen interviews Sally Andrew.
- Scott Adlerberg interviews Jake Hinkson.
- Joy Kluver interviews W.C. Ryan.
Reviews:
- John Valeri reviews The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen.
- For Winter Nights reviews Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Lost Man by Jane Harper.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews The Off-Islander by Peter Colt.
- Sandra Mangan reviews This Little Dark Place by A.S. Hatch.
- Janet Webb reviews The Dead Beat Scrolls by Mark Coggins.
- Janet Webb reviews A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie.
- Kate Vane reviews Pursuit by Joyce Carol Oates.
- Steven Poole reviews Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carré.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Good Man Gone Bad by Gar Anthony Haywood.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Motive X by Stefan Ahnhem, translated by Agnes Broome.
- Michelle Mastro reviews Bloomland by John Englehardt.
- Mark Yon reviews Ghoster by Jason Arnopp.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Haunted House Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross and tries a recipe from the book.
- John Valeri reviews Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O'Connor, Maddie Day and Alex Erickson.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O'Connor, Maddie Day and Alex Erickson.
- Janet Webb reviews A Merry Murder by Kate Kingsbury.
- The Tattooed Book Geek reviews Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon by James Lovegrove.
- Katharine Coldiron reviews Necropolis PD by Nathan Sumsion.
- Martin Edwards reviews The Hooded Gunman by John Curran.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1950 detective novel Very Cold for May by William P. McGivern.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1950 mystery A Bullet for Rhino by Clifford Wittig.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 noir novel Web of Murder by Harry Whittington.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 thriller Murder Noon and Night by Kelly Roos.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Operation New York, a 1968 novel in the Malko spy fiction series by Gerard de Villiers.
- Joe Kenney revisits Spying Blind, a 1968 novel in the Mark Hood spy fiction series by James Dark a.k.a. J.E. MacDonnell.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1971 political thriller Thorne in the Flesh by Rhona Petrie a.k.a. Eileen Marie Duell Buchanan.
- Paperback Warrior revisits God Save the Child, a 1974 Spenser detective novel by Robert B. Parker.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Raker, a 1982 men's adventure novel by Dan Scott a.k.a. Lee Hayes.
- Joe Kenney revisits Show No Mercy, a 1985 novel in the SOBs men's adventure series by Jack Hild a.k.a. Robin Hardy.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Mercenary Mountain, a 1986 novel in the Nick Carter Killmnaster men's adventure series by Dennis Lynds.
Con and event reports:
- Martin Edwards reports about the Isle of Wight Literary Festival in Cowes, UK, and shares several photos.
- Matt Moore shares some tips for being a good panel moderator at conventions.
- John D. Berry compares the usefulness of convention badges and nametags.
- Mike
Glyer reports that Luis R. Rondon, King of the Society for Creative
Anachronism’sEast Kingdom, has been expelled following his arrest as a
murder suspect.
Research:
- Francesca Williams reports about the pen friendship between a young British woman and a prisoner on death row in Louisiana.
- Melissa Jeltsen reports about the case of Bresha Meadows, who killed her abusive father at age 14.
- Former CIA agent Amaryllis Fox explains why restaurants are so important for spies.
- Paddy Hirsch explains how arson became a capital crime.
- Naima Mohamud reports about Yasuke, a 16th century samurai of Japanese origin.
- The BBC reports that a Japanese students of ninja history has handed in an essay written in invisble ink.
- Emma Brockes interviews Ronan Farrow, the investigative reporter who brought down Harvey Weinstein.
Free online fiction:
- "Snowflakes" by Randy Numann in Yellow Mama.
- "They Are Nameless" by Edward Punales in Crimson Streets.
- "The Barbecue Pot" by B.V. Lawson in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Nocturne" by John Oughton in The Five-Two.
Odds and Ends:

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