Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 26, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Burt Wright wonders why crime fiction writers still get so little respect, even though crime fiction is the most popular genre in the UK and Ireland.
- CrimeReads shares seven international crime novels to read this month.
- CrimeReads shares the best debut crime novels for October.
- Karen White shares her favourite series featuring amateur sleuths.
- Deborah Crombie discusses the evolution of the English village mystery.
- Erica Wright takes a look at glamorous women in crime fiction and noir novels.
- Kate Kessler shares seven revenge thrillers featuring female protagonists.
- Barry Forshaw shares his five favourite domestic noir novels.
- Steph Cha explains why we need noir.
- Steven L. Kent and Nicholas Kaufmann shares six classic thrillers about human monsters.
- Jeffrey Fleischman wonders why Los Angeles is the perpetual dark heart of crime writing.
- The Los Angeles Times shares the twenty essential Los Angelese set crime novels.
- Paul French takes a look at historical crime novels set in Berlin.
- Jacquie Byron wonders if crime fiction is Melbourne's biggest export.
- Jon Coates profiles Martina Cole.
- Bryan Hoey asks if Michael Crichton is the Arthur Conan Doyle of the 20th century.
- Neely Tucker explains how the classic noir thriller The Postman Always Rings Twice got its title.
- Jan Stocklassa traces Stieg Larsson's investigation into the still unsolved murder of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.
- Robert Deis remembers Eva Lynd, the Swedish model and actress, whose face graced dozens of men's adventure magazines in the 1960s.
- Olivia Sudjic attempts to define what makes a millennial novel.
- Matthew Westwood discusses the importance of fashion and clothing in Jane Austen's novels.
- Mike Avila discusses the complicated legacy of Batman co-creator Bob Kane.
- Bette Golden Lamb, writer of medical thrillers, has died.
Film and TV:
- Phil Hoad calls A Good Woman Is Hard to Find a gritty Northern Irish crime thriller.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Black and Blue a generic good cop versus bad cop drama.
- Roxana Hadadi declares that The Kill Team takes on the toxic masculinity of war, but offers little insight.
- Lucy Mangan calls The Accident a devastating disaster drama.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on season 5 of Peaky Blinders.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder.
- Emily L. Stephens offers episode by episode reviews of Castle Rock.
- Nate Jones interviews Rian Johnson, director of Knives Out.
- Rebecca Nicholson interviews Alessandro Nivola, one of the stars of The Many Saints of Newark.
- Guy Kelly interviews Laurence Fox, who plays Sergeant Hathaway in Lewis.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1944 crime comedy Arsenic and Old Lace.
- Cora Buhlert discusses how the James Bond movies of the 1960s and other suspense and thriller movies of the period influenced each other.
- Matt Zoller-Zeitz reports that the back catalogue of Twentieth Century Fox movies is slowly vanishing from repertory theatres after the Fox Disney merger.
- Actor Jerry Fogel, who appeared in many TV crime dramas in the 1970s and beyond, has died aged 83.
- Donald Clarke calls The Irishman the sort of movie they don't make anymore.
- Donald Clarke interviews Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, stars of The Irishman.
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 Official Secrets:
- Donald Clarke calls Official Secrets a fascinating true story about an Iraq War whistleblower.
- Mark Kermode praises the performance of Keira Knightley in Official Secrets.
- Tim Adams interviews Keira Knightley, star of Official Secrets.
- Tim Adams also interviews Katherine Gun, on whose story Official Secrets is based.
Comments on the latest version of Watchmen:
- Leah Schnelbach calls Watchmen rich and terrifying and is surprised by the direction of the show.
- Joelle Monique calls Watchmen as violent, thought-provoking and humorous as the comic.
- Paul Levinson calls Watchmen a promising alternate history.
- Lucy Mangan calls Watchmen the perfect superhero story for our tattered times.
- Emily Todd VanDerWerff calls Watchmen tremendous television, though she expects that many critics will disagree.
- James Poniewozik calls Watchmen an audacious Rochach test.
- Eric Deggans is very impressed by the latest version of Watchmen, but also feels that anybody who hasn't read the comic will be hopelessly lost.
- Sonia Saraiya calls Watchmen and ambitious reimagination of a classic.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw implores people who have doubts about Watchmen to give the show more time.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw also explains how the historical figure of Bass Reeves, the first black US Marshall, ties into Watchmen.
- Charles Pulliam Moore is bothered by the fact that Watchmen attempts to tackle racism by positively portraying police officers.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore also reports that Watchmen is much more connected to the comics than it seems at first glance.
- SyFy Wire reports how the ending of the Watchmen comic influences the new TV series.
- File 770 posters discuss Watchmen.
- Peter Sagal interviews Regina King, one of the stars of Watchmen.
- Tor.com digs into the ancillary material found on the official Watchmen website.
Comments on Joker:
- Annabel Driscoll and Mina Husain declares that Joker's depiciton of mental illness is dangerously misinformed.
- Ben Child feels sorry for Jared Leto, because his portrayal of Joker never stood a chance.
- Nate Jones reports how the Bronx staircase featured in Joker became an unlikely tourist attraction.
- Stuart Heritage also reports about the staircase from Joker and other movie inspired tourist attractions.
Comments on Countdown:
- A.A. Dowd declares that Countdown will leave you counting the minutes until the movie is finally over.
- Benjamin Lee calls Countdown a hapless thriller about a haunted app that should be uninstalled.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- The Odyssey Writing Workshop offers new online classes for winter.
- Rochelle Melander explains how writers can get rid of distractions and focus.
- Janice Hardy shares five ways to create likeable characters.
- Peter Orner refuses to offer a defense of the art of the short story.
- Angie Kim explains what reading Dennis Lehane taught her about writing crime fiction.
- Michael Bowen talks about researching his mystery novels.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains to writers how to analyse what they can afford to do with regard to money or time.
- Greg Levin takes a not entirely serious look at ideal day jobs for crime fiction writers.
Interviews:
- Molly Odintz interviews Attica Locke.
- Sherry Thomas and Bella Ellis interview each other.
- Lori Rader-Day interviews Elizabeth Hand.
- Denise Davidson interviews Alice Hoffman.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Paul Cleave.
- Mystery People interviews L.A. Chandler.
- Mystery People interviews Mark Coggins.
- Mystery People interviews Martin Limón.
- George Ebey interviews Robert J. Randisi.
- Florida Trend interviews Randy Wayne White.
Reviews:
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
- Angie Barry reviews Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson.
- BOLO Books reviews Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Night Fire by Michael Connelly.
- Tobias Grey reviews Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carré.
- Robert McCrum reviews Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carré.
- John Valeri reviews When It's Time for Leaving by Ang Pompano.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Man That Got Away by Lynne Truss.
- Grab This Book reviews Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson.
- Jeff Ayer reviews Blues in the Dark by Raymond Benson.
- Kirkus reviews Dry County by Jake Hinkson.
- J.B. Stevens reviews The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan.
- A Bookworm's World reviews The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfield.
- Alan Cranis reviews Sarah Jane by James Sallis.
- Derek Farrell reviews Cage by Lilja Sigurdadottir.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Kennedy Moment by Peter Adamson.
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie.
- No More Grumpy Bookseller reviews A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie.
- Mark Sieber reviews Blood Sugar by Daniel Kraus.
- Mike Parker reviews Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand.
- Oline H. Cogdill reviews Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand.
- Angie Barry reviews A Cruel Deception by Charles Todd.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Penny For Your Secrets by Anna Lee Huber.
- Kirkus reviews Sorry for the Dead by Nicola Upson.
- Caz Owens reviews The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas.
- Corrina Lawson reviews The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas.
- The Crime Segments reviews Queen's Gambit by Bradley Harper.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Bone China by Laura Purcell.
- Michael Thomas Barry reviews The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer.
- Michelle Mastro reviews Mrs. Jeffries and the Alms of the Angel by Emily Brightwell.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Diva Cooks Up a Storm by Krista Davis.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Two Bites Too Many by Debra H. Goldstein and tries a recipe from the book.
- Scott Adlerberg reviews Famous in Cedarville by Erica Wright.
- For Winter Nights reviews Ghoster by Jason Arnopp.
- Rob Bedford reviews The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman.
- BOLO Books reviews The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Martin Edwards reviews The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.
- Sean O'Hagan reviews Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism and the Decade of Greed by David Farber.
Classics reviews:
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Quest of Qui, a 1935 Doc Savage adventure by Kenneth Robeson a.k.a. Lester Dent.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1941 adventure novel Sick Heart River by John Buchan.
- Michael Gonzales revisits the 1954 thriller Savage Holiday by Richard Wright.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 crime novel Liz by Frank Kane.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1955 mystery Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh.
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Testament of Caspar Schultz, a 1962 Paul Chavasse spy novel by Martin Fallon a.k.a. Jack Higgins a.k.a. Henry Patterson.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1965 spy novel Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell, the first adventure of the eponymous heroine.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1966 Flaxborough mystery Lonely Heart 4122 by Colin Watson.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1968 suspense novel A Case in Nullity by Evelyn Berckman.
- Joe Kenney revisits Strangle Hold!, a 1973 novel in the Soldato men's adveture series by Al Conroy a.k.a. Gil Brewer.
- Noah Berlatsky revisits the 1974 true crime book All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1978 thriller Marina Tower by Charles Beardsley.
- Mark Yon revisits the 1995 pastiche Sherlock Holmes and the Tangled Skein by David Stewart Davies.
- Hank Philippi Ryan revisits The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker, winner of the 1995 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Con and event reports:
- Ali Karim reports about the Capital Crime festival in London, UK, and shares some photos.
- Joy Kluver reports about the latest First Monday Crime event in London, UK, featuring Peter Robinson, Nicci French and Marnie Riches.
- Joy Kluver reports about the Murder on the Beach event at the West Barnes Library in Merton, UK, featuring M.K. Hill and William Shaw.
- Ali Karim reports about the launch party for Martina Cole's latest novel Damaged in London, UK, and shares some photos.
- S.M. Carriére explains how she survives conventions.
Research:
- Nancy Bilyeau talks about the rise and fall of the New York mafia.
- Cindy Sui reports about the murder case that sparked the Hongkong protests.
- Larry E. Wood talks about the spectacular murder of Sarah Graham by her husband, his new wife and mother-in-law in Missouri in 1884.
- Lateshia Beachum reports about Ralph Griffith, an author of heist novels who is also a notorious bank robber.
- The BBC reports that a teenager was caught in Vechta, North Germany, trying to scale a prison wall to see his girlfriend.
- David Abulafia offers an ancient history of piracy.
Free online fiction:
- "Baker Street Motel" by D.V. Bennett in Yellow Mama.
- "Afterward" by Alan Orloff in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Snake Charmer" by Tom Leins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Covenant" by Libby Cudmore in Tough.
- "As the Last I May Know" by S.L. Huang at Tor.com.
- "The Vanishing City" by Harold R. Thompson in Crimson Streets.
- "The Moveable Feast" by Roy Dorman in Yellow Mama.
- "The Last Buck Passed" by John Greiner in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Balfour" by Nancy Scot in The Five-Two.
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