Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 2, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Publishers Weekly shares the best mysteries and thrillers of 2019.
- The finalists for the Anthony Award discuss the current state of crime fiction and where it will go in the future.
- Abigail Tartellini discusses seven crime fiction tropes she could do without.
- Ryan Steck shares five action thrillers to read this October.
- Crime Reads shares ten mysteries, crime novels and thriller to read in November.
- Jake Hinkson talks about the literary roots of backcountry noir.
- Tessa Arlen shares five mystery and suspense novels set during World War II.
- Olivia Rutigliano points out that the original Dracula is a mystery - and a complex and fascinating one.
- Mike Avila discusses the complicated legacy of Batman co-creator Bob Kane.
- Alexandra Alter reports that the diaries of Patricia Highsmith will be published.
- Alison Flood reports about the battle to exhume the remains of James Joyce and return them to Ireland.
- Crime Reads shares the best book covers of October 2019.
Film and TV:
- Benjamin Lee calls Black and Blue a cop drama that mixes cliches and righteous anger.
- Josh Modell calls season 2 of Tom Cancy's Jack Ryan predictably explosive.
- Garrick Webster takes a look at season 2 of the crime drama The Team.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Prodigal Son.
- Alani Vargas shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Batwoman.
- Jordan Hoffman explains whether the extended cut of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is worth seeing.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1966 spy movie The Deadly Affair.
- Zach Vasquez shares twenty films that blur the line between horror and noir.
- Lisa Black shares five scary movies that contain invaluable lessons for writers.
- Hollywood producer Robert Evans, who produced Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Don't Look Now and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory among others, has died aged 89.
Comments on Motherless Brooklyn:
- Scott Tobias calls Motherless Brooklyn a noir miss.
- David Sims calls Motherless Brooklyn a passion project without heart.
- Jesse Hassenger shares his thoughts on Motherless Brooklyn.
- Connie Guglielmo interviews Edward Norton, writer, director and star of Motherless Brooklyn.
- Marah Eakin interviews Rachel Shane and Adrian Alperovich, producers of Motherless Brooklyn.
Comments on The Irishman:
- Owen Gleiberman calls The Irishman a majestic mob epic.
- A.A. Dowd calls The Irishman a gripping crime epic.
- Ian Freer calls The Irishman a stunning gangster film and a melancholy eulogy about growing old and losing your humanity.
- Justin Chang calls The Irishman a haunting and elegiac crime movie.
Comments on season 3 of The Deuce:
- Paul Levinsons shares his thoughts on the series finale of The Deuce.
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the series finale of The Deuce.
Comments on the latest version of Watchmen:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Joelle Monique shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Alex Abad-Santos reports that some fans are mad that Watchmen is now political, ignoring that Watchmen has always been political.
- Daryl Nelson reports that some fanboys are not happy with Watchmen, because the show tackles racism.
- David Betancourt profiles Regina King, one of the stars of Watchmen.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw interviews Meghan Kasperlik, costume designer for Watchmen.
Comments on Joker:
- Peter Travers interviews Joaquin Phoenix, star of Joker.
- Pamela McClintock reports that Joker is now the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time.
- Jessie
Yeung reports that some of the anti-government protesters in Hongkong
have taken to wearing Joker masks, while others are horrified and do not
want their movement to be associated with a villain character like the
Joker.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2019 Macavity Awards have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards has been announced.
- Crime Reads lists every winner of the Anthony Award since 1988.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Cat Rambo shares ten things she has learned from writing.
- Steven James shares seven tips for writing crime fiction set in the near future.
- C.M. Ewan explains why he writes about burglaries and heists.
- Janet Roger talks about writing and researching Shamus Dust.
- Erica Wright discusses the perks of living in a haunted house and how it inspired her as a writer.
- Several writers explain which items from the Wellcome Collection in London, UK, have inspired their stories.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch shares some tips for public speaking.
- Alison Flood reports that several UK authors and members of parliament have signed a petition to eliminate the VAT on e-books in the UK.
- The SFWA shares some advice on no advance contracts.
- S.L. Huang talks about cancelling contracts and norms in publishing.
Interviews:
- Ryan Britt interviews Nicholas Meyer.
- E.B. Davis interviews Toni L.P. Kelner a.k.a. Leigh Perry.
- Stephen Usery interviews Rea Frey.
- Jacqueline Seewald interviews Sandra Murphy.
- The Dark Phantom Review interviews Susan McCormick.
- Kelly Faircloth interviews Josh Levin.
Reviews:
- Ali Karim reviews No Mercy by Martina Cole.
- Where the Reader Grows reviews Whatever It Takes by Paul Cleave.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Regret by Dan Malakin.
- A Bookworm's World reviews The Lying Room by Nicci French.
- BOLO Books reviews Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson.
- Ray Palen reviews Bomber's Moon by Archer Mayor.
- For Winter Nights reviews House of War by Scott Mariani.
- Kelly Lasiter reviews In the Woods by Tana French.
- Grab This Book reviews The Snow Killer by Ross Greenwood.
- Kerry Hammond reviews Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie.
- Brian Bandell reviews The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Fragility of Bodies by Sergio OlguÃn, translated by Miranda France.
- The Stiletto Gumshoe reviews Nobody Move by Philip Elliott.
- John Valeri reviews Murder Returns to the Precipice by Penny Goetjen.
- Catherine Turnbull reviews Murder by the Minster by Helen Cox.
- Angie Barry reviews Penny For Your Secrets by Anna Lee Huber.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Penny For Your Secrets by Anna Lee Huber.
- Corrina Lawson reviews Late Checkout by Carol J. Perry.
- Janet Webb reviews Coached to Death by Victoria Laurie.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Fudge Bites by Nancy Coco and tries a recipe from the book.
- Kirkus reviews Boxing the Octopus by Tim Maleeny.
- SFF World reviews The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes.
- Daniel Dern reviews The Institute by Stephen King.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Ghoster by Jason Arnopp.
- Jeff Somers reviews Ghoster by Jason Arnopp.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Predator One by Jonathan Maberry.
- Alastair Duncan reviews The Devil's Due by Bonnie MacBird.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon by James Lovegrove.
Classics reviews:
- Hector DeJean revisits the 1919 mystery The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley.
- Janet Roger revisits the 1939 Philip Marlowe mystery The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1940 mystery Case with Ropes and Rings by Leo Bruce.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits The Chinese Chop, a 1949 Lily Wu mystery by Juanita Sheridan.
- Alan Cranis revisits the 1957 crime novel The Living End by Frank Kane.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 noir novel Talk of the Town a.k.a. Stain of Suspicion by Charles Williams.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 mystery novel The Lady Is Transparent by Carter Brown a.k.a. Alan Yates.
- Joe Kenney revisits Instanbul, a 1965 Nick Carter Killmaster novel by Manning Lee Stokes.
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Thrill Killers, a 1974 Super Cop Joe Blaze novel by Robert Novak a.k.a. Len Levinson.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1979 war novel Rogue Sergeant by Lawrence Cortese a.k.a. Lawrence Cerri.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1982 science fiction mystery The Taking of Satcon Station by Barry Cohen and Jim Baen.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1982 war novel The Double Cross Squadron by William Parker Evans.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1983 mystery The Hanging Doll Murder a.k.a. Face Value by Roger Ormerod.
- Larry Clow revisits Come to Grief by Dick Francis, winner of the 1996 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Doreen Sheridan revisits The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook, winner of the 1997 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Con and event reports:
- Scotlyn Ogle reports about Bouchercon in Dalls, Texas.
- CrimeReads offers a guide to the many great panels at Bouchercon in Dallas, Texas.
Research:
- J.W. Ocker recalls his first day as a crime scene cleaner.
- John Edgar Wideman talks about the impassable divides of the prison visiting room.
- Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan discuss the KGB's surprisingly effective plan to exile Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn into the West, where he promptly managed to alienate everybody.
- Camestros Felapton wonders how far a person can travel in a day, using various means of transport.
- Sian Cain discusses civil defence information campaigns to supposedly protect the British public during a nuclear war.
- Mike Glyer reports about a murder case inside the Society for Creative Anachronism’s East Kingdom.
Free online fiction:
- "As Easy As Trick-Or-Treating" by John Weagly in Kings River Life.
- "The Case of the Caramelized Corpse" by Cindy Sample in Kings River Life.
- "No. 13: A Noir Ghost Story" by K.A. Laity in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Noir Evenings on an Uneven Street" by John Greiner in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Pork Pie Hat" by Frank Westworth in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Black Beast of Fulham" by Alice Wickham in Yellow Mama.
- "The Muse" by Sebnem E. Sanders in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Fuse Is Burning" by David Cranmer in The Five-Two.
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