Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 23, 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 the best crime fiction of 2019 and the decade, Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night, Vienna Blood, 21 Bridges, the latest version of Charlie's Angels, Wachmen, Joker and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• The Real Book Spy shares twenty thrillers to look forward to in 2020.
• Paul French discusses crime fiction set in New Dehli, India. 
• Kwei Quartey talks about African crime fiction. 
• Matt Coleman talks about mysteries and crime novels set in the US state of Georgia.
• Sarah Rosenthal talks about true crime books which tackle fraud and identity theft.
• Karen Hugg explains why plants make good fictional murder weapons. 
• Linda Green explains why psychological thrillers are so often driven by family secrets.
• Annaleese Jochems takes a look at the third wheels of suspense and crime fiction.
• Nora Caplan-Bricker discusses the influence of Dorothy L. Sayers' 1935 mystery novel Gaudy Night on today's women crime fiction writers.
• Moira Macdonald shares her love for Dorothy L. Sayers' character Harriet Vane. 
• Stephanie Sylverne revisits Louisa May Alcott's 19th century thrillers written under the pen name A.M. Barnard and finds them revolutionary and feminist.
• Jessica Traynor takes a look at the time Raymond Chandler spent in Waterford, Ireland, and how it influenced his crime fiction.
• Beau L'Amour, son of western and adventure fiction writer Louis L'Amour, looks back on his father's writing career. 
• Kelly Jensen reports about a recent study according to which readers are happier and more satisfied with their lives than non-readers. 
• Lila Shapiro reports about a controversy that erupted when a student at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, called the books of YA author Sarah Dessen fine for teen girls, but maybe not appropriate reading for college students.
• Lisa Johnson Mandell reports that the mansion of the late mystery author Sue Grafton in Montecito, California, is up for auction.
  

Best of lists:

• Crime Reads share their ten best crime novels of the 2010s. 
• Crime Reads shares the crime fiction series that defined the 2010s.
• Crime Reads share their ten best true crime books of the 2010s. 
• J. Kingston Pierce offers a year by year overview of his favourite crime novels of the decade.
• Library Journal shares their best crime novels of 2019.

Film and TV:

• Paul French shares his favourite European crime dramas.
• Will Gompertz praises the Scottish crime drama Guilt. 
• Aya de Leon shares her thoughts on Hustlers.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 7 premiere of Ray Donovan. 
• Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder.
• Ellen E. Jones calls The Nightcrawlers a brave and gripping documentary. 
• Marah Eakin interviews Rian Johnson, director of Knives Out and The Last Jedi.
• Otto Penzler revisits Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 thriller Rear Window.
• Jesse Pasternak argues that Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Psycho invented the spoiler alert as we know it.
• Troy Rondinone delcares that film noir perfectly captures the paranoia of the mid twentieth century.
• Lanre Bakare reports that new rules for on-screen sex scenes have been handed out to British directors.

Comments on Vienna Blood:

• Emine Saner calls Vienna Blood an enjoyable but absurd period crime drama.
• Paul Hirons calls Vienna Blood a historical crime drama packed with clichés. 

Comments on 21 Bridges:

• Jesse Hassenger calls 21 Bridges a solid throwback crime thriller of the kind that is rarely made these days.
• Peter Bradshaw calls 21 Bridges a slick crime thriller.
• Chris Evangelista calls 21 Bridges a bland, predictable thriller.
• Jack Giroux interviews Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of 21 Bridges.
  
 

 Comments on the latest version of Charlie's Angels: 

• Kate Erbland interviews Elizabeth Banks, director of Charlie's Angels.
• Gwen Ihnat shares director Elizabeth Banks' response to complaints that the world does not need yet another Charlie's Angels movie.
• Anthony d'Alessandro reports that Charlie's Angels has bombed at the box office.
  

Comments on the latest version of Watchmen: 

• Charles Pulliam-Moore shares his thoughts on the latest epiode of Watchmen.
• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
• Joelle Monique shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
• Phoebe Wagner shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
• Adam Chitwood asks Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof about the fate of Adrian Veidt.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares the best Easter eggs in Watchmen.
  

Comments on Joker: 

• Noah Dominguez reports that Joker is now the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time.
• Tatiana Siegel reports that Joker is getting a sequel.
• Mike Fleming reports that while a Joker sequel is likely, there are no firm commitments yet.
• Zack Sharf reports that Joker director Todd Phillips has debunked any rumours about a sequel.
  

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards have been announced.
• Hallie Rubenhold has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for The Five, her book about the victims of Jack the Ripper. 
• James Patterson is one of the recipients of the National Medal of the Arts.
• The Bookseller reports that CrimeFest in Bristol, UK, has launched two new awards.
• Actors William Shatner and Donald Sutherland as well as forensic anthropologist and thriller author Kathy Reichs and TV producer Christina Jennings were awarded the Order of Canada.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Edward Trimnell attempts to answer the question whether to outline your novel or not. 
• Summer H. Paulus shares her experiences doing NaNoWriMo.
• W.L. Goodwater talks about the joys and risks of blending genre elements.
• Heather Rose Jones talks about writing historical fiction that centers women.
• Julie Mayhew explains how Tarot cards can help writers. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about time management for writers.
• Damien Walter proclaims the death of the novel and blames indie authors.
• Brian Keene discusses the issues with ChiZine Publications.
• Victoria Strauss offers a round-up regarding the ChiZine Publications situation.
• Locus reports about some new changes to the New York Times bestseller lists.
  

Interviews:

• The Real Book Spy interviews Janet Evanovich.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson. 
• The Real Book Spy interviews Douglas Misquita.
• Sally McDonald interviews Alex Gray.
• Lesa Holstine interviews Lois Winston and her character Anastasia Pollack.
• Dominique Jeannerod interviews Declan Burke.
• Alison Flood interviews Hallie Rubenhold.
  

Reviews:

• Mike Parker reviews Killing Quarry by Max Allan Collins. 
• Stephen Erickson reviews Killing Quarry by Max Allan Collins. 
• Sandra Mangan reviews Man at the Window by Robert Jeffreys. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew.
• Ray Palen reviews Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens.
• BOLO Books reviews Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver. 
• Mal McEwan reviews Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver. 
• Crime Book Junkie reviews Highest Lives by Gordon Brown. 
• Eileen Brady reviews The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller.
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Lost Are the Last to Die by Larry D. Sweazy.  
• The Real Book Spy reviews Dawn of the Assassin by Bill Brewer.
• For Winter Nights reviews The Grid by Nick Cook. 
• Ray Palen reviews Rage by Jonathan Maberry. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon.
• The Real Book Spy reviews Under Occupation by Alan Furst.
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Second Sleep by Robert Harris. 
• Larry Clow reviews Secret Service by Tom Bradby.
• Louis Bravos reviews The Budapest Escape by Bill Rapp. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey and tries a recipe from the book.
• Lesa Holstine reviews Stork Raving Mad by Donna Andrews. 
• Cory Doctorow reviews Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer.   
• Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer reviews Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer. 
• Meghan Schuler reviews A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber. 
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews In the Heart of the Fire by Dean R. Koontz. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews  From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories Inspired by Great American Paintings, edited by Lawrence Block.
  

Classics reviews:

• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1942 mystery The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie.
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits Wicked Uncle, a 1947 Miss Silver mystery by Patricia Wentworth.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1948 suspense story "The Specialty of the House" by Stanley Ellin. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1950 mystery A Bullet for Rhino by Clifford Witting.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 crime thriller A Cry in the Night a.k.a. All Through the Night by Wade Miller a.k.a. Bob Wade and Bill Miller. 
• Martin Edwards revisits The Eighth Circle by Stanley Ellin, winner of the 1959 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 thriller The Long Ride by James McKimmey.
• Paperback Warrior revisits Appointment in Iran, a 1977 novel in The Butcher men's adventure series by Stuart Jason a.k.a. James Dockery.
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits Death After Breakfast, a 1978 Pierre Chambrun mystery by Hugh Pentecost a.k.a. Judson Phillips.
• Paperback Warrior revisits Thirteen for the Kill, a 1981 novel in the Marc Dean Mercenary men's adventure series by Peter Buck a.k.a. Peter Leslie.
• Joe Kenney revisits Tech Strike Force, a 1987 novel in the C.A.D.S. post-apocalyptic adventure series by John Sievert a.k.a. Ryder Syvertsen.  
• B.V. Lawson revisits Ah, Sweet Mystery, a 1991 Kate Mulcay mystery by Celestine Sibley
• Angie Barry revisits the noir novel Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark, winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
  

Con and event reports:

• Joy Kluver reports about the Lady Thrillers events at the West Barnes Library in Merton, UK, featuring Amanda Robson and Emma Curtis.
• Morag Kuc shares the line-up for the 2020 Granite Noir crime writing festival in Aberdeen, Scotland.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Mysterious Galaxy, a specialist bookstore in San Diego, California, is about to lose its lease and needs a new location and a new owner to survive.
  

Research:

• DEA operatives Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña explain how they took down drug lord Pablo Escobar.
• Brendan I. Koerner talks about the murder of blockchain coder Jerold Haas. 
• Dave Lee reports that drone manufacturer DJI has created an app that can identify rogue drones and locate their pilots. 
• Christopher Knaus reports about the case of an anonymous prisoner who was sentenced to prison in a secret trial in Australia.
• Oscar and Juan José Martínez discuss the rise of Salvadoran street gangs in 1980s Los Angeles.

Free online fiction:

• "Witness" by Conrad Person in Shotgun Honey. 
• "The Watcher" by Jacqueline M. Moran in Yellow Mama. 
• "The Tut" by Paul D. Brazill in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Afterward" by Alan Orloff in Flash Bang Mysteries.
• "Burning the Wound" by Giovanni Mangiante in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Two Good Hands" by Steve Liskow in Tough.
• "Knee Deep in the Sea" by Melissa Marr in Lightspeed.
• "Page 8 Incident" by Allan Lake in The Five-Two.

Odds and Ends:

• Watch a trailer for Dare Me.
• Watch a trailer for Spies in Disguise. 
• Listen to an audio drama based on The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing.