Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 9, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Lisa Levy shares five psychological thrillers to read this November.
- Crime Reads shares five true crime books to read this November.
- Paul French takes a look at the crime fiction of Havanna, Cuba.
- George Weinstein offers a list of crime fiction writers from Atlanta, Georgia.
- Chad Zunker shares six legal thrillers with social messages.
- Tori Eldridge discusses the veracity and heart of modenr action thrillers.
- Craig Sisterson profiles Michael Connelly.
- Janet Roger talks about historical mysteries and once contemporary mysteries that become historical.
- Lisa Jewell shares nine suspense novels set in creepy mansion full of secrets.
- Nick Kolakowski shares four novels that combine science fiction and mystery.
- Shelley Noble profiles four female mystery writers of the Gilded Age.
- Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga explain why Penny Dreadfuls were so popular in the nineteenth century.
- Alison Flood reports that the first female European authors began writing much earlier than previously thought.
Film and TV:
- Camille LeBlanc shares the best crime and mystery television for November.
- Peter Bradshaw praises the performances of Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen in the mystery thriller The Good Liar.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Driven a flashy crime thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Earthquake Bird a psychological noir movie with few thrills.
- Mike D'Angelo calls Primal a lousy zoological action thriller.
- Graeme Virtue praises the Scottish crime drama Guilt.
- Paul Levinson explains that the crime film In the Shadow of the Moon turns out to be a time travel story.
- Brandon O'Brien compares Joker to Fight Club and explains why both movies are problematic and have attracted toxic fans.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How To Get Away With Murder.
- Noah Hawley and Billy Bob Thornton, creator and star of Fargo, look back in the show's first season.
- Stuart Jeffries calls The Young Offenders filthy, farcical and funny.
- Otto Penzler revisits the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1956 crime movie Doublecross.
- Rosanna Greenstreet interviews David Harewood, who appeared in Supergirl, Homeland and The Night Manager among others.
- Marah Eakin interviews David Leitch, director of John Wick, Hobbes and Shaw and Atomic Blonde.
- Ashley Cullins reports that William Link and Richard Levinson, creators of Columbo, have been awarded seventy million US-dollars in a rights and profits lawsuit.
Comments on Motherless Brooklyn:
- A.O. Scott calls Motherless Brooklyn an ambitious adaptation.
- Justin Chang calls Motherless Brooklyn a passion project for writer, director and star Edward Norton.
- Mary Louise Kelly explains why writer and director Edward Norton chose to set Motherless Brooklyn in the 1950s rather than in the 1990s like the Jonathan Lethem novel it is based upon.
- Olivia Rutigliano points out that Motherless Brooklyn is not an easy novel to adapt.
Comments on The Irishman:
- Beatrice Loayza discusses why women characters don't speak in The Irishman.
- Andrew Pulver interviews Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, stars of The Irishman.
- Steve Rose wonders whether Martin Scorsese, director of The Irishman, is becoming more radical with age.
- Stephanie Convery explains why The Irishman will not be playing in many cinemas.
Comments on season 2 of Jack Ryan:
- Paul Levinson calls season 2 of Jack Ryan excellent.
- Melanie McFarland feels that Jack Ryan clings to an outdated action movie mythos.
- Jennifer Still wonders what became of the character of Cathy Mueller, played by Abbie Cornish, in season 2 of Jack Ryan.
- John Orquiola is irked by a minor change to the lead character's full name in Jack Ryan.
Comments on the latest version of Watchmen:
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Joelle Monique shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Phoebe Wagner shares her thoughts on Watchmen.
- Lincoln Michel shares everything you need to know about the world of Watchmen.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw discusses the relevance of the character of Senator Keene in Watchmen.
- Brandon Zachary discusses the fate of a Batman stand-in in Watchmen.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports about a Doctor Manhattan dildo spotted in Watchmen.
- Abraham Riesman interviews Damon Lindelof, producer of Watchmen.
- Patrick Tchakounte reports that HBO has started a companion podcast for Watchmen.
Comments on Blade Runner and how it compares to the real November 2019:
- Dan Robitzki compares the November 2019 world protrayed in Blade Runner with reality.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw points out that Akira and Running Man are both set in 2019 as well, but for some reason everybody is only talking about Blade Runner.
Comments on the imminent shutdown of Yahoo Groups:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that Yahoo Groups has stopped new uploads on October 28 and that all content will be deleted on December 14.
- Janita Burgess of the Organisation for Transformative Works declares that the Archive of Our Own offers sanctuary to endangered fannish content on Yahoo Groups.
- Janita Burgess also urges people to inform every Yahoo Group about the shutdown, since many do not know about it.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2019 Anthony Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Barry and Shamus Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2019 Staunch Prize has been announced.
- Hazel Shearing interviews several finalists and critics of the Staunch Prize about the concept of an award for thrillers that do not contain violence against women.
- Voting is open for the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards. The finalists in the mystery and thriller category may be found here.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Dario Ciriello points out that "Kill Your Darlings" is an awful writing rule.
- Eugenia Lovett West talks about taking up writing late in life.
- Bella Ellis discusses the inspiration behind her historical mystery The Vanished Bride.
- Kellie Doherty talks about the importance of critique groups.
- Rachel Deahl asks if publishing is too focussed on bestsellers.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch reports about a paradigm shift in the writing business.
- Mike Glyer reports about a slew of complaints about ChiZine Publications.
- Mike Glyer shares even more complaints about ChiZine Publications.
- Michael Patrick Hicks weighs in on the ChiZine situation.
- Gabino Iglesias points out that ChiZine is just the tip of the iceberg.
Interviews:
- Adam Langer interviews Nicholas Meyer.
- Scott Montgomery interviews Jake Hinkson.
- Scott Montgomery interviews James Sallis.
- Joy Kluver interviews Louise Candlish.
- Paul Vidich interviews Joseph Kanon.
- Ron Earl Philips interviews Nick Kolakowski.
- Lesa Holstine interviews Doris Casey.
- E.B. Davis interviews Jennifer David Hesse.
Reviews:
- Terrie Farley Moran reviews Galway Girl by Ken Bruen.
- Mystery People reviews Galway Girl by Ken Bruen.
- BOLO Books reviews Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews City of Scoundrels by Victoria Thompson.
- Publishers Weekly reviews A Step So Grave by Catriona McPherson.
- Angie Barry reviews Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders.
- Ray Palen reviews The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Three Widows and a Corpse by Debra Sennefelder and tries a recipe from the book.
- Dru Ann Love reviews Coming Up Murder by Mary Angela.
- Dru Ann Love reviews Fan Mail by Daryl Wood Gerber.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Barry.
- Joy Kluver reviews Violet by S.J.I. Holiday.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews The Burning Hill by A.D. Flint.
- Publishers Weekly reviews House on Fire by Joseph Finder.
- For Winter Nights reviews A Window Breaks by C.M. Ewan.
- Kate Vane reviews How to Kill Your Friends by Phil Kurthausen.
- For Winter Nights reviews Die Alone by Simon Kernick.
- Catherine Turnbull reviews Sorry for the Dead by Nicola Upson.
- BOLO Books reviews Not Dead Enough by J.W. Redman.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews The Measure of Malice, edited by Martin Edwards.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre.
Classics reviews:
- Hank Philippi Ryan revisits the 1927 legal thriller The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1935 true crime novel Skin for Skin by Winifred Duke.
- B.V. Lawson revisits Ghost of a Chance, a 1947 Jeff and Haila Troy mystery by Kelley Roos a.k.a. Aubrey Kelley and William Roos.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1951 crime novel The Far Cry by Fredric Brown.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1955 crime novel Fatal in My Fashion by Patricia McGerr.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 hardboiled mystery Negative of a Nude by Charles E. Fritch.
- Joe Kenney revisits The Spy at Angkor Wat, a 1966 Joaquin Hawks spy novel by Bill S. Ballinger.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1966 war novel Bloody Jungle by Charles W. Runyon.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1970 men's adventure novel Killer Patrol.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1972 science fiction thriller The Stardropper by John Brunner.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1973 vigilante novel Vendetta by Joseph Gilmore.
- Angie Barry revisits Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke, winner of the 1998 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Con and event reports:
- Lesa Holstine shares her experiences at Bouchercon in Dallas, Texas, and shares several photos.
- Lesa Holstine reports about a play performed at Bouchercon and shares even more photos.
- Colette Bancroft reports about the Times Festival of Reading in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Joy Kluver reports about the November First Monday Crime Event in London, UK, featuring Alex North, Louise Candlish, Victoria Selman and Abir Mukherjee.
- Ben Mack reports about his stay at the hotel room in Instanbul, Turkey, where Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express.
Research:
- Emine Saner discusses the case of Tasnim Lowe, whose mother, aunt and grandfather were murdered by her father.
- Rick Rojas talks about the case of Geneva Cooley who was sentenced to life in prison for non-violent drug offenses and finally paroled at age 72.
- The BBC reports about an unusual jailbreak in California.
- Mark Seal reports how Iceland became a leader in bitcoin mining and how that attracted criminals.
- Kristin Innes recounts her encounter with the sex worker Laura Lee.
- Felicity Carter talks about her work as an astrologer and how astrology really works.
Free online fiction:
- "How Jules Left Prison" by Nick Kolakowski in Shotgun Honey.
- "Two Guys Come Through the Door with Guns" by Karen Heuler at Akashic Books.
- "Moby Mick" by B.V. Lawson at Akashic Books.
- "Loaded Guns" by Sandra Seamans in Out Of the Gutter.
- "Safe in the Sunshine" by Peri Dwyer Worrell in The Five-Two.
- "No Philosophy" by David Berger in Shotgun Honey.
- "The New Crop" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Loot" by Cora Buhlert.
- "Clarks's Boy, Part 1" by Brian Spiess in Crimson Streets.
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