Crime Fiction Links of the Week for December 21, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares the best recent crime novels.
- J. Kingston Pierce lists some recent crime novels that will make great holiday gifts.
- Elizabeth Penney attempts to explain the appeal of cozy mysteries.
- L.C. Shaw explains why conspiracy thrillers are so popular.
- Crossexamining Crime takes a look at the literary crossovers between Modernist literature and golden age detective fiction.
- Andrew Nette shares six lesser known crime and adventure fiction writers from the counterculture era of the 1960s and 1970s.
- Chad Eagleton reports about his attempts to trace 1960s and 1970s crime fiction writer Shane Stevens.
- Kwei Quartey discusses the role of the spiritual in African crime fiction.
- Jeremy Musson takes a look at the great British country houses which inspired Agatha Christie's famous mysteries.
- Olivia Rutigliano explains why the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a heist story.
- Poppy Noor reports that J.K. Rowling a.k.a. Robert Galbraith has been accused of transphobia over her defensive of a transphobic researcher
- Aja Romano also reports about the J.K. Rowling transphobia controversy.
- Elle Hunt talks about the etiquette of giving books as presents.
- Tom Adams, cover artist for many mysteries and crime thrillers, has died aged 93.
Best of lists:
- Marina Sofia shares her favourite crime novels of 2019.
- Abby Endler shares her thirteen favourite crime novels of 2019.
- Catherine Turnbull shares her five favourite crime novels of 2019.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen shares her five favourite crime novels of 2019.
- Crime Time shares its favourite crime novels of 2019.
- Crime Reads shares the best debut crime novels of 2019.
- Crime Reads shares their favourite traditional mysteries of 2019.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite historical mysteries of 2019.
- Crime Reads shares their favourite noir novels of 2019.
- Crime Reads shares their favourite spy novels of 2019.
- Crime Reads share their favourite true crime books of 2019.
- Mystery People share their five favourite Texas set crime novels of 2019.
- Paul French lists the rising international stars of crime fiction of the 2010s.
- Rick Treon lists his twenty-one favourite legal thrillers of the 21st century.
Film and TV:
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Courier a dreary action thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw declares that The Gentlemen is a return to the kind of hyperactive gangster movie that Guy Ritchie became famous for.
- Peter Bradshaw calls the Chinese movie Long Day’s Journey Into Night a hallucinatory experience.
- Mike D'Angelo calls The Song of Names a core of a mystery.
- Roxana Hadidi calls Clemency a subversive prison drama and praises the performance of Alfre Woodard
- Jesse Hassenger calls Just Mercy a routine death penalty drama, but praises the performances of Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx.
- Lucy Mangan calls Responsible Child a heartbreaking drama about the absurdity of British law, which considers twelve-year-olds too young to buy a hamster, but old enough to hold responsible for murder.
- Tom Breihan shares his thoughts on the John Wick series.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Ray Donovan.
- Hadley Freeman talks about the fallout from the true crime documentary Leaving Neverland.
- Katie Rife interviews Jennifer Reeder, director of Knives and Skin.
- Pamela Hutchinson shares ten great whodunnit mystery movies.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares ten crime movies you forgot take place around Christmas.
- Zach Vasquez shares his appreciation for the 1978 neo-noir thriller The Silent Partner, which just happens to be set around Christmas.
- Halley Sutton explains how The Godfather became an unlikely holiday classic.
- Erica Wright shares a crime writer's guide to holiday romance movies.
- Ross A. Lincoln reports that the TV crime drama Reef Break has been cancelled after only one season.
- Heather Murphy reports that the Hallmark Channel has pressured into pulling several commercials featuring same sex couples kissing.
Comments on Richard Jewell:
- Benjamin Lee declares that the true crime film Richard Jewell pushes a damaging myth about female journalists.
- Anthony D'Alessandro shares actress Olivia Wilde's response to criticisms of her role in the true crime drama Richard Jewell.
Comments on The Irishman:
- David Alexander dclares that The Irishman and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood are full of toxic masculinity, but don't actually address the problem.
- Andrew Pulver interviews director Martin Scorsese who promises that The Irishman will be the last movie he ever makes.
- Michael Hogan interviews Stephen Graham, one of the stars of The Irishman.
- Alex Godfrey interviews Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producer of The Irishman and Joker.
- Angela Watercutter declares that The Irishman gets de-aging right.
- Ryan Gilbey declares that 2019 and the critical and commercial success of Netflix productions such as The Irishman and Marriage Story has changed cinema forever.
Comments on the latest version of Watchmen:
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Watchmen.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of Watchmen.
- Joelle Monique shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Watchmen.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of Watchmen.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Watchmen.
- Phoebe Wagner shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Watchmen.
- Chris M. Barkley shares his thoughts on the last three episodes of season 1 of Watchmen.
- Sakena Jwan Washington discusses how Watchmen deals wth the challenges of African-American genealogy.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw talks about Watchmen and the fantasy of competence.
- Angelica Jade Bastien interviews Damon Lindelof, showrunner of Watchmen.
- Alison Shoemaker discusses the identity of Lube Man, a minor Watchmen character.
- Daniel D'Addario and Caroline Framke debate whether there should be a season 2 of Watchmen.
Comments on Black Christmas:
- Benjamin Lee calls the slasher horror remake Black Christmas an unholy, unscary mess.
- Beatrice Loayaza calls the Black Christmas remake more feminist than the 1979 original, but also less scary.
Comments on Spies in Disguise:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Spies in Disguise an entertaining family film.
- Todd McCarthy calls Spies in Disguise a one joke animated film.
- Jesse Hassenger shares his thoughts on the animated movie Spies in Disguise.
Awards:
- The recipients of the Mystery Writers of America 2020 Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 six word mystery contest of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Elaine Viets explains how she researched her Angela Richman Death Investigator series.
- Charles Soule declares that every story is a journey.
- Wendy Heard explains how to power through the second act.
- Font Folly shares his experience doing NaNoWriMo.
- Alison Moore talks about writing horror while preparing to donate a kidney.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains why translation is an art, not a science.
- Stacy Juba lists twenty-five unique gift ideas for writers they will actually enjoy.
- Alex Woolf shares some tips for dealing with rejection.
- Charlie Cochet talks about the issues with Dreamspinner Press.
Interviews:
- Alana Meike interviews Joyce Carol Oates.
- Nick Kolokowski interviews Chris McGinley.
- Alison Flood interviews Felice Picano.
- Alan Petersen interviews Diana Xarissa.
- Scott Adlerberg interviews Parnell Hall.
- Clea Simon interviews Art Taylor.
- Sara Martin Alegre interviews Richard K. Morgan.
Reviews:
- Dabney Grinnan reviews A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh.
- Carolyn Haley reviews How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Never Game by Jeffrey Deaver.
- Allison Brennan reviews Liar's Legacy by Taylor Stevens.
- Kirkus reviews A Small Town by Thomas Perry.
- Ray Palen reviews Broken Glass by Alexander Hartung
- For Winter Nights reviews The Dangerous Kind by Deborah O'Connor.
- John Valeri reviews Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza.
- The Nerdy Book Fairy reviews Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza.
- Novel Lives reviews Shatter the Night by Emily Littlejohn.
- Kittling Books reviews Winter Grave by Helene Tursten.
- Mal McEwan reviews Let It Snow by Nigel Bird.
- Paperback Warrior reviews Dust in the Heart by Ralph Dennis.
- Mystery People reviews The Lost Are the Last to Die by Larry Sweazy.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carré.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews The Six by Luca Veste.
- Joy Kluver reviews I Dare You by Sam Carrington.
- Kirkus reviews Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay.
- Books Are My Cwtches reviews The Ringmaster by Vanda Symon.
- Books Are My Cwtches reviews Bad Magic by A.M. Stirling.
- Kirkus reviews The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt by Burt Solomon.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Treachery by S.J. Parris.
- Catherine Turnbull reviews The Vanished Bride by Bella Ellis.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Merry Christmas Murder by Stephanie Blackmoore and tries a recipe from the book.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Cobblered to Death by Rosemary Ross.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Dogs of War by Jonathan Maberry.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman.
- BOLO Books reviews Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1933 mystery Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes by R. Austin Freeman.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1936 mystery Death in a Bookstore by Augusto De Angelis.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1941 holiday mystery The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1943 mystery Plenty Under the Counter by Kathleen Hewitt.
- Tayari Jones revisits the 1946 African American thriller The Street by Ann Petry.
- Stephen Nester revisits the 1951 crime novel To Kiss, or Kill by Day Keene a.k.a. Gunnar Hjerstedt.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel Catch the Brass Ring by Stephen Marlowe a.k.a. Milton Lesser.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 noir novel Girl Out Back by Charles Williams.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 mystery Murder in Room 13 by Albert Conroy a.k.a. Marvin Albert.
- Alan Cranis revisits the 1960 lesbian crime novel Warped Desire and the 1961 lesbian crime novel The Strangest Sin by Kay Addams a.k.a. Orrie Hitt.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1968 Mission Impossible tie-in novel Codename Judas by Max Walker.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1972 mystery Appointment with Yesterday by Celia Fremlin.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1972 holiday thriller Red Christmas by Patrick Ruell a.k.a. Reginald Hill.
Crowdfunding:
Research:
- Anthony Karen explains how he answered an ad in a magazine for mercenaries and promptly became involved in an attempted prison break.
- Anna Holligan asks if the Netherlands are becoming a narco state.
Free online fiction:
- "The Night Visit" by Alison Layland at Crime Cymru.
- "Red Velvet, White Lies" by Hillary Lyon in Yellow Mama.
- "Back in the Day" by A.F. Knott in Yellow Mama.
- "The Hunter" by Sebnem E. Sanders in Yellow Mama.
- "The Christmas Spirit" by Thorne Moore at Crime Cymru.
- "The Naughty List" by Tom Leins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Reckoning" by Graham Watkins at Crime Cymru.
- "Two Words" by Paula Messina in Kings River Life.
- "Help" by L.A. Sykes in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Soldiers of Fate" by Bryan Miller in Crimson Streets.
- "Wondering About the Real Crime" by J.H. Johns in The Five-Two.
- "Substitutions" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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