Crime Fiction Links of the Week for December 7, 2019
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares nine crime novels, mysteries and thrillers to read in December.
- Nalini Singh discusses why people love mysteries.
- Nalini Singh also talks about the crime fiction of New Zealand.
- J. Kingston Pierce takes a look at how the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s were reflected in the popular fiction of the day.
- Andrew Nette discusses how the Vietnam War was reflected in popular fiction in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Radha Vatsal talks about Victorian domestic suspense writer Wilkie Collins, his relationships with women and his issues with marriage.
- Zach Vasquez shares ten dark thrillers about children in peril.
- Alice Blanchard lists five crime writers who found themselves a little too close to their villainous characters.
- Alison Flood reports that according to newly resurfaced documents, Albert Camus and his publisher Michel Gallimard may have been murdered by the KGB
- Quinton Peeples talks about the noir influences of his graphic novel The Big Country.
- James Davis Nicoll shares some tips for recovering from reader's block.
- Lady Business shares some ideas for building better and more inclusive bookstore endcaps.
- Tanner Tavelski analyses the noir sensibilities of Tom Waits.
- Mystery genre historian Wilette Helsing has died aged 72.
Best of lists:
- NPR share their favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2019.
- The New York Public Library shares its favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2019.
- AudioFile lists its favourite mystery, suspense and thriller audiobooks of 2019.
Film and TV:
- Camille LeBlanc shares a guide to the best crime TV for December.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Motherless Brooklyn a heavy-going adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's eponymous novel.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Wolf's Call a tense and sweaty submarine thriller.
- Beatrice Loayaza calls The Wolf Hour a claustrophobic but thin psychological thriller.
- Phil Hoad calls Solid Gold and overlong and unengaging crime thriller from Poland.
- Alex McLevy declares that Reprisal is very much style over substance, but at least it has style in spades.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Lucy in the Sky an intriguing film based on true events.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Ray Donovan.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Prodigal Son.
- Jon Land muses about the continuing popularity of Jessica Fletcher and Murder She Wrote.
- Steve Vertlieb revisits the 1960 TV series Route 66.
- Halley Sutton discusses the evolution of the femme fatale in film noir.
- Paige Shelton shares the ten movies that turned her into a fan of mystery and suspense.
- André Wheeler wonders whether Queen and Slim is trauma porn.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky declares that director Clint Eastwood manages to turn the story of Richard Jewell, the security guard believed to have been involved in the Atlanta Olympics bombing in 1996, into yet another story about an American longer hero who is really an awful person.
- Adrian Horton shares his thoughts about the documentary The Confession Killer.
- Lucy Mangan calls Tagged: Life on Lockdown an unflinching documentary series.
- Lucy Mangan calls The Family Secret an extraordinary account of child abuse.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw explains why Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are not a couple in the animated Harley Quinn.
- Catherine Shoard explains why the James Bond movies are a dream come true for product placement.
- Alison Herman declares that 2019 marked the end of one television era and the beginning of the next.
- Actress Joan Staley, who appeared in Batman, 77 Sunset Strip and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken among others, has died aged 79.
- Actor Robert Walker Jr., best known for his roles in the original Star Trek, Columbo, Charlie's Angels, Murder She Wrote and many others, has died aged 79.
Comments on Knives Out:
- Mark Kermode calls Knives Out a deliciously entertaining whodunnit.
- A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife calls Knives Out a film that sneaks up on you with its twists and its heart.
- Charles Bramesco interviews Rian Johnson, director of Knives Out and The Last Jedi.
Comments on Truth To Be Told:
- Lucy Mangan calls Truth To Be Told a criminally bad podcast thriller.
- Joi Childs declares that Truth To Be Told searches for redemption but mostly find melodrama.
Comments on The Irishman:
- Charles Bramesco and readers of the Guardian discuss The Irishman.
- Benjamin Lee reports that The Irishman has been named the best movie of 2019 by the National Board of Review.
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.
- Phoebe Wagner shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts about the latest episode of Watchmen.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest two episodes of Watchmen.
- Chris M. Barkley shares his thoughts on the latest few episodes of Watchmen.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore interviews Nicole Kassell, executive producer of Watchmen.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore offers some background information about the character of Captain Metropolis in Watchmen.
- GEN interviews Damon Lindelof, showrunner of Watchman.
- The Superhero Cinephiles revisits Zack Snyder's take on Watchmen.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Paige Shelton talks about the inspiration behind her new mystery Thin Ice.
- Tyler Hayes shares some tips for writing speculative detective fiction.
- Summer H. Paulus shares her experiences doing NaNoWriMo.
- Helen Betya Rubinstein explains what your draft and its problems says about you.
- Mike Glyer reports that the Writing the Other scholarship program has been renamed the Vonda N. McIntyre Sentient Squid Scholarship.
- Cory Doctorow reports that paranormal romance author Christine Feehan is trying to trademark the word "Dark" for exclusive use for her series.
- Claire Ryan also weighs in on the Christine Feehan trademark issue.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains that old stories can still be licensed for new merchandise and also tackles the "Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?" debate.
Interviews:
- Max Booth interviews Matthew McBride.
- Sanda Mangan interviews Leigh Russell.
- Lesa Holstine interviews Paige Shelton.
- Michael Seidlinger interviews Virginie Despentes.
- John Wisniewski interviews Henry Roi.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Nalini Singh.
Reviews:
- Janet Webb reviews A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Scorched Earth by Rachel Blok.
- Chris Wolak reviews Thin Ice by Paige Shelton.
- Lesa Holstein reviews Thin Ice by Paige Shelton.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous by Manu Joseph.
- Joy Kluver reviews The Case of the Reincarnated Client by Tarquin Hall.
- For Winter Nights reviews In Her Eyes by Sarah Alderson.
- Joy Kluver reviews What She Saw Last Night by M.J. Cross.
- Random Things Through My Letterbox reviews The Sound of Her Voice by Nathan Blackwell.
- Robert Allen Papinchak reviews Sarah Jane by James Sallis.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Violet by S.J.I. Holliday.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Dead To Her by Sarah Pinborough.
- Paperback Warrior reviews The Spy in a Box by Ralph Dennis.
- Joseph Scarpato Jr. reviews The Lonely Hour by Christopher Fowler.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Bells of Hell by Michael Kurland.
- Jean Gazis reviews All That's Bright and Gone by Eliza Nellums.
- Joy Kluver reviews One Christmas Night by Hayley Webster.
- Benjamin Boulden reviews A Noel Killing by M.L. Longworth.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder at Icicle Lodge by J.D. Griffo and tries a recipe from the book.
- The Qwillery reviews Kitty Peck and the Parliament of Shadows by Kate Griffin.
- Janet Webb reviews Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar by Kate Saunders.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Tangle's Game by Stewart Hotston.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Net Force: Dark Web by Jerome Preisler.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
- Margaret Agnew reviews The Dead Girls Club and Damien Angelica Walters.
- Martin Edwards reviews Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide by Barry Foreshaw.
Classics reviews:
- Sarah Weinman revisits the 1945 noir novel Dread Journey by Dorothy B. Hughes.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1952 crime novel The Three Widows by Bernice Carey.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the detective novel Room to Swing by Ed Lacy a.k.a. Leonard Zinberg, winner of the 1958 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1958 holiday mystery The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Tower of Blood, a 1982 novel in the C.A.T. Crisis Aversion Team thriller series by Spike Andrews a.k.a. Duane Schermerhorn.
- Joe Kenney revisits Maracaibo Massacre, a 1987 novel in The Liberty Corps men's adventure series by Mark K. Roberts.
- Kat Hooper revisits Burning Water, a 1989 Diana Tregarde urban fantasy mystery by Mercedes Lackey.
- Kat Hooper revisits Children of the Night, a 1990 Diana Tregarde urban fantasy mystery by Mercedes Lackey.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1996 anthology Murder Incontinental, edited by Cynthia Manson and Kathleen Halligan.
- Joe Brosnan revisits Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker, winner of the 2002 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Con and event reports:
- Joy Kluver reports about the December First Monday Crime event in London, UK.
- Gary Lovisi shares a video of a tour around the Bold Venture Pulp Fan Fest in Bordertown, New Jersey.
- Alice Blanchard talks about the curious experience of visiting Salem, Massachusetts, with its tragic past and commericalised present.
Research:
- The BBC reports that a man in Van Buren, Maine, managed to kill himself with a booby-trapped shotgun that was supposed to protect him against intruders.
- Shoko Egawa reports about a murder in an idyllic small town in Japan.
- The BBC reports that China is about to introduce face scans for users of mobile phones.
Free online fiction:
- "Two Days Before Florence" by Chris Benton in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Black Flowers Blossom" by Vina Jie-Min Prasad in Uncanny Magazine.
- "After Ed Glasgow's House Was Sold" by Stefan Kiesbye in Tough.
- "The Royal We" by Luke Woodard in Shotgun Honey.
- "Clark's Boy, Part 2" by Brian Spiess in Crimson Streets.
- "Doubting Thomas" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "How Many Does It Take To Burn a Teenage Girl?" by Kristin Garth in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Just Shoot 'Em" by Faye Turner-Johnson in The Five Two.
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