Crime Fiction Links of the Week for February 1, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Jessica Fellowes shares the best crime novels for people who claim they don't like crime fiction.
- Paul French talks about Czech crime fiction and wonders why not more of it has been translated into English.
- Greg Bastianelli shares his favourite crime novels and thrillers set in isolated frozen environments.
- Ann Parker lists historical mysteries by women writer set in the American West.
- K.W. Colyard shares fifteen novels featuring female detectives.
- Crossexamining Crime asks what makes a good female sleuth.
- C.J. Tudor shares seven crime novels where two or more people conspire to commit murder.
- Crossexaming Crime discusses how animal references are used in golden age mystery fiction to describe female characters.
- Crime fiction writer Nina Sadowsky talks about her friendship with an FBI agent.
- Kate Weinberg discusses the mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926.
- Neil Nyren shares his appreciation for the works of Carl Hiaasen.
- Crossexamining Crime ranks the Leonidas Witherall mysteries by Alice Tilton.
- Sam Kates shares his appreciation for the works of Enid Blyton.
- Cartoonist Tom Gauld offers a not entirely serious look at the plots of upcoming Jack Reacher novels.
- Suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark has died aged 92.
Comments on the controversy surrounding American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins:
- Alison Flood reports about a cultural appropriation backlash against American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.
- Ritu Prassad also reports about the backlash against American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.
- Rachel Martin reports about the backlash against American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.
- Roxane Gay discusses the American Dirt controversy and also a new production of West Side Story, which annoys her with daring to have a Belgian director and Dutch choreographer.
- The Los Angeles Times reports about the controversy surrounding American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.
- The Los Angeles Times also shares various Twitter reactions to American Dirt.
- Esmeralda Bermudez declares that inaccurate portrayals of the immigrant experience like American Dirt happen, when minorities are shut out of the publishing industry.
- Myriam Gurba shares some books by Latino authors that are more authentic than American Dirt.
- Carlos Greaves offers a satirical take on the American Dirt controversy.
Film and TV:
- Alex McLevy declares that the thriller Grand Isle has everything you expect from a Nicholas Cage movie.
- Tim Dowling calls The Stranger an addictive thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls How I Became a Gangster: True Story a dire and derivative mob drama.
- Mike D'Angelo shares his thoughts on the mob drama The Traitor.
- Peter Bradshaw declares that the true crime drama Richard Jewell fails to detonate.
- Allison Brennan explains why Prodigal Son is a must-watch TV show.
- Doreen Sheridan shares her thoughts on the stalker drama You.
- Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Outsider.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1969 mystery film Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?
- Nicci Gerard and Sean French a.k.a. Nicci French share their favourite long takes in thriller and crime movies.
- Rosanna Greenstreet interviews Gemma Whelan who appears in White House Farm and played Yara Greyjoy in Game of Thrones.
- Actor John Karlen, best known for his parts in Dark Shadows and Cagney and Lacey, has died aged 86.
Comments on The Rhythm Section:
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Rhythm Section a thrilling quest for revenge.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls The Rhythm Section an overcooked thriller.
- Katie Rife and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky discuss The Rhythm Section.
- Watch a trailer for The Rhythm Section.
Comments on Queen and Slim:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Queen and Slim a punchy thriller.
- Tom Beasley interviews Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya, stars of Queen and Slim.
- Jessica Murray interviews Daniel Kaluuya, star of Get Out, Black Panther and Queen and Slim.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2020 DGA Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2020 VES Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Bethany Henry shares six ways to feed your muse.
- Jana Oliver explains what to do when your muse is missing in action.
- Janice Hardy talks about things to consider when adding a POV character.
- Kathleen Jennings recounts how the Australian wildfires are affecting writers.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains how freeing it can be to realise that nobody cares.
- Rolland Kling talks about social media book marketing.
- Jeff Gunhus discusses how to travel like a crime writer.
Interviews:
- Alison Flood interviews Nora Roberts a.k.a. J.D. Robb.
- Lisa Levy interviews Adrian McKinty, Rob Hart and Steph Cha.
- Mal McEwan interviews Matt Wesolowski.
- Irene Feighan interviews Jo Spain.
- Criminal Element interviews Olen Steinhauer.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Tanen Jones.
- Deborah Kalb interviews J.A. Jance.
Reviews:
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Till Morning Is Nigh by Robert Parker.
- James Davis-Nicoll reviews Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
- Janet Webb reviews The Janes by Louisa Luna.
- Kirkus reviews The Janes by Louisa Luna.
- Mark I. Pinsky reviews The Wife and the Widow by Christian White.
- Mystery People review The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge.
- BOLO Books reviews The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day.
- BOLO Books reviews Pretty as a Picture by Elizabeth Little.
- Lizzie Hayes reviews Payback by R.C. Bridgestock.
- Bruce DeSilva reviews The Blaze by Chad Dundas.
- Janet Webb reviews House on Fire by Joseph Finder.
- Mystery Sequels reviews Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews A Dark Matter by Doug Johnstone.
- Kate Vane reviews St. Francis of Dogtown by W.M. Stage.
- Mystery People review Turn to Stone by James Ziskin.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Willow Marsh Murder by Karen Charlton.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Field Guide to Homicide by Lynn Cahoon.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Brewed Awakening by Cleo Coyle and tries a recipe from the book.
- Martin Edwards reviews The Lost Winner by Fu Wei.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Night Train to Murder by Simon R. Green.
- For Winter Nights reviews The God Game by Danny Tobey.
- Swapna Krishna reviews The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Agency by William Gibson.
- For Winter Nights reviews Black 13 by Adam Hamdy.
- Micheal Sears reviews The Body Outside the Kremlin by James L. May
- Catherine Turnbull reviews Hitler's Secret by Rory Clements.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1907 crime novel Israel Rank by Roy Horniman, in which the film Kind Hearts and Coronets was based.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits File For Record, a 1943 Leonidas Witherall mystery by Alice Tilton.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1950 mystery Murder Takes the Veil by Margaret Ann Hubbard.
- Berthold Gambrel revisits the 1953 science fiction mystery The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 crime novel Mrs. Homicide by Day Keene a.k.a. Gunnard R. Hjertstedt.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1956 mystery Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J. Farmer.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1958 adventure fiction collection Adventure in Paradise by Emile Schumacher.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 crime novel Sin Hellcat by Lawrence Black and Donald E. Westlake.
- Chris McGinley revisits the 1962 rural noir novel The Tall Woman by Wilma Dykeman
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1971 thriller Thorne in the Flesh by Rhona Petrie.
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Deadliest Game, a 1976 novel in the Soldier of Fortune men's adventure series by Peter McCurtin.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Cryogenic Nightmare, a 1978 novel in The Penetrator men's adventure series by Lionel Derrick a.k.a. Chet Cunningham.
- Alan Wagner revisits The Last Child by John Hart, winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Con and event reports:
- Ayo Onatade announced that crime fiction writer Lynda La Plante will be the ambassador for the London Books & Screen Week in London, UK.
- Mike Glyer offers an overview of the program of PaleyFest 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
- Nancy Coleman reports about Broadwaycon in New York City.
- Dave Schwab reports about the opening of the new Mysterious Galaxy bookshop in Point Loma, California.
Research:
- Philip Jett discusses the mysterious disappearance and possible murder of heiress Helen Brach in 1975.
- Van Jensen recalls his days as a crime reporter in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Nile Capello reports about the case of Rodney Reed, who was sentenced to death for a crime he insists he did not commit.
- Mhari Shaw shares photos of prisoners and their families in Oklahoma.
Free online fiction:
- "Infinity Sky" by Kristen Lepionka in Tough.
- "Joe and Mary-Jane" by P.J. Stephenson in Shotgun Honey.
- "Merry Christmas, Baby", Part 1 and Part 2 by Mark Timlin in Shots Magazine Confidential.
- "The Ghost in You" by Graham Wynd in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "A Drug I Cannot Have" by Mark McConville in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Picnic" by John Greiner in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "These We Keep" by Kristin Garth in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Xannie" by J.B. Stephens in The Five-Two.
- "Bamboozled" by Ian Lewis Copestick in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Poop Thief" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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