Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 7, 2020

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 controversy surrounding American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, season 8 of Homeland, Spenser Confidential, Devs, The Burnt Orange Heresy, the latest version of The Invisible Man and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• CrimeReads shares twelve crime novels to read this March. 
• Lisa Levy shares five psychological thrillers to read this March.
• Garrick Webster shares three upcoming crime novels by women writers. 
• Olivia Rutigliano ranks the nineteen best crime-solving writers in fiction. 
• Peter Swanson admires sixteen of the most perfect murders in crime fiction.
• Douglas Skelton explains why the Scottish Isles make the perfect crime fiction setting. 
• Ariel Gore talks about noir fiction set in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• Russ Thomas talks about the homme fatal and reimagining a noir stereotype.
• Molly Odintz remembers noir writer David Goodis. 
• Daneet Steffens shares her appreciation for the neo-noir novels of William Boyle. 
• William Boyle talks about the obsessions and formative experiences that led him to write neo-noir novels set in Brooklyn. 
• James Ellroy remembers writing his 1987 true crime novel The Black Dahlia. 
• Deanna Raybourn shares the five mysteries and crime novels that shaped her most.
• Olivia Rutigliano talks about the literary friendship between Arthur Conan Doyle and Grant Allen. 
• Benjamin Welton discusses Raymond Chandler's experiences in World War I.
• Robert Stone recalls an encounter with writer Ken Kesey in Mexico.
• Lizzy Steiner wonders why there are so many crime cases involving cheerleaders. 
• Alyea Canada reports that Dashiell Hammett's former apartment in San Francisco, California, is available to rent. 
• J. Kingston Pierce remembers the late Walter Satterthwait and Clive Cussler.
• Mystery writer and human rights lawyer Laura Caldwell has died.
  

Comments on the controversy surrounding American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins:

• Alison Flood reports about the upcoming episode of Oprah's Book Club discussing the controversial novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. 
• Hillel Italie also reports about the Oprah's Book Club episode featuring American Dirt.
• Hillel Italie interviews Jeanine Cummins and Oprah Winfrey.
  

Film and TV:

• Dwyer Murphy offers an overview of all the new crime series and movies streaming in March.
• Stuart Jeffries declares that the new British crime drama McDonald and Dodds features the perfect pairing of mismatched cops. 
• Rebecca Nicholson declares that the British suspense drama Liar has turned into a lazy thriller in series 2. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Escape From Pretoria a tough, muscular prison drama. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Calm With Horses an unflinching underworld drama.
• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls The Wild Goose Lake a stylish neo-noir gangster movie.
• Katie Rife and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky discuss the neo-noir movie The Whistlers 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Broken Law a headbutt of a thriller about brothers on either side of the law. 
• Peter Bradshaw shares his thoughts on the black and white version of Parasite.
• Donna Bowman shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Better Call Saul. 
• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Sinner.
• LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
• Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Outsider.
  
• Graeme Virtue calls season 2 of Altered Carbon visually dazzling and brilliantly intriguing.
  
• Tim Jonze interviews George MacKay, star of True History of the Kelly Gang. 
• Garrick Webster looks ahead at season 2 of the Italian crime drama Thou Shalt Not Kill.
• Michael Ledgwidge shares his thoughts on the 1944 noir movie Double Indemnity. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1982 historical crime movie The Draughtsman's Contract.
• Nellie Andreeva reports that Hawaii Five-0 will end this April after ten seasons.
• The Guardian reports that Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to one year of prison because of alleged propaganda against the Iranian regime.
• Mark Sweeney reports that various James Bond fan groups demand postponing the March release of the upcoming James Bond film No Time To Die because of corona virus fears.
• Benjamin Lee reports that the release of No Time To Die has been postponed to November.
  

Comments on Spenser Confidential: 

• Benjamin Lee calls Spenser Confidential a clumsy and unfunny adaption of the much loved Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker.
• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Spenser Confidential forgettable and declares that Mark Wahlberg can do better.
  

Comments on season 8 of Homeland:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts about the latest episode of Homeland.
• Scott Von Doviak shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
  

Comments on Devs:

• Danette Chavez calls Devs a meticulous but overstuffed mystery. 
• Swapna Kirshna calls Devs an intriguing mystery. 
• Alison Herman notes that Devs is a TV show, but feels like something completely different.
• Cameron Schetz interviews the creator and cast of Devs.
  

Comments on the latest version of The Invisible Man: 

• Jennifer Ouellette calls The Invisible Man an ingenious horror film that works on multiple levels. 
• Scott Tobias calls the latest version of The Invisible Man an ingenious updating. 
• Alissa Wilkinson declares that the latest version of The Invisible Man gives a classic horror story new life as a tale about domestic abuse. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls The Invisible Man a surprisingly realistic thriller about domestic abuse.
• Sara Century declares that The Invisible Man turns the horror classic into a story about a woman.
• Natalie Zutter declares that the feminist wish fulfillment of The Invisible Man feels hollow.
• Katie Rife and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky discuss The Invisible Man.
• Jeffrey Bloomer asks how scary The Invisible Man is.
• Adrian Horton discusses how The Invisible Man plays on the real-world fears of many women. 
• Cameron Scheetz interviews Oliver Jackson-Cohen who plays the titular character in The Invisible Man.
• Cameron Schetz also interviews Storm Reid, one of the stars of The Invisible Man.
• Rebecca Onion traces how the latest version of The Invisible Man departs from the original novel by H.G. Wells.
  

Comments on The Burnt Orange Heresy:

• Mike D'Angelo calls The Burnt Orange Heresy an engaging low-key thriller.
• Cameron Scheetz interviews Giuseppe Capotondi and Claes Bang, director and star of The Burnt Orange Heresy. 

Awards:

• The winner of the 2020 Spotted Owl Award has been announced.
• The finalists for the 2020 Pulp Factory Awards have been announced.   
• The winners of the 25th Annual Audie Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2020 Romantic Novel Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2020 Berlin Film Festival have been announced with the Golden Bear going to the Iranian death penalty drama There Is No Evil.

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Natasha Preston explains how she turned from a romance into a thriller writer. 
• Stephanie Wrobel discusses the inspiration behind her novel The Recovery of Rose Gold.
• Betty Webb explains how the discovery of a half-brother she knew nothing about inspired her latest mystery.
• Paul Martin Midden talks about researching his latest crime novel. 
• Michael McAuliffe talks about researching his latest crime novel.
• Scott Marmorstein talks about the drive to create. 
• Ed Ruggero shares seven lessons for writing believable violence. 
• Jason Pinter talks about the challenges of being a writer and a parent. 
• Greg Levin explains how to overcome rejection. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about disruption and how it effects writing and other businesses. 
• George Berridge reports about a plagiarism uproar involving Willem Anker, a finalist for the 2020 International Booker Prize. 
• Mike Glyer reports about the problematic practices of Unreal and Unfit magazines. 
• Victoria Strauss reports about mass cancellations at the publisher Henery Press.

Interviews:

• The Real Book Spy interviews Janet and Peter Evanovich. 
• Amy Sutherland interviews Donna Leon.
• Lori Rader-Day interviews Deborah Halber. 
• Ali Karim interviews R.J. Ellory. 
• The Real Book Spy interviews Jason Pinter.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Don Bentley.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Mark Greaney. 
• Linda M. Castellito interviews Peter Swanson.
• Scott Montgomery interviews Russ Thomas.
• John Wisniewski interviews Daniel Vlasty. 
• Kevin Latimer interviews Paul Vidich. 
• Readers of the Guardian interview John Simenon, son of Georges Simenon.
  

Reviews:

• Ray Palen reviews How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid. 
• Janet Webb reviews One Little Lie by Colleen Coble. 
• Joy Kluver reviews The Liar's Daughter by Claire Allan.
• Susan Amper reviews A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn.
• Sandra Mangan reviews Firewatching by Russ Thomas. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Neon by G.S. Locke.
• Thomas Pluck reviews City of Margins by William Boyle. 
• Scott Montgomery reviews City of Margins.
• The Real Book Spy reviews Long Range by C.J. Box.
• For Winter Nights reviews When You See Me by Lisa Gardner. 
• John Valeri reviews You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. 
• Scott Montgomery reviews Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley.
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel.
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Holdout by Graham Moore.
• BOLO Books reviews Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson.
• The Real Book Spy reviews Without Sanction by Don Bentley. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Jerusalem Assassin by Joel C. Rosenberg.  
• Raven Crime Reads reviews The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda.
• Angie Barry reviews Death in Avignon by Serena Kent.
• Lesa Holstine reviews My Fair Latte by Vickie Fee.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Re-Coil by J.T. Nicholas.
• Paperback Warrior reviews He-Men, Bag Men and Nymphos by Walter Kaylin.
  

Classics reviews:

• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1938 spy novel The Singing Spider by Angus MacVicar.
• K.A. Laity revisits the 1946 noir novel Bedelia by Vera Caspery.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1948 Johnny Liddell mystery About Face a.k.a. Fatal Foursome by Frank Kane.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1948 mystery Dance for a Dead Uncle by Charles Ashton.
• B.V. Lawson revisits The Last Vanity, a 1952 Glenn Bowman mystery by Hartley Howard a.k.a. Leopold Horace Ognall. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1952 crime novel Junkie a.k.a. Frenzy by Jonathan Craig a.k.a. Frank Smith.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1955 mystery Enough to Kill a Horse by Elizabeth Ferrars.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 crime novel Baby Moll by Steve Brackeen a.k.a. John Farris.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1964 mystery novel Frame Up by Andrew Garve. 
• Joe Kenney revisits The Sadist, a 1975 novel in the Ryker men's adventure series by Edson T. Hamill a.k.a. Paul Hofrichter. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits Terror in Turin, a 1981 novel in the S-Com men's adventure series by Steve White a.k.a. Robert McGarvey. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1983 Nick Carter: Killmaster novel The Decoy Hit by Robert Randisi.
• Gabino Iglesias revisits Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger, winner of the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
  

Con and event reports:

• Graham Chalmers announces the guests at the upcoming Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
• Ayo Onatade shares the program for the 2020 Newcastle Noir crime fiction festival.
• Ayo Onatade shares the program for the Murder Will Out event in Cambridge, UK 
• Ayo Onatade shares the program for the Crime Story series of events in Newcastle, UK.
• Mike Glyer shares the program for the 2020 LA Vintage Paperback Collectors Show and Sale in Glendale, California.  
• Ali Karim reports about the launch event for Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson in London, UK.
• Michael Cader reports that the London Book Fair will go ahead in spite of corona virus fear, though the Leipzig Book Fair has been cancelled.
• Alison Flood reports that the London Book Fair has now been cancelled as well. 
• Ayo Onatade shares a statement from the Capital Crime festival in London, UK, regarding the corona virus.
• Olivia Rutigliano reports about a performance of a play based on Susan Hill's 1983 gothic novel The Woman in Black in New York City.

Research:

• Michael Smith shares a brief history of sex and espionage.
• Jess Montgomery profiles Maude Collins, the first female sheriff in Ohio.
• Caitlin Mullen recalls how the casinos came to Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Last Time I Felt Anything" by Bill Baber in Shotgun Honey. 
• "The Big Ticket" by Steven Styrsky in Tough.
• "The Trendy Bar Side of Life" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• "Yesterday's Wine" by Paul D. Brazill in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "Cleaning Up After the Narc" by Walter Giersbach in Yellow Mama.
• "Faith" by Don Stoll in Yellow Mama.
• "Buddy" by Joanne Godley at Akashic Books.
• "Eyes the Color of Tobacco Smoke" by C.W. Blackwell in The Five-Two. 
• "Lavender" by K.A. Laity in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Missing Persons" by John Patrick Robbins in Punk Noir Magazine.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Escape From Pretoria. 
• Watch a trailer for The Platform.
  
• Joanne Fluke shares some recipes from her Hannah Swensen cozy mystery series.