Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 21, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares the best recent crime novels.
- Barry Forshaw offers a round-up of the best recent crime fiction.
- Crime Reads shares the best debut crime novels for March.
- Crime Reads also shares five international crime novels to read this March.
- Molly Odintz explains why now is the right time to read crime novels.
- Martin Edwards shares his top ten escapist crime reads.
- Mat Osman shares six great novels about crimes that aren't crime novels.
- Lauren Jackson offers SFF book recommendations for fans of true crime.
- Karen Dietrich talks about red herrings in contemporary crime fiction.
- Matthew Castle offers an overview of Japanese crime fiction.
- Scarlett Harris shares eight crime novel with male protagonists, written by female authors.
- Samantha Downing shares the ten most morally bankrupt narrators in crime fiction.
- Gytha Lodge discusses the role of technology in crime fiction, particularly with regard to abuse narratives.
- Suzanne Redfearn shares six crime novels inspired by architecture.
- Chris Bohjalian explains why emergency room doctors need detective skills.
- Sue Poremba explains how techniques taken from mystery novels help to track down cyberthreats.
- Rebecca Rego Barry profiles early 20th century mystery writer Carolyn Wells.
- Madison Smartt Bell traces the background of Robert Stone's classic war novel Dog Soldiers.
- Jason Boog discuss a new study about diversity in romance publishing.
- Alex Segura profiles Howard Chaykin.
- Julia Savoca Gibson remembers the two female Robins in eighty years of Batman history, Carrie Kelley and Stephanie Brown.
Film and TV:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the Agatha Christie adaptation The Pale Horse.
- Donna Bowman shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Better Call Saul.
- Swapna Krishna shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Devs.
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Benjamin Lee calls The Platform a fiendish dystopian thriller.
- Lucy Mangan calls Pennance a lurid incest thriller.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that The Hunt already feels embarrassingly dated.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Fire Will Come a visually arresting, if exasperating movie.
- Emma Fraser discusses how pregnancy is used as a weapon in The Handmaid's Tale and the latest version of The Invisible Man, both starring Elisabeth Moss.
- Germain Lussier revisits the 1990 comic book crime movie Dick Tracy for its 30th anniversary.
- K.A. Laity revisits the 1982 neo-noir movie Hammett by Wim Wenders.
- Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan talk about the making of the 1962 crime movie Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the feud between its stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
- Leza Cantoral discusses the 1909 murder of Hazel Drew which inspired the 1990 TV show Twin Peaks.
- Marah Eakin interviews Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy, directors of Blow the Man Down.
- Catherine Shoard reports that the release of Mulan, New Mutants and Antlers has been postponed because the corona virus.
- Andrew Liptak reports that Black Widow has been delayed as well due to the corona virus.
- James Whitbrook traces the impact of the corona virus on various film and TV productions.
- Tor.com also lists all of the SFF TV shows that have suspensed production due to the corona virus.
- Patrick Gomez also explains what will happen to the TV shows who had their productions suspended due to the corona virus.
- Actor Stuart Whitman has died aged 92.
- Actor Lyle Waggoner, best known for playing Steve Trevor in the 1970s Wonder Woman TV show, had died aged 84.
Comments on season 8 of Homeland:
- Scott von Doviak shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
Comments on season 2 of The Sinner:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Sinner.
- Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Sinner.
Comments on The Outsider:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of The Outsider.
- Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of The Outsider.
Comments on Motherland: Fort Salem:
- Laura Bogart declares that Motherland: Fort Salem squanders its early potential.
- Jean Bentley calls Motherland: Fort Salem an uneven alternate history that should embrace its campiness.
Comments on The Plot Against America:
- Arielle Bernstein shares her thoughts on the TV adaptation of Philip Roth's alternate history novel The Plot Against America.
- Daniel Fienberg calls The Plot Against America flawed but timely.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on The Plot Against America.
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on The Plot Against America.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2020 British Book Awards (Nibbies) have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Award have been announced.
- The blog Crime Fiction Lover has won the 2020 Sparpedia.dk Top Novel and Book Blogs Award.
- The winners of the 2020 Razzie Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Kate Heartfield shares a free seven day course for building or rebuilding your writing practice.
- Damien Walter shares an open writing class.
- Cina Pelayo implores writers to stay positive and write.
- Emily Arsenault talks about the difficulties of writing a narcissistic character.
- Carlene O'Connor explains how Irish mythology has influenced her novels.
- Stephanie Wrobel discusses how to write perfect twist endings.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch shares business advice for the age of the corona virus.
- B.V. Lawson shares some ideas about how to support your local indie bookstore during the corona virus crisis.
- Andrew Albanese reports that publisher Pan Macmillan has scrapped its controversial e-book embargo policy for libraries.
- Na Zhong reports about the impact of the corona virus on publishing and bookselling in China.
- Crime Reads interviews Harlan Coben.
- Kate Vane interviews Chris Nickson.
- Autumn Christian interviews Peter Clines.
- E.B. Davis interviews Mary Daheim.
- Scott Montgomery interviews Scott Phillips.
- Alice McCool interviews Stella Nyanzi.
- Paperback Warrior interviews Jason Savas.
Reviews:
- Beth Kanell reviews Trace Elements by Donna Leon.
- Sandra Mangan reviews A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben.
- Sarah Hardy reviews In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare.
- Janet Webb reviews After Sundown by Linda Howard and Linda Jones.
- Janet Webb reviews No Stone Unturned by Andrea Kane.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Keep Him Close by Emily Koch.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Do No Harm by Max Allan Collins.
- Bruce DeSilva reviews Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley.
- J.B. Stevens reviews Before the Fall by Noah Hawley.
- Mark Timlin reviews The Left Turn at Albuquerque by Scott Phillips.
- For Winter Nights reviews We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker.
- Carolyn Haley reviews Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Holdout by Graham Moore.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Woman in the Mirror by Rebecca James.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews The Lantern Man by Jon Bassoff.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward.
- Garrick Webster reviews The Creak on the Stairs by Eva Björg Aegisdóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet, translated by Katherine Gregor.
- Men Reading Books reviews Long Range by C.J. Box.
- Alan Cranis reviews Champagne Cowboys by Leo W. Banks.
- The Sassy Book Geek reviews Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel.
- John Valeri reviews All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault.
- Kirkus reviews The King's Justice by Susan Elia MacNeal.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews Not Saying Goodbye by Boris Akunin, translated by Andrew Bromfield.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews Deadly Primrose by Suzette A. Hill.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer L. Chow.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Here Comes the Body by Maria DiRico and tries a recipe from the book.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The K-Team by David Rosenfelt.
- BOLO Books reviews The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense by Art Taylor.
- Luke Harding reviews Russians Among Us by Gordon Corera.
- Paperback Warrior reviews Barbarians on Bikes: Bikers & Motorcycle Gangs in Men's Pulp Adventure Magazines, edited by Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1937 mystery Midsummer Murder by Clifford Witting.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1947 Scott Jordan mystery Bury Me Deep by Harold Q. Masur.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1948 mystery The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Uneasy Street, a 1948 detective novel in the Max Thursday series by Wade Miller a.k.a. Bob Wade and Bill Miller.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 spy novel Few Die Well by Sterling Noel.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 Steve Ashe crime novel I Like It Tough by James Howard.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 juvenile delinquent novel Rumble a.k.a. Web of the City by Harlan Ellison.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 crime novel The Vengeful Virgin by Gil Brewer.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 crime novel Run For Your Life by Bruno Fischer.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1961 Swedish crime novel Under the Snow by Kerstin Lillemor Ekman.
- Martin Edwards reviews the 1963 mystery The Crime Against Marcella by George Milner.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 crime novel Kiss Or Kill by John B. Thompson.
- K.A. Laity revisits the 1967 noir novel Those Who Walk Away by Patricia Highsmith.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1973 biker novel The Scarred Man by Basil Heatter.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 Nick Carter Killmaster novel Dr. Death by Craig Nova.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1981 Dirty Harry novel Death on the Docks by Dane Hartman a.k.a. Richard S. Meyers.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1990 humorous mystery Murder at Madingley Grange by Caroline Graham.
Con and event reports:
- Janet Rudolph reports that Left Coast Crime in San Diego, California was abruptly shut down by the county, when the convention was already running.
- The Murder and Mayhem convention in Chicago, Illinois, is moving online.
- Malice Domestic 32 in Bethesda, Maryland has been postponed due to the corona virus.
- Mystery Fest Key West in Key West, Florida, has been postponed due to the corona virus.
- Sleuthfest 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida, has been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- The Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention in Lombard, Illinois, has been postponed due to the corona virus.
- The MWA announces that the Edgar Awards Weekend in New York City has been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- The 2020 Hay Literature Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, has been cancelled because of the corona virus, which puts the future of the festival in jeopardy.
- The 2020 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, has been postponed due to the corona virus.
- A.A. Dowd reports about the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, which actually took place.
- Tom Mack reports about a Sherlock Holmes exhibition in Columbia, South Carolina.
Research:
- Benita Barden reports about actor Conor Madden who was accidentally stabbed on stage during a production of Hamlet.
- Gareth Evans reports about the murder of Angie Dodge in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the difficulties of finding the killer.
- Kirsten Alexander discusses how mothers are vilified, if something happens to their children.
- Melissa Anne Peterson talks about the 1919 murder of Wesley Everest.
- Edward Helmore reports about a lawsuit in New York City where a pregnant woman who was arrested on minor charges sues the city, because she was forced to give birth while handcuffed and shackled.
- Lori Teresa Yearwood reports about the practice of shackling pregnant women in US jails.
Free online fiction:
- "The Hit" by Paulette Smythe in Shotgun Honey.
- "Kiss Like a Fist" by Graham Wynd in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Knees of the Faithful" by D.V. Bennett in Over My Dead Body.
- "The Way to Stoney Haven" by Paul Finnigan in Over My Dead Body.
- "The Man Who Wouldn't" by Joseph S. Walker in Tough.
- "Hide" by Alex Z. Salinas in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Ogre's Wife" by Robert Plath in The Five-Two.
- "Everyone Terrible Was Once a Child" by Kristin Garth in Punk Noir Magazine.
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