Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 28, 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 season 8 of Homeland, season 3 of The Sinner,  The Plot Against America, classic noir movies, the latest event cancellations due to the corona virus and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Alison Flood shares the best recent thrillers. 
• Molly Odintz shares fourteen long crime novels to read while self-isolating. 
• Cheryl A. Head discusses the evolution and the future of the private eye. 
• J. Kingston Pierce discusses crime fiction set in Seattle, Washington.
• Paul French discusses crime fiction set in Bogotá, Columbia. 
• Lisa Levy wonders why there are so many thrillers with the word "girl" in the title.
• Christi Daugherty shares her favourite crime novel about reporters. 
• Andrea Bartz explains why social media offers great material for thriller writers.
• Rachel Harrison shares five dreadfilled short stories by women writers. 
• Colleen Coble holds a roundtable discussion about Christian romantic suspense.
• Jessica Moor talks about domestic violence and how media images of violence against women excercarbates the problem.
• Brian Greene shares his appreciation for the noir novels of French writer Pascal Garnier.
• Paperback Warrior profiles Jack Baynes a.k.a. Bertram B. Fowler, author of the Morocco Jones detective novels.
• Paperback Warrior profiles Ron Haydock, author of sleazy crime novels, musician and horror film columnist 
• Sharon Tucker remembers Mary Higgins Clark.
• Jo Walton shares books in which no bad things happen. 
• Victoria Helen Stone explains how to get into audiobooks.  
• Lizzy Steiner shares twelve true crime podcasts to listen to this spring. 
• Pulp collector and dealer Mark Halegula has died aged 66. 

Film and TV:

• Olivia Rutigliano shares English village murder mystery TV shows to binge watch while self-isolating.
• Lucy Mangan calls The Nest a knotty thriller. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Hitmen a slight but enjoyable comedy about two incompetent assassins. 
• Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Strumptown.
• 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.
• Paul Levinson enjoyed season 2 of Altered Carbon more than season 1.  
• Sophie Heawood interviews Mark Wahberg, star of Spenser Confidential.
• Zach Vasquez revisits the many great crime and noir movies of 1990 thirty years on. 
• Janet Roger discusses the cool of classic noir.
• Otto Penzler revisits the 1946 noir movie The Killers. 
• K.A. Laity revisits the 1946 noir movie Crack-Up. 
• K.A. Laity revisits the 1947 noir movie Possessed.
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1971 thriller Villain.
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1974 terrorism thriller Juggernaut, his favourite movie aged twelve.  
• Katie Rife and A.A. Dowd compare the 2013 thriller Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down.
• Steve Rose discusses how Disney swallowed up all of popular culture. 
• Katie Rife and A.A. Dowd discuss how the corona virus will impact the film industry. 
• Ben Child wonders how the corona virus pandemic will influence blockbuster cinema. 
• The TV Guide lists every TV show or movie delayed because of the corona virus.
• The Guardian reports that a collection of prop guns used in James Bond movies has been stolen in Enfield, UK.
  

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 3 of The Sinner:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 3 finale of The Sinner.
• Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the season 3 finale of The Sinner.
  

Comments on The Plot Against America:

• James Poniewozik shares his thoughts on The Plot Against America.
• Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Plot Against America.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Plot Against America.
• Marah Eakin reviews the showrunner and stars of The Plot Against America.
• Noel Murray profiles David Simon, showrunner of The Plot Against America, The Wire and The Deuce.
  

Awards:

• The winners of the 2020 Lefty Awards have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2020 John Seigenthaler Legends Award has been announced. 
• The 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is open for submissions. 
• Jake Kanter reports that the BAFTA Television Awards have been postponed due to the corona virus.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Jenn Lyons shares tips for using a bullet journal to plot your novel. 
• David Barnett reports that many people are apparently using the time spent self-isolating to write a novel. 
• Clarion West now offers online workshops.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about priorities and time management for writers.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch also explains how to steer your business through hard times.
• Alison Flood reports that booksales are apparently surging during the corona virus epidemic, but only of classics and bestsellers.
• Graeme McMillan reports that Eric Stephenson, publisher of Image Comics has asked his fellow comic publishers to institute some relief measures to protect comic stores. 
• Rich Johnston reports that Diamond Comic Distributors will no longer be shipping new comics from next week on due to the corona virus.
• Steve Geppi, CEO of Diamond Comic Distributors, explains the decision to stop shipping new comics due to the corona virus.
  

Interviews:

• Runalong the Shelves interviews Emily Koch. 
• Criminal Element interviews Ann Cleeves.
• Criminal Element interviews Paul Doiron. 
• Criminal Element interviews Philip Margolin.
• Criminal Element interviws Carolyn Haines.
• Criminal Element interviews Mariah Fredericks 
• The Real Book Spy interviews James Rollins.
• Andrew Liptak interviews Jim Butcher and Priscilla Spencer. 
• Bill Koenig interviews Mark A. Altman.

Reviews:

• Ray Palen reviews Trace Elements by Donna Leon.
• Blue Boook Balloon reviews Containment by Vanda Symon.
  
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Blackwood by Michael Farris Smith.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Black River by Will Dean. 
• Joy Kluver revews Black River by Will Dean.
• Tim Hennessy reviews Coal Black by Chris McGinley. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadribb. 
• Joy Kluver reviews Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadribb.
• Sandie Heron reviews Blind Sight by Carol O'Connell. 
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Blood Is Still by Douglas Skelton.
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward.
• Emma Cazabonne reviews The Missing Sister by Elle Marr.
• Sophie Gilbert reviews My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.
• Scott Adlerberg reviews Are Snakes Necessary? by Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman. 
• Gabino Iglesias reviews Like Flies From Afar by K. Ferrari. 
• BOLO Books reviews Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel. 
• Joy Kluver reviews Mine by Clare Empson.
• Stephanie Merritt reviews Keeper by Jessica Moor. 
• For Winter Nights reviews Strangers by C.L. Taylor.
• Chris Oleson reviews The Broken Ones by Ren Richards.
• Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews Snow Angels by James Thompson. 
• Kate Vane reviews The Molten City by Chris Nickson. 
• Joy Kluver reviews Poisoned at the Priory by Antony M. Brown.
• BOLO Books reviews Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Al Dente's Inferno by Stephanie Cole and tries a recipe from the book.
• Marion Deeds reviews Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias. 
• Tadiana Jones reviews The Institute by Stephen King.
• J.J. Gittes reviews The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson.

Classics reviews:

• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1931 novel The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor.
• K.A. Laity shares her thoughts on the 1935 noir novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1935 mystery Death at Dayton's Folly by Virginia Rath.
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 1939 Cool and Lam mystery The Knife Slipped by A.A. Flair a.k.a. Earle Stanley Gardner
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1944 mystery Miss Silver Deals With Death by Patricia Wentworth.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1951 crime novel Stairway to an Empty Room by Dolores Hitchens.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel Bad Day at Black Rock by Michael Niall a.k.a. Howard Breslin.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel So Wicked My Love by Bruno Fischer. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 crime novel The Living End by Frank Kane. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 detective novel Meet Morocco Jones by Jack Baynes a.k.a. Bertram B. Fowler.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 crime novel The Empty Trap by John D. MacDonald. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 mystery Murder to Music by Margaret Newman.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 mystery Sister Simon's Murder Case by Margaret Ann Hubbard. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 detective novel 7 Deadly Sinners by Christopher Sly a.k.a. Charles E. Fritch.
• Paperback Warrior revisits California Hit, a 1972 novel in The Executioner men's adventure series by Don Pendleton.
• Paperback Warrior revisits The Target is H, a 1973 novel in The Penetrator men's adventure series by Lionel Derrick a.k.a. Chet Cunningham.
• Joe Kenney revisits Sunday Fix, a 1974 novel in The Iceman men's adventure series by Joseph Hazel.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1974 adventure novel The Run to Morning by James Graham a.k.a. Jack Higgins a.k.a. Henry Patterson. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits Black Blood, a 1977 novel in The Mercenaries men's adventure series by Jon Hart a.k.a. John Harvey.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1978 thriller The Empty House by Michael Gilbert.
• Ryan Skardal revisits the 1987 horror thriller Misery by Stephen King. 
• K.A. Laity revisits the 1988 humorous crime novel Rebuilding Coventry by Sue Townsend.
• Dennis Lehane revisits the 1990 satirical thriller Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard.
  

Con and event reports:

• Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland, has been cancelled, though the Agatha Awards will still be awarded.
• Dana Kaye reports that the Murder and Mayhem conference in Chicago, Illinois, will be going online.
  
• Shelf Awareness reports that Book Expo and BookCon in New York City are being postponed due to the corona virus. 
• Tim Wickersham reports that the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City has closed due to the corona virus.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Star Cat Books in Bradford, Vermont, needs some help to save their bookstore during the corona virus crisis. 
  

Research:

• T. Marie Vandelly talks about a 1959 murder case in Springfield, Virginia.
• Alix Lambert profiles courtroom artist Arnold Mesches.
  

Free online fiction:

• "The Gift" by Wendy Davis in Shotgun Honey.
• "Pest Control" by Jason Beach in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "Nurse" by John Patrick Robbins in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Shirts" by Sebnem E. Sanders in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Stop Me If You've Heard This One" by Paul D. Brazill in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "The East Side of Pershing" by Richard Risemberg at Akashic Books. 
• "Skylight" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.  
• "Arrive, Accomplice" by Kristin Garth in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "I Gave Her the Gun" by Charles Rammelkamp in The Five-Two.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Inheritance.
• Watch a trailer for Arkansas.
• Watch a trailer for The True History of the Kelly Gang.
• Watch a trailer for #FreeRayshawn
• Watch a trailer for Peace Talks by Jim Butcher.