Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 11, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Lisa Levy shares five psychological thrillers to read this April.
- Elle Marr shares five great diverse crime novels.
- Brenda Chapman talks about unconventional female protagonists in long-running crime fiction series.
- Suzanne Chazin explains why she loves dual male and female leads in mysteries.
- Zach Vasquez shares the twelve darkest endings in the history of noir.
- Andrew Welsh-Huggins talks about crime fiction set in Columbus, Ohio.
- Scarlett Harris points out that the rise of true crime as entertainment is having a huge impact on the US justice system.
- Craig Pittman traces Elmore Leonard's connection to Florida.
- Gary Disher talks about the importance of home in Australian crime fiction.
- Cynthia Chow and Sandra Murphy share a list of food and drink themed mysteries.
- Darynda Jones shares parenting tips for law enforcement officers.
- Anika Scott talks about historical novels and morally grey characters.
- The Los Angeles Times profiles Ross Thomas.
- Myriam Gurba explains how the controvery about American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins inspired a movement towards a more diverse publishing industry.
- Shaun Duke declares that the arts are the glue that holds society together.
- Camestros Felapton discusses why the arts and debate about the arts are essential.
Film and TV:
- Ziv Wities analyses Knives Out according to the MICE quotient.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that the latest adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game is a dud.
- Sandra Mangan offers a complete guide to the Bosch streaming video series.
- Sarah Hughes calls Babylon Berlin wholly compelling TV.
- Danette Chavez praises the chemistry between the leads of the romantic thriller Run.
- Donna Bowman shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Better Call Saul.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the season 4 premiere of The Good Fight.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Good Wife.
- Swapna Krishna shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Devs.
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How to Get Away With Murder.
- Hannah Shaw Williams looks ahead at season 5 of the Spanish crime show Money Heist a.k.a. La Casa del Papel.
- Cath Clarke calls Dreamland a distasteful dystopian noir movie.
- Cheryl Eddy shares ten X-Files episodes that are still scary more than twenty years later.
- Dean Jobb lists the greatest con artist movies of all time.
- K.A. Laity takes a looks at heists in film and reality.
- Otto Penzler revisits the 1943 suspense movie Shadow of a Doubt.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1953 noir movie The Bigamist.
- Graeme Virtue watches the 1973 neo noir movie Chinatown for the first time.
- Ben Beaumont-Thomas watches the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for the first time.
- Rosemary Benton revisits Mario Brava's 1965 serial killer movie Blood and Black Lace.
- Will Harris interviews Don Cheadle, best known for playing Colonel Jim Rhodes in the Marvel movies as well as for his parts in the Ocean's 11 movies, Picket Fences and Devil in a Blue Dress.
- Don Winslow remembers the time he almost made a movie with Elmore Leonard.
- Tess Gerritsen shares her experiences in trying to sue a Hollywood studio for adapting her novel Gravity without attribution.
- Laurie Mann shares her experiences as an extra on the 2012 Jack Reacher movie.
- Belton Delayne-Facey believes that the corona virus could impact the film and TV industry for years.
- Jon Fingas reports that Amazon is streaming the movies that would have been shown at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, for free.
- German actor Dieter Laser, best known for his appearances in Lexx, The Human Centipede and The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, has died aged 78.
Tributes to Honor Blackman:
- Actress Honor Blackman, best known for playing Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, has died aged 94.
- Andrew Murphy and Simon Pulver shares several tributes to Honor Blackman.
- Ronald Bergan shares an obituary for Honor Blackman.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Honor Blackman.
- Adam Whitehead remembers Honor Blackman.
- Gwen Ihnat remembers Honor Blackman.
- J. Kingston Pierce remembers Honor Blackman.
Comments on season 8 of Homeland:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
- Scott von Doviak shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
Comments on Twin Peaks at 30:
- Scott Tobias calls Twin Peaks the weird and wonderful show that changed television.
- Lauren Cochrane looks back on the fashions of Twin Peaks for the show's 30th anniversary.
- Cheryl Eddy celebrates the 30th anniversary of Twin Peaks by digging up a 1991 Sesame Street parody called "Twin Beaks".
James Bond revisited:
- Mike D'Angelo revisits the 1962 first James Bond movie Dr. No.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky revisits the 1969 James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
- Alex McLevy revisits the 1984 James Bond movie Octopussy.
- Jesse Hassenger revisits the 1997 James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.
- A.A. Dowd revisits the 2012 James Bond movie Skyfall.
- Mike Reyes shares twelve behind the scene facts about the James Bond movies that many people may not know.
Comments on The Plot Against America:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Plot Against America.
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Plot Against America.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Michael Cavna interviews several artists and writers about how to spark creativity, when you're working alone.
- Sulari Gentill explains that writing a recurring character is like having an imaginary friend.
- Carrie Sessarego explains why the Tarot is a machine for telling stories.
- Peter May talks about writing his thriller Lockdown.
- Cat Rambo explains how to run a successful and productive online co-working session.
- James Lovegrove explains why he decided to write tie-in fiction.
- Kameron Hurley talks about the financial issues of writers.
- Beth Meacham explains why the publishing industry is in trouble right now.
- Dorany Pineda reports that James Patterson has donated 500000 US-dollars to help struggling independent bookstores.
- Nick Mamatas explains why there are so often issues with small presses.
- Constance Gardy reports about the uproar surrounding the Internet Archive's so-called National Emergency Library.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2020 Derringer Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2020 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Awards have been announced,
- The finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2020 International Booker Prize has been announced.
Interviews:
- Criminal Element interviews Kelley Armstrong.
- Thomas Pluck interviews Don Winslow.
- Dwyer Murphy interviews Don Winslow.
- Criminal Element interviews Allison Brennan.
- Criminal Element interviews Kate Mosse.
- Janet Rudolph interviews Cara Black and Juliet Grames.
- Criminal Element interviews Donna VanLiere.
- Criminal Element interviews Eve Calder.
- Lesa Holstine interviews Katharine Schellman.
- Crime Reads interviews Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman.
- John Wisniewski interviews Paul Heatley.
Reviews:
- Angie Barry reviews Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris.
- Janet Webb reviews Hid From Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Flemming.
- Sandra Mangan reviews You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster.
- Janet Webb reviews One Fatal Flaw by Anne Perry.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet, translated by Katherine Gregor.
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Star Is Dead by Elaine Viets.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Seven Lies by Elizabeth Kay.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Seven Shadows by V.S. Kemanis.
- Sofka Zinovieff shares her thoughts on My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.
- Lis Carey reviews Grave Passion by Philip Strang.
- Janet Webb reviews Cheater's Game by Paul Levine.
- Garrick Webster reviews The Museum of Desire by Jonathan Kellerman.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Cutting Place by Jane Casey.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Marshal and the Mystical Mountain by C.M. Wendelboe.
- Rider Barnes reviews Chaser by Dharma Kelleher.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Are Snakes Necessary? by Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Masquerade for Murder by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Murder at the Queen's Old Castle by Cora Harrison.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman.
- Lis Carey reviews The Roxy Reinhardt Mysteries by Alison Golden and Honey Broussard.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day and tries a recipe from the book.
- Kat Hooper reviews Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer.
Classics reviews:
- Robert Zaretsky reivisits the 1925 novel The Trial by Franz Kafka.
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Yellow Hoarde, a 1939 adventure of The Avenger by Kenneth Robeson a.k.a. Paul Ernst.
- Crossexamining Crime revisit the 1940 mystery The Wedding Guest Sat On a Stone by Roger Shattuck a.k.a. Dora Shattbuck.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1947 mystery Stone Dead by Patrick Laing a.k.a. Amelia Reynolds Long.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1952 Julian Rivers mystery Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac a.k.a. E.C.R. Lorac.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 crime novel Killer in the House by Borden Deal.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 sleazy crime novel $20 Lust a.k.a. Cinderella Sims by Lawrence Block.
- Andrew Cartmell revisits the 1958 crime novel The Concrete Flamingo a.k.a. All the Way by Charles Williams.
- Andrew Cartmell revisits the 1960 crime novel The Sailcloth Shroud by Charles Williams.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 crime novel The Enforcer by Ovid Demaris.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 nautical adventure novel Aground by Charles Williams.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 crime novel Murder Money by Jay Bennett.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1968 suspense novel The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake a.k.a. C. Day-Lewis.
- Scott Adlerberg revisits the 1972 crime novel Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 biker novel CenterForce by T.A. Waters.
- Joe Kenney revisits The Year of the Cock, a 1975 novel in the Mace Kung Fu men's adventure series by C.K. Fong a.k.a. Bruce Cassiday.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1978 spy novel The Stench of Poppies by Ivor Drummond a.k.a. Roger Erskine Longrigg.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1982 Salvatore Guarnaccia mystery Death of a Dutchman by Magdalen Nabb.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1984 mystery Root of All Evil by Elizabeth X. Ferrars.
Con and event reports:
- CrimeFest in Bristol, UK, has been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has also been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- The upcoming Noir at the Bar event in Boston, Massachussetts, is going virtual.
- World Book Night is going virtual as well in response to the corona virus.
Research:
- Crime reporters talk about the cases they cannot forget.
- Kristine S. Ervin reports how a chance meeting at a wedding helped solve her mother's murder and led a young woman to become a forensics specialist.
- Rachel Nuwer offers a look into the smuggling of endangered animals.
- Megan Campisi talks about the strange and sordid world of Tudor era true crime.
- M.J. Tjia takes a look at the great courtesans of the 19th century.
Free online fiction:
- "Insurance Adjuster" by Matthew Masucci in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Man Behind the Curtain" by Paul D. Brazill in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Keeping Tabs" by Beau Johnson in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Imitation of Myself" by Judge Santiago Burdon in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Sisters Strange" by John Connolly.
- "Acts of Separation" by Graham Hurley.
- Chapter 1 of Something, Something, Something Murder by Damon Lindelof in Next Draft.
- "I Died a Thousand Times: Death #4" by Richie Narvaez in The Five-Two.
- "Beast in the Carriage House" by Kristin Garth in Punk Noir Magazine.
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