Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 18, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Alison Flood offers a round-up of the best recent thrillers.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares classic mystery series to read while self-isolating.
- Darynda Jones shares her ten favourite crime fighting duos.
- Molly Odintz shares ten iconic crime fiction series of the 1960s to binge-read.
- Sara Sligar takes a look at the new wave of California set crime fiction.
- Craig Sisterson takes a look at Japanese crime fiction.
- Sheena Kamal shares six great social justice crime novels.
- Sarah Zettel shares ten books about parents with secrets.
- Mindy Mejia talks about financial thrillers.
- Oliver Harris discusses whether conspiracy thriller fulfill an important function or whether they are just plain dangerous.
- Steven Wright discusses seven fictional con artists who swindled whole communities.
- Rabeea Saleem shares six technothrillers about digital surveillance and voyeurism.
- Elisa Shoenberger shares seven thrilling SFF murder mysteries.
- Mark Hodder talks about Sexton Blake.
- Andrew Nette profiles Australian writer Alan Yates who found success with faux American hardboiled crime novels.
- Crossexamining Crime takes a look at animals in the novels of Agatha Christie.
- Grady Hendrix looks back on five hundred years of true crime.
- Sarah Weinman praises the women who edited crime fiction.
- Alexandra Penth profiles Cora Buhlert
- Lara Terrasi profiles Cora Buhlert.
- Shaun Duke shares his appreciation for Uncle Hugo's SFF bookstore and its mystery-focussed sister store Uncle Edgar's in Minnesota.
- Mystery author Peter Bowen has died aged 74.
Film and TV:
- Collider lists the best crime shows streaming on Netflix.
- Beatrice Loayza calls The Quarry a muddled slowburn thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Why Don't You Just Die an ingenious and gory thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Rising High a.k.a. Betonrausch a breezy comedy thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Earth and Blood and action thriller which runs out of steam by the end.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Cuck a heavy-handed Taxi Driver rip-off.
- Donna Bowman shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Better Call Saul.
- 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.
- K.A. Laity shares her favourite movies about con artists.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1963 spy movie Charade.
- Otto Penzler revisits the 1974 cime movie The Conversation.
- Tom Breihan revisits the 1984 action comedy Beverly Hills Cop and tries to explain just why it became so successful.
- Phil Hoad revisits the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes, his favourite film age 12.
- Ryan Gilbey watches the 1986 action film Top Gun for the very first time.
- Catherine Bray revisits the 1995 James Bond movie Golden Eye, her favourite film age 12.
- Sam Jones interviews Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, director of The Platform.
- Kristin M. Burke declares that reports of the impending death of the film industry due to the corona virus have been greatly exaggerated,
- Actor Brian Dennehy, who appeared in Rambo: First Blood, Cocoon, Presumed Innocent and Gorky Park, has died aged 81.
- Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Brian Dennehy.
Comments on season 3 of Killing Eve:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 3 premiere of Killing Eve.
- Lisa Weidenfeld shares her thoughts on the season 3 premiere of Killing Eve.
Comments on season 6 of Bosch:
- Keith Roysdon calls Bosch the best police procedural show on TV.
- Mike Hale compares Bosch to the Israeli counterterrorism TV show Fauda and how they both embody the ideal of the laconic tough guy.
- Alexis Gunderson recaps everything you need to remember about Bosch before watching season 6.
Comments on season 8 of Homeland:
- Paul Levinson reports about the latest episode of Homeland.
- Scott von Doviak shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
Comments on Run:
- Danette Chavez calls Run a fun romantic comedy thriller and praises the chemistry between the leads Domhnall Gleason and Merritt Weaver.
- Vikram Murthi shares his thoughts on the first episode of Run.
- Michael Segalov interviews Domhnall Gleason, star of Run, Ex Machina and several Star Wars movies.
Comments on Devs:
- Lucy Mangan calls Devs a dark wild ride.
- Swapna Krishna shares her thoughts on the season 1 finale of Devs.
- Dave Trumbore explains the ending of Devs.
- Dave Trumbore also shares every question and theory he has about Devs.
Comments on Babylon Berlin:
- Sarah Hughes explains why the historical crime drama Babylon Berlin is compelling TV.
- Kathryn VanArendonk declares that Babylon Berlin is the best TV show you're not watching.
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.
Comments on The Innocence Files:
- Adrian Horton calls The Innocence Files a shocking documentary about wrongful convictions.
- Joel Keller shares his thoughts on the documentary The Innocence Files.
- Tom Reiman shares his thoughts on The Innocence Files.
American Psycho at twenty:
- Scott Tobias revisits American Psycho for its 20th anniversary.
- Katie Rife interviews Mary Harron, director of American Psycho.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Megan Allen talks about writing a thriller focussed on animal rights.
- Victoria Strauss warns of an aggressive Twitter troll.
- The SFWA shares a list of resources for writers affected by the corona virus.
- Erin Summers lists resources for writers and publishers affected by the corona virus epidemic.
- The Arts and Literature Council England has set up an emergency fund for writers affected by the corona virus pandemic.
- Ann Pratchett explains what it is like to run a bookshop during the corona virus lockdown.
- Andrew Liptak reports how independent and SFF specialist bookshops are weathering the corona virus outbreak.
- Kaila Hale-Stern reports about We Love Bookstores, an initiative by SFF authors to support indie bookstores.
- Andrew Albanese reports about the Internet Archive's response to concerns about its so-called "National Emergency Library".
- Brian Keene explains how authors can get their books removed from the Internet Archive's "National Emergency Library".
- Cat Rambo explains why small press books are not necessarily bad.
- Jim Milliot reports that LSC Communications, the largest book printer in the US, has filed for bankruptcy.
- Jim Milliot reports that Quad, another book printing company, has suspended operations due to the corona virus.
- Camestros Felapton offers a publishing themed version of the classic boardgame Risk.
- The nominees for the 2020 International Thriller Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize have been announced.
- J. Kingston Pierce reports that the winners of the 2020 Edgar Awards will be announced online.
Interviews:
- Crime Reads interviews Donna Leon.
- Richard Luscombe interviews Stephen King.
- Criminal Element interviews Tasha Alexander.
- Criminal Element interviews Lisa Renee Jones.
- E.B. Davis interviews Art Taylor.
Reviews:
- Janet Webb reviews Flight Risk by Cara Putman.
- BOLO Books reviews Hid From Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming.
- Nancy Catry Lepri reviews The Secrets They Left Behind by Lissa Marie Redmond.
- For Winter Nights reviews Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Secret Admirer by Carol Wyer.
- Angie Barry reviews Death of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks.
- Kate Ayers reviews After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill.
- Alan Cranis reviews Something She's Not Telling Us by Darcey Bell.
- C.C. Harrison reviews Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia.
- Jim Nesbitt reviews The Last Scoop by R.G. Belsky.
- Kirkus reviews Fake Truth by Lee Goldberg.
- Tamason Gamble reviews Convictions by Caro Land.
- Ray Palen reviews The Safety Net by Andrea Camillieri.
- Bruce DeSilva reviews Broken by Don Winslow.
- Kingdom Books reviews Less Than a Moment by Steven F. Havill.
- Alan Cranis reviews Seven Shoes by Mark Davis.
- Kirkus reviews A Silent Death by Peter May.
- For Winter Nights reviews Power Play by Tony Kent.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Wild Dog by Serge Joncour, translated by Jane Aitken and Polly Mackintosh
- Kingdom Books reviews The King's Beast by Eliot Pattison.
- Publishers Weekly reviews The Stolen Gold Affair by Bill Pronzini.
- Isabella Stocka reviews Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black.
- Ray Palen reviews The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death of a Blueberry Tart by Lee Hollis and tries a recipe from the book.
- Sandie Herron reviews The Prophet by Amanda Stevens.
- Kirkus reviews Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh.
- Sandra Mangan reviews I Am Dust by Louise Beech.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews I Am Dust by Louise Beech.
- Rebecca Fisher reviews Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Both Sides: Tales From the Border, edited by Gabino Iglesias.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews Sexton Blake and the Great War, edited by Mark Hodder.
Classics reviews:
- Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 1897 horror mystery The Beetle by Richard March, which outsold Dracula upon first publication.
- Tony V. Sweeney also revisits the 1897 horror mystery The Beetle by Richard March.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1920 Hercule Poirot mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.
- B.V. Lawson revisits The President's Mystery Plot, a 1936 collaborative crime novel based on an idea by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1937 mystery Murder in Blue by Clifford Witting.
- K.A. Laity revisits the 1940 mystery The So Blue Marble and the 1945 noir novel Dread Journey by Dorothy B. Hughes.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1940 mystery story "The Key" by Cleve Adams.
- Judith Tarr revisits the 1944 adventure novel The Sword Is Drawn by Andre Norton.
- The Crime Segments revisits the 1945 mystery Two Names for Death by E.P. Fenwick.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1949 Lew Archer detective novel The Moving Target by John McDonald a.k.a. Kenneth Millar.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 crime novel Detour to Death by Helen Nielsen.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 crime novel Bullet Proof by Amber Dean.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 adventure novel A Rage at Sea by Frederick Lorenz a.k.a. Lorenz Heller.
- Paperback Warrior revisits All I Can Get, a 1959 Lou Largo hardboiled mystery by William Ard.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Doom Service, a 1960 Johnny Killain hardboiled crime novel by Dan Marlowe.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 crime novel Hell Can Wait by Hrry Whittington.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Apostles of Violence, a 1962 Counterspy espionage novel by M.G. Braun.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1964 mystery Coffin in Malta by Gwendoline Butler.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Gideon's River, a 1968 George Gideon mystery by J.J. Maric a.k.a. John Creasey.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1974 Apples Carstairs mystery The Big Needle by Simon Myles a.k.a. Ken Follett.
- Joe Kenney revisits The Big Payoff, a 1974 Super Cop Joe Blaze novel by Robert Novak.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Mortal Stakes, a 1975 Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits Rest in Pieces, a 1992 Mrs. Murphy mystery by Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown.
Crowdfunding:
- Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch are looking for funding to create five bundles of seventeen writing books altogether.
- The City Lights Bookshop in San Francisco, California, needs some help to survive the corona virus crisis.
Con and event reports:
- J. Kingston Pierce reports that the 2020 Bouchercon in Sacramento, California, has been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- ThrillerFest XV in New York City has been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- Jim Milliott reports that the 2020 Book Expo and BookCon in New York City have been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- Andrew Pulver reports that the Cannes Film Festival cannot go ahead in its original form because of the corona virus.
- Ayo Onatade reports that the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland, has a new sponsor.
Research:
- Jonathan Gill reports about Hollywood producer Boris Morros who also happened to be a Soviet spy.
- Stephanie Kane talks about the unsolved murder of her former mother-in-law and how it inspired her novel Quiet Time, which in turn led to the police reopening the case.
- Mariah Fredericks discusses how 19th and early 20th century sexism allowed some women to get away with murder, as long as they were attractive and had a relatable motive.
Free online fiction:
- "Time's Up" by Robert Petya in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Next" by Alaina Sapienza in Shotgun Honey.
- "A Steep Grade" by Reed Kuehn at Akashic Books.
- "Asset Protection" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Essential Business" by Glen Erik Hamilton.
- "Two Goldfish" by Stephen J. Golds in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Ghillie Suit Man" by Esmeralda Gomaz Fisher at Akashic Books.
- "Prom Queen" by Tom Barlow in The Five-Two.
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