Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 25, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares the best recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Molly Odintz shares the best debut crime novels for April.
- Molly Odintz recommends five international crime novels to read this April.
- Crime Reads shares five true crime books to read this month.
- TaraShea Nesbit praises slow and complex crime novels.
- Molly Odintz shares fourteen mysteries and thrillers set against a backdrop of epidemics.
- Paul Levine takes a look at the evolution of lawyers in crime fiction and how they turned from heroic crusaders into dirtbag defenders.
- Lisa Levy takes a look at the most toxic friendships in crime fiction.
- Camilla Bruce shares eight novels to make you question reality.
- Neil Nyren shares his appreciation for the mysteries of Catherine Aird.
- Paul French profiles the Japanese crime fiction author Seishi Yokomizo.
- Tony Parsons explains what he'd do if he were commissioned to write a James Bond novel.
- Irish mystery writer Sheila Connolly has died aged 70.
- Brazilian crime fiction author Rubem Fonseca has died aged 94.
- Jose Ignacio remembers Rubem Fonseca.
Film and TV:
- Lucy Mangan calls Gangs of London a thrilling mob drama that promises to be a wild ride.
- Danette Chavez calls Defending Jacob a standard legal drama in spite of its excellent cast.
- William Hughes calls Why Don't You Just Die? a dose of pitchblack violence from Russia.
- Marion Deeds declares that the TV adaptation of The City and The City is dumbed down from China Miéville's eponymous novel.
- Toussaint Egan calls Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045 a tepid animated techno spy thriller
- Vikram Murthi shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Run.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on season 3 of the israeli counterterrorism series Fauda.
- Donna Bowman shares her thoughts on the season 5 finale of Better Call Saul.
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the true crime drama Quiz.
- David Craig looks ahead at the new Van Der Valk crime drama.
- Lydia McMullan shares her appreciation for the 1990s murder mystery TV series Jonathan Creek.
- K.A. Laity revisits the 1945 noir movie Detour.
- Otto Penzler revisits the 1959 spy thriller North by Northwest.
- Gwen Ihnat revisits the 1958 juvenile delinquent movie Kid Creole.
- Erica Frank revisits the 1965 science fiction thriller The Satan Bug.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky revisits the 1986 prison movie Down by Law.
- Catherine Bray revisits the 1995 James Bond movie Golden Eye, her favourite film age 12.
- Geoff Manaugh chronicles how local tax laws and incentives determine where movies set in the US are shot.
- Mark Sweeney reports that Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Walt Disney, criticises the Disney corporation for paying high bonuses and dividends, while firing workers.
- The Spy Command reports that novelist Joseph Heller worked on the script of the 1967 out of series James Bond film Casino Royale.
- Nellie Andreeva reports that the beloved caper series Leverage will return for a new season with most of the original cast.
Comments on season 3 of Killing Eve:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Killing Eve.
- Lisa Weidenfeld shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Killing Eve.
Comments on season 6 of Bosch:
- Paul Levinson calls Bosch the best police show on TV.
- Michael Carlson praises the cinematography and visual style of Bosch.
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 Extraction:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Extraction a hokey, high octane action thriller.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Extraction a grisly but generic thriller.
Comments on The True History of the Kelly Gang:
- A.A. Dowd calls The True History of the Kelly Gang a powerful fictionalised biography of the infamous outlaw.
- A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife discuss The True History of the Kelly Gang and Bad Education.
Comments on The Plot Against America:
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of The Plot Against America.
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of The Plot Against America.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Paul Levine shares the four crime novels that inspired him to write.
- Jennifer Hillier explains how being a parent helps her write thrillers.
- Sian Cain shares the ten most enjoyable and inspiring books about how to write.
- Janice Hardy says that it is okay not to be productive right now.
- David Moloney explains why true stories don't always make for good fiction.
- /r/Fantasy holds a panel on small presses.
- Mike Glyer reports that indie author John Van Stry has won his lawsuit against the pirate site e-book bike.
- Lesa Holstine shares five promotion tips for authors during the corona pandemic.
- The Maurice Sendak Emergency Relief Fund offers grants for writers and artists of children's picture books affected by the corona virus.
- Sari Feldman wonders what will happen to public libaries after the corona virus pandemic.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in on the current crisis of the publishing industry.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2020 Arthur Ellis Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Lesfic Bard Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2020 Best Translated Book Award have been announced.
Interviews:
- Steve Erickson interviews Max Allan Collins.
- John B. Valeri interviews Marcia Clark.
- Archer Mayor and Sarah Stewart Taylor interview each other.
- John Valeri interviews Lis Wiehl.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Craig Sisterson.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews William Boyle.
Reviews:
- Janet Webb reviews A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones.
- BOLO Books reviews Hid From Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming.
- BOLO Books reviews Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier.
- Garrick Webster reviews Broken by Don Winslow.
- Craig Sisterson reviews The Wife and the Widow by Christian White.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The New Husband by D.J. Palmer.
- Sandra Mangan reviews 4 Riverside Close by Diana Wilkinson.
- BOLO Books reviews Lockdown by Peter May.
- Chris Wolak reviews You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker.
- John Valeri reviews Final Judgment by Marcia Clark.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Nine Tenths of the Law by Claudia Hagadus Long.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Bad Day at the Vulture Club by Vaseem Khan.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Grove of the Cesars by Lindsey Davis.
- Debbie Haupt reviews The King's Justice by Susan Elia MacNeal.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Last Odyssey by James Rollins.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Seas the Day by Maggie Toussaint and tries a recipe from the book.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Diva Sweetens the Pie by Krista Davis.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Here Comes the Body by Maria DiRico.
- Marion Deeds reviews Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Fair's Point by Melissa Scott.
Classics reviews:
- Jack Carr revisits the 1924 thriller story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1939 mystery The Case of the Calabar Bean by Cecil M. Wills.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1944 mystery He Wouldn't Kill Patience by Carter Dickson.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1949 suspense novel The Reluctant Murderer by Bernice Carey.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1950 Mike Hammer hardboiled novel My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1950 mystery The Body on the Sidewalk by Bernice Carey.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 suspense novel Catch-As-Catch-Can by Charlotte Armstrong.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel Ex-Con a.k.a. Free Are the Dead by Stuart Friedman.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel Enter Without Desire by Ed Lacy a.k.a. Leonard Zinberg.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1955 mystery The Wench Is Dead by Fredric Brown.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 crime novel The Long Night by Ovid Demaris.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 Dr. Harry Manson mystery Death of a Frightened Editor by E. and M.A. Radford.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 Matt Helm spy novel Death of a Citizen by Donald Hamilton.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 caper novel Perfect Pigeon by Richard Wormser.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 crime novel On the Run by John D. MacDonald.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1965 heist novel Carnival of Death by Day Keene a.k.a. Gunnar Hjertstedt.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1972 Philis spy novel The Fall Guy by Ritchie Perry.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 detective novel Find the Don's Daughter by Jeff Jacks.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1977 Matthew Scudder crime novel Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1993 cozy mystery Growing Light by Martha Randall.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1999 Cork O'Connor thriller Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger.
Crowdfunding:
- Volumes Bookcafé in Chicago, Illinois, needs some help to deal with the corona crisis.
- Megan Rose Dickey reports that Patreon has laid off thirteen percent of its workforce.
Con and event reports:
- The 2020 NoirCon in Los Ageles, California, has been cancelled due to the corona virus.
- Mary Picken reports that even though it's not clear if the 2020 Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in Stirling, Scotland, will take place, the McIlvanney Prize and the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year Prize will be awarded anyway.
- Ayo Onatade reports that crime writers Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre and Mark Billingham will offer a version of their popular crime fiction quiz, which is usually held at Bloody Scotland, online.
- Mike Glyer reports that the 2020 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California, has been cancelled because of the corona virus.
Free online fiction:
- "Dirty Laundry" by Michael Bracken in Tough.
- "Revolver" by Jim Hamilton in Shotgun Honey.
- "Through the Cot and Into the Floor" by John Eric Ellison in Over My Dead Body.
- "A Rose By Any Other Name" by Richard Ciciarelli in Over My Dead Body.
- "We Take Care of Our Own" by C.W. Blackwell in Shotgun Honey.
- "Crystal Magic Meth" by John Patrick Robbins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Dreams" by Mark McConville in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Autobiography of Ursula" by Margot Douaihy in The Five-Two.
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