Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 2, 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 the 2020 Edgar Awards, season 3 of Killing Eve, season 8 of Homeland, Extraction, Defending Jacob, the return of Borgen, tributes to Maj Sjöwall, Sheila Quigley, Jill Gascoine, Karen Harper and Sheila Connolly, the latest event cancellations due to the corona virus, resources for writers and bookstores affected by the corona virus and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Crime Reads shares ten crime novels and thrillers to read this May.
• The finalists for the 2020 Edgar Awards discuss the state of crime writing in 2020 in a two-part roundtable discussion.
• Jennifer Hillier shares mysteries, thrillers and suspense novels by women of colour to read in 2020. 
• Halley Sutton takes a look at the new wave of private eye fiction.
• Max Allan Collins shares his five favourite private eyes. 
• Garrick Webster shares thirteen Australian crime fiction writers to try. 
• Paul French takes a look at crime novels set in Tokyo, Japan. 
• Kate White shares ten unforgettable thrillers about memory loss. 
• Maxine Mei-Fung Chung explains how popular culture got dissociative identity disorder wrong.
• Sarah Zettel shares her favourite crime novels featuring mothers. 
• Charlotte Duckworth shares seven thrillers about social media and online influencers. 
• Michael Kahn lists three works of classic literature that are also legal thrillers.
• Janet Webb offers an overview of the Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James mystery series by Deborah Crombie.
• Mark Hodder traces the history of Sexton Blake.
• Julia Webster Ayuso reports under what enormous amounts of secrecy Inferno by Dan Brown was translated.
• Lesa Holstine remembers Sheila Connolly. 
• Historical mystery writer Karen Harper has died aged 75.

Tributes to Sheila Quigley and Maj Sjöwall:

• British crime fiction writer Sheila Quigley has died aged 72. 
• Martin Edwards remembers Sheila Quigley.
• Swedish crime fiction writer Maj Sjöwall, co-author of the Martin Beck novels, has died aged 84.
• Johannes Ledel remembers Maj Sjöwall.
• Martin Edwards remembers Maj Sjöwall.
  

Film and TV:

• Dwyer Murphy offers an overview of the best new crime series and movies streaming in May.
• Rebecca Nicholson calls series 2 of Blood a family thriller dripping with menace. 
• Benjamin Lee calls Dangerous Lies a diverting but dopey thriller. 
• Katie Rife shares her thoughts on All Day and A Night.
• Vikram Murthi shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Run. 
• Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of How To Get Away with Murder.
• Amelia Gentleman shares her thoughts on the true crime documentary Jamaica: A Brother's Story. 
• Andrew Pulver rewatched the 1946 noir movie The Stranger.
• Martin Edwards rewatches the 1983 spy thriller The Jigsaw Man. 
• Martin Edwards rewatches the 1983 noir film One Deadly Summer.
• Jude Rogers revisits the 1990 juvenile delinquent film The Delinquents, their favourite film aged 12.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 2010 psychological thriller The Perfect Host.

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 Defending Jacob: 

• Danette Chavez calls Defending Jacob a standard legal drama in spite of its excellent cast. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Defending Jacob a bland crime drama that wastes its stars.
  

Comments on season 8 of Homeland:

• Ben Travers shares his thoughts on the season 8 finale of Homeland.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 8 finale of Homeland.
• Scott von Doviak shares his thoughts on the season 8 finale of Homeland.
  

Comments on Extraction: 

• Simran Hans declares that Extraction offers great action sequences, which are let down by a weak script.
• David Ehrlich calls Extraction a tedious action ride.
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Sam Hargrave, director of Extraction.
  

Comments on the return of Borgen:

• Mark Sweney reports that the Danish crime drama Borgen will return, this time on Netflix. 
• Sam Wollaston explains why you should catch up on Borgen before it returns.

Tributes to Jill Gascoine:

• Actress Jill Gascoine, best known for playing the lead in the British crime drama The Gentle Touch, has died aged 83.
• Stuart Jeffries shares an obituary for Jill Gascoine.
• Tom Grater remembers Jill Gascoine.
• The Guardian shares a photo gallery of the late Jill Gascoine.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Alison Flood reports that according to a recent study of Durham University, the majority of writers hear their characters speak and find that characters have their own agency.
• Cat Rambo shares some tips for effective goal setting for writers. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains how indie writers can navigate the corona pandemic.
• Dean Wesley Smith takes a look at the current troubles of the publishing industry. 
• Rachel Rosenberg explains why independent bookstores are experiencing a resurgence. 
• McSweeney's Internet Tendency shares an ever expanding list of ways to support your local independent bookstore.
• Andrew Albanese reports that the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that literacy is a constitutional right.

Awards:

• The winners of the 2020 Edgar Awards have been announced.  
• The winner of the 2020 First Crime Novel Competition has been announced.
• The winners of the 2019 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Readers' poll have been announced.
• The winners of the 2020 Pulp Factory Awards have been announced.
  

Interviews:

• Alex Segura interviews Ed Brubaker.
• Criminal Element interviews Lindsey Davis. 
• The Real Book Spy interviews Lee Goldberg.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Jack Carr.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Landon Beach.
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Sam Wiebe. 
• Esther Chilton interviews J.F. Burgess. 
• Victoria Goldman interviews Jonathan Pinnock.

Reviews:

• For Winter Nights reviews Burnt Island by Kate Rhodes. 
• Joy Kluver reviews Blood Red City by Rod Reynolds.  
• Jacob Collins reviews Blood Red City by Rod Reynolds.
• Gabino Iglesias reviews Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier.
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Last Scoop by R.G. Belsky.
• Victoria Goldman reviews Deep Dark Night by Steph Broadribb.
• BOLO Books reviews The Creak on the Stairs by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir 
• Joy Kluver reviews A Deeper Song by Rebecca Bradley. 
• Louis Bravos reviews Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford. 
• Brian Bandell reviews The End of October by Lawrence Wright. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews High Treason by Sean McFate.
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Wreck by Landon Beach. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews The Mountain by Steve Konkoly.
• Abby Slater-Fairbrother reviews Alice Teale Is Missing by H.A. Linskey.
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Sister by Kjell Ola Dahl. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews Savage Son by Jack Carr.
• Garrick Webster reviews Man of the World by Paul D. Brazill. 
• Katrina Niidas Holm reviews The Woman in the Mirror by Rebecca James.
• Lesa Holstine reviews Death of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews Death of a Prominent Citizen by Cora Harrison.
• Lorraine W. Shanley reviews The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews The House on Widows Hill by Simon R. Green.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Pulp Friction by Julie Anne Lindsey and tries a recipe from the book.
• Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Both Sides: Stories from the Border, edited by Gabino Iglesias. 
• Bill Capossere reviews The History of Gibbeting: Britain’s Most Brutal Punishment by Samantha Priestley

Classics reviews:

• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1902 mystery collection The Adventures of Romney Pringle by Clifford Ashdown a.k.a. R. Austin Freeman and Dr. John James Pitcairn.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1931 mystery The Crime Conductor by Philip Macdonald.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1949 hardboiled mystery Tough Cop by John Roeburt.
• Judith Tarr revisits the 1949 adventure novel Sword in Sheath by Andre Norton.  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits Crossed Skies, a 1952 Julian Rivers mystery by Carol Carnac a.k.a. Edith Caroline Rivett.
• Paperback Warrior revisits Murder on the Rocks, a 1957 Steve Bentley detective novel by Robert Dietrich a.k.a. E. Howard Hunt. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1959 mystery Death of a Frightened Editor by E. and M.A. Radford.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 noir novel Death by the Day by Lawrence Fisher. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 crime novel In a Vanishing Room by Robert Colby. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1965 crime novel Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1966 crime novel Swamp Sister by Robert Edmond Alter.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 spy novel Private I a.k.a. The Spy Killer by Jimmy Sangster.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1969 spy novel The Dragon's Eye by Scott C.S. Stone. 
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1976 thriller The Cult of Killers by Donald MacIvers.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1977 men's adventure novel The Camp by Jonathan Trask a.k.a.  Peter McCurtin and Len Levinson.
• Paperback Warrior revisits Crude Kill, a 1983 novel in The Executioner men's adventure series by Chet Cunningham.
• Joe Kenney revisits Suicide Run, a 1987 novel in the Depth Force men's adventure series by Irving Greenfield.
  

Con and event reports:

• Catherine Turnbull offers an overview of crime fiction festivals that have been cancelled or gone virtual due to the corona virus.
• The Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in Stirling, Scotland, has been cancelled due to the corona virus.
• NoirCon in Los Angeles, California, has been cancelled due to the corona virus as well.
• Newcastle Noir in Newcastle, UK, has gone virtual in response to the corona virus. 
• The UK National Crime Reading Month in May has gone virtual as well.
  

Research:

• Christopher Bollen reports about the murder of 2016 murder of Joey Comunale and the killer's ties to the high society of Manhattan.
• Lis Wiehl explains why the FBI almost shut down the Unabomber investigation before he was caught.
• Lis Wiehl also discusses how she researched the so-called Unabomber.
• Dean Jobb talks about fake news in connection with the sensational Lizzie Borden murder case.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Because the Night" by Paul D. Brazill in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "The Most Terrible Thing" by Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Over My Dead Body. 
• "Winter Day" by June Lorraine Roberts in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "The Click of the Shutting" by Graham Wynd in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Hook-Up Spot" by Curtis Ippolito in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "I Guess You'll Do" by Mick Rose in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Alberto's" by Todd Morr in Shotgun Honey.
• "Philip Marlowe, Doordash Delivery Guy" by Walter Jones in McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
• "In her agency, she chooses the sociopath" by Eddie Vega in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "You Can't Quarantine Crime" by Peter M. Gordon in The Five-Two.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for season 7 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  
• Watch a trailer for Dangerous Lies.
  
• Watch a trailer for Trackers.
• Watch a trailer for The Silence of the Marsh.
• Watch a trailer for The Head.