Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 20, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Alison Flood offers an overview of the best recent thrillers.
- Crime Reads shares eight debut crime novels to read this June.
- Aretha Phiri and Sam Naidu discuss African crime fiction.
- Lisa Levy offers the third part of her overview of thrillers with "girl" in the title.
- Amy Mascott shares the ten best mystery series for boys.
- Molly Odintz lists ten doctors or other medical professionals who also write crime fiction.
- Jessica Barry talks about the dread of slow burn chases.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares her love for the Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley.
- Marlowe Benn profiles Carolyn Heilbrun a.k.a. Amanda Cross.
- Shane Mawe profiles Irish mystery writer Freeman Wills Crofts, a forgotten innovator of the golden age of crime fiction.
- Sarah Weinman wonders whether it is possible to separate Edgar Allan Poe's tumultous life from his work.
- Olivia Rutigliano profiles Indian film director and detective fiction writer Satyajit Ray.
- James Polchin shares an LGBTQ true crime reading list.
- Maria Minsker explains how mysteries can boost reading skills in children.
- Comic writer Denny O'Neil, best known for his run on Batman, has died aged 81.
Comments on J.K. Rowling's remarks about transpeople:
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares an open letter to J.K. Rowling a.k.a. Robert Galbraith, following her transphobic remarks on Twitter.
- Julie Jacobs reports how some Harry Potter fans are divorcing their love for the world of Harry Potter from its creator.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw report that some employees at Hachette have refused to work on J.K. Rowling's new book The Ickabod following Rowling's transphobic remarks.
- Jamie Grierson reports that the UK tabloid The Sun has been widely criticised for interviewing the former husband of J.K. Rowling, after Rowling declared that she was a victim of domestic abuse.
Film and TV:
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Ground Beneath My Feet an eerie and elegant psychological thriller.
- Shannon Miller calls 7500 an outdated and fearmongering hijacking thriller.
- Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on Blindspotting.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on season 3 of the Scandinavian crime drama Marcella.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on Birds of Prey.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on Gold Digger.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on Quiz.
- Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Snowpiercer.
- Ashley Ray-Harris shares her thoughts on the latest episode of I May Destroy You.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo a punchy documentary.
- Nicholas Barber watches the 1978 horror movie Halloween for the first time ever.
- Sirin Kale watches the 1997 action film Con Air for the first time ever.
- Lorelei Marcus shares her appreciation for the British spy TV show Secret Agent a.k.a. Danger Man.
- Chris McGinley profiles Virginia Kellogg, screenwriter of several classic noir movies including White Heat.
- Xan Brooks interviews Werner Herzog, director of Aguirre - Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, Nosferatu and others, who also recently appeared in The Mandalorian and Jack Reacher.
- Toby Moses interviews John Logan, writer of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
- Peter White reports that Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector has been cancelled after only ten episodes.
Comments on the new Perry Mason:
- Caryn James calls the new Perry Mason a detective show for our dark times.
- Gwen Ihnat calls the new Perry Mason a gritty, but unrecognizable version of an iconic character.
- Lee Randall profiles Erle Stanley Gardner and his most famous creation Perry Mason.
- Inspired by the new Perry Mason, Stuart Heritage wonders how to update classic TV detective characters.
Comments on The Salisbury Poisonings:
- Lucy Mangan calls The Salisbury Poisonings a true crime drama with lessons for today.
- Steve McIntosh also finds parallels between The Salisbury Poisonings and the current situation.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on The Salisbury Poisonings.
Comments on Wasp Network:
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Wasp Network an underwhelming spy thriller.
- Xan Brooks calls Wasp Network a labyrinthine cold war thriller.
Comments on Da 5 Bloods:
- Josephine Livingstone calls Da 5 Bloods a spectacle that is torn between comedy and tragedy.
- Mark Kermode calls Da 5 Bloods an inventive and action-packed, but disjointed war movie.
- Caryn James calls Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee's best film yet.
- Monique Jones reports which actors were originally supposed to appear in Da 5 Bloods.
- Inspired by Da 5 Bloods, Kaleem Aftab discusses the long history of racism in war movies.
Comments on Psycho at sixty:
- Scott Tobias discusses the enduring power of Psycho for its sixtieth anniversary.
- Noah Berlatsky explains which moment of Psycho is the one he finds the scariest and it's not the obvious one.
- Alyse Wax discusses six ways in which Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho influenced filmmaking.
- British actor Sir Ian Holm, best known for his appearances in Alien, Lord of the Rings, The Fifth Element, Dance with a Stranger, Game Set and Match and others, has died aged 88.
- Michael Billington and Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Sir Ian Holm.
- The BBC shares an obituary for Sir Ian Holm.
- Mel Gusso shares an obituary for Sir Ian Holm.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Sir Ian Holm.
- Greg Whitmore shares photos of Sir Ian Holm's most memorable roles.
- Mike Glyer remembers the many science fiction and fantasy roles of Sir Ian Holm.
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2020 Scribe Awards have been announced.
- Benjamin Lee reports that the 2021 Academy Award ceremony has been postponed and the eligibility period extended due to the corona pandemic.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Charlie Jane Anders talks about story ideas and how to find them.
- Elizabeth Kay talks about the difficulties of writing a reliable narrator.
- Nick Kolakowski interviews several writers about how they're dealing with the corona virus pandemic.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch also talks about creativity during the corona virus pandemic.
- Craig Pittman explains how to write legal thrillers that won't drive lawyers crazy.
- Robert McCaw talks about writing and researching his latest novel.
- Sian Cain reports that the Black Writers Guild has posted an open letter calling for changes to make the British publishing industry more welcoming to black writers.
- Erin Somers reports that agents Beth Phelan and Kelly Van Sant and author Isabel Sterling have received cease and desist letters from Dawn Fredericks at Red Sofa Literary agency, after they spoke up about Fredericks' condemnation of the protests following the death of George Floyd by police brutality.
- Beth Phelan, Kelly Van Sant and Isabel Sterling share an open letter to Dawn Fredericks.
- Alan Shephard wonders whether books by rightwing authors will be the next big debate in the publishing industry, now it has pledged to become more diverse.
- Elizabeth A. Harris reports that the Internet Archive has ended its so-called "National Emergency Library" because of a threatened copyright infringement lawsuit by several publishers.
- Dreamhaven
Books and Comics in Minneapolis, which was damaged during the recent
riots following the death of George Floyd due to police brutality, has
reopened.
- Sandra Mangan interviews Paul D. Marks.
- Book Marks interviews Elisabeth Thomas.
- Scott Montgomery interviews James Wade.
- Jochem Vandersteen interviews John Ryder.
- E.B. Davis interviews Kaye George.
- E.B. Davis interviews Annette Dashofy.
Reviews:
- Publisher's Weekly reviews Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Pact by Linda Castillo.
- Scott Montgomery reviews Worse Angels by Laird Barron.
- Crime by the Book reviews Watching You by Lisa Jewell.
- Publishers Weekly reviews The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Blood Red City by Rod Reynolds.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Curator by M.W. Craven.
- Janet Webb reviews Who Did You Tell? by Lesley Kara.
- Crime by the Book reviews I Will Miss You Tomorrow by Heine Bakkeid.
- Joy Kluver reviews Strangers by C.L. Taylor.
- Janet Webb reviews Seven Years of Darkness by You Jeong-Jeong.
- Sandie Herron reviews The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens.
- Kittling Books reviews The Shooting at Chateau Rock by Martin Walker.
- BOLO Books reviews The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews The Accident by Chris Pavone.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Tie Die by Max Tomlinson.
- Alan Cranis reviews Baroni by Alfred Harris.
- Michael J. McCann reviews Undercard by David Albertyn.
- Publishers Weekly reviews A Question of Betrayal by Anne Perry.
- Janet Webb reviews Lady Rights a Wrong by Eliza Casey.
- Publishers Weekly reviews A Deception at Thornecrest by Ashley Weaver.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton.
- Publishers Weekly reviews In a Midnight Wood by Ellen Hart.
- Kirkus reviews The Clutter Corpse by Simon Brett.
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Twist in the Tail by Leighann Dobbs.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Tea and Treachery by Vicki Delany.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Southern Sass and a Crispy Corpse by Kate Young and tries a recipe from the book.
- Bill Capossere and Tadiana Jones review The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Best American Mystery Stories 2019, edited by Jonathan Lethem.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards,
- J.B. Stevens reviews Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic, edited by Nick Kolakowski and Steve Meddle.
- Martin Edwards reviews H.R.F. Keating - A Life of Crime by Sheila Mitchell.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1933 mystery Fatality in Fleet Street by Christopher St. John Sprigg.
- K.A. Laity revisits the 1934 Japanese crime novel The Black Lizard by Edogawa Rampo, translated by Ian Hughes.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1951 Swedish mystery No More Murders by Maria Lang, translated by Joan Tate.
- Paperback Writer revisits the 1953 Mac detective novel Every Bet's a Sure Thing by Thomas B. Dewey.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1953 political thriller The Broken Penny by Julian Symons.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1957 crime novel Dead Wrong by Larry Holden a.k.a. Lorenz F. Heller.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1969 Philip McAlpine spy novel The Bang Bang Birds by Adam Diment.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1970 spy novel Running Blind by Desmond Bagley.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1970 crime novel The Rape of a Town by Norman Daniels a.k.a. Norman Danberg.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1975 science fiction mystery The Whereabouts of Burr by Michael Kurland.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1983 mystery The Night the Gods Smiled by Eric Wright.
- Steven Nester revisits the 2001 mystery Tender Is LeVine by Andrew Bergman.
Crowdfunding:
- Agents
Beth Phelan and Kelly Van Sant and author Isabel Sterling have started a
legal defense fund in case they are sued by Dawn Fredericks of Red Sofa
Literary agency for speaking up about problematic practices and
behaviour.
- The International Thriller Writers organisation is looking for funding to cover the cost of pitches at Thrillerfest for aspiring black authors in the crime genre
Con and event reports:
- Zoe Sharp reports about the indie alternative panel at the virtual NOT CrimeFest
- Ayo Onatade reports about the New Blood Showcase featuring debut crime writers that would originally have been held at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire, but will now happen online.
Research:
Free online fiction:
- "Aces Up" by Kimmy Dee in Shotgun Honey.
- "A Bad Day to Quit Smoking" by Ethan Robles in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Cucuzza Curse" by Thomas Pluck in Tough.
- "The Last of the Great Harvard Men to Fall" by Timothy DeLizza at Akashic Books.
- "Hotel Room Blues" by Mark McConville in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "4 Micro-Agressions" by Stephen J. Golds in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Jury Rule" by Rena J. Worley in The Five-Two.
- "Death Over Easy" by Maddie Day in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
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