Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 22, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new mysteries, thrillers and crime novels coming out this week.
- Mystery Tribune shares their fourteen favourite crime novels, mysteries and thrillers of August.
- Malcolm Gladwell talks about Jack Reacher and shares his grand unified theory of thrillers.
- Paul French talks about the crime fiction of New Zealand.
- Johnny Shaw shares ten California crime novels that are not set in Los Angeles or San Francisco.
- Colette Bancroft explains why there are so many crime stories set in Tampa Bay, Florida.
- Lisa Levy hosts a roundtable of Canadian women writers of crime fiction in two parts.
- Amy Stuart shares five flawed characters from crime fiction that readers will learn to appreciate.
- Kristen Lepionka, Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard discuss what happens on the "other woman" becomes the main character in a crime novel.
- Pamela Crane talks about parenting in crime fiction.
- Sarah Vaughan asks why motherhood is such a fertile subject for crime fiction.
- Taryn Sounders share eight children's mysteries that are enjoyable for all ages.
- Jody Gehrman shares seven crime novels that use the weather to enhance suspense.
- Erin Kinsley explains why small towns are such popular settings for crime fiction.
- Kate Riordan wonders why we are so fascinated by houses in crime fiction.
- Hannah Dennison explains why hotels are a goldmine for crime writers.
- Adele Parks wonders why alcohol related memory loss is so popular in crime fiction.
- Nelson George explains why music plays such a big role in his crime novels.
- Antonia Hodgson explains why she writes historical mysteries with romantic elements.
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar recommend their favourite fantasy noir novels.
- Kathleen Rooney shares her favourite non-human narrators.
Film and TV:
- Catherine Shoard calls the long awaited thriller Tenet a palindromic dud.
- Leslie Felperin calls The Sleepover a silly, but goodhearted family spy film.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the British crime series London Kills.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the Irish legal drama Striking Out.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at the Swedish crime series Young Wallander.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at the French mystery show Beyond Appearances.
- David Thomson talks about Ozark and wonders why so many people enjoy watching scenes of violence and murder so much.
- Lucy Mangan calls the documentary Can Sex Offenders Change? a bleak search for answers.
- Gwen Ihnat revisits the 1947 noir movie Possessed.
- Jesse Hassenger revisits the 1949 gangster movie White Heat.
- A.A. Dowd compares the 1960 and 1999 adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley.
- Scott Tobias revisits the 1990 crime movie Wild at Heart for its thirtieth anniversary.
- Charles Bramesco revisits the 1995 crime comedy To Die For.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky revisits the 2000 gangster movie Sexy Beast.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2005 crime movie Match Point.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the 2015 neo-noir film The Incident.
- Peter Clines talks about B-movies and their various golden ages.
- Stuart Jeffries interviews Ladj Ly, director of Les Misérables.
- Jennifer Vineyard interviews Maurissa Tanchareon and Jed Whedon, showrunners of Agents of SHIELD.
- Anthony d'Alessandro reports that Ben Affleck will be returning as Batman in The Flash and that Michael Keaton will be appearing as the Dark Knight.
Comments on the Unhinged:
Comments on Lovecraft Country:
- Ellen E. Jones calls Lovecraft Country a horror series that confronts racism in the US.
- Alison Herman says that Lovecraft Country has great ideas, but that the execution is lacking.
- Ellen E. Jones calls Lovecraft Country a thrilling horror story that is also highly prescient about racism in the US.
- Aja Romano declares that the cosmic horrors of Lovecraft Country pale next to the deadly reality of racism in the US.
- Glenn Weldon finds some unexpected parallels between Lovecraft Country and the 2019 Academy Award winning movie Green Book, escape that Lovecraft Country also has shoggoths.
- Eric Deggans shares his thoughts on Lovecraft Country.
- Alex Brown shares her thoughts on "Sundown", the first episode of Lovecraft Country.
- Ellen E. Jones shares her thoughts on "Sundown".
- Joelle Monique shares her thoughts on "Sundown".
- Inspired by Lovecraft Country, Adam Nayman takes a look at the works of H.P. Lovecraft and previous Lovecraftian films and TV shows.
- Aja Romano looks at Lovecraftian horror and the racism at its core.
- Watch the first episode of Lovecraft Country for free.
Comments on season 5 of Lucifer:
- LaToya Ferguson shares her thoughts on "Real Sad Devil Guy", the season 5 premiere of Lucifer.
- Stuart Heritage interviews Tom Ellis, star of Lucifer.
Coments on Project Power:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Project Power an enjoyable action thriller with superhero elements.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that Project Power cannot compete with traditional superhero movies.
- Katie Rife calls Project Power forgettable.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin declares that Project Power uses a superhero story to tackle the history of medical experimentation.
- Ethan Alter declares that Project Power also addresses issues of police racism.
- Steve Rose interviews Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of the stars of Project Power.
Comments on The Vow:
- Adrian Horton calls The Vow an unsettling documentary about a malicious cult.
- Katie Rife declares that evil has never been as banal as in The Vow.
Comments on I May Destroy You:
- Ashley Ray-Harris shares her thoughts on the most recent episode of I May Destroy You - again.
- Neelam Tailor claims that I May Destroy You empowers sexual assault survivors.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Charlie Jane Anders explains why writing fiction can make you feel better about the world.
- David Gerrold explains why he considers himself a writer, not a storyteller.
- Wendy van Camp shares bullet journal guidelines for writers.
- Claire Askew discusses where her ideas come from.
- Paul Finch explains how he chose the setting for his crime novel One Eye Open.
- Michael Laurence explains how he researched the location for his thriller The Annihilation Protocol.
- Nathan Bransford asks writers to be very careful with dreams and hallucinations, because such scenes often don't work.
- Vaseem Khan explains how difficult it is to embark on a new series when the first one was a success.
- D.A. Mishani explains why he wrote his standalone crime novel Three.
- Christopher Rice recalls how a chance sighting of the post for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in a shop window turned him into a horror writer.
- Chris Mooney talks about working with an editor.
- Alexander Larman predicts the demise of the second hand bookshop.
- Terry Ambrose profiles the new owners of the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego, California.
Interviews:
- Ayo Onatade interviews Denise Mina.
- Runalong the Shelves interviews G.R. Halliday.
- Dwyer Murphy interviews Lawrence Osborne.
- Layne Fargo interviews Kylie Schachte.
- E.B. Davis interviews Julie Mulhern.
- Lisa Allardice interviews Ottessa Moshfegh
- Locus interviews John Hornor Jacobs.
Reviews:
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Less Dead by Denise Mina.
- Seattle Book Mama reviews A Private Cathedral by James Lee Burke.
- Publishers Weekly reviews A Desperate Case by Jennifer Greer.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews A Little London Scandal by Miranda Emmerson.
- R.P. Finch reviews The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi.
- Mike Parker reviews One Eye Open by Paul Finch.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Dirty Old Town by Gabriel Valjan.
- Michael Carlson reviews Cry Baby by Mark Billingham
- C.C. Harrison reviews The Quiet Girl by S.F. Kosa.
- Serena Fairfax reviews The Fly and the Tree by James I. Morrow.
- For Winter Nights reviews Survive by Tom Bale.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Big Chill by Doug Johnstone.
- Mike Parker reviews When These Mountains Burn by David Joy.
- J.B. Stevens reviews When These Mountains Burn by David Joy.
- Kirkus reviews When These Mountains Burn by David Joy.
- Johanna Thomas-Corr reviews Death in Her Hands by Otessa Moshfegh.
- Mysteries Ahoy! reviews The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews An Accidental Corpse by Helen A. Harrison.
- Angie Barry reviews Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison.
- Janet Webb reviews Deadly Drama by Jody Holford.
- Judith Reveal reviews A Royal Affair by Allison Montclair.
- Sandie Herron reviews Foreign Eclairs by Julie Hyzy.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Fatal Yarn by Peggy Ehrhart and tries a recipe from the book.
- Katharine Coldiron reviews The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison.
- Michael J. McCann reviews The Hollow Ones by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan.
- Martin Edwards reviews Southern Cross Crime, edited by Craug Sisterson.
- Alan Cranis reviews Killer, Come Back To Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1941 thriller Cut and Run by Martin Tanner a.k.a. Rupert Penny.
- The Invisible Event reviews the 1944 myster Jack-in-the-Box by J.D. Covington.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1946 mystery Five Passengers from Lisbon by Mignon G. Eberhart.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1950 crime novel Devil May Care by Wade Miller a.k.a. Robert Wade and H. Bill Miller.
- J.F. Norris revisits the 1951 mystery The Woman in the Wardrobe by Peter Shaffer.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1951 crime novel The Crooked Circle a.k.a. Too Many Murderers by Manning Lee Stokes.
- Cullen Gallagher revisits the 1953 crime novel Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 mystery novel Post Mortem by Guy Cullingford.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1956 mystery Death to Slow Music by Beverley Nichols.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1957 Professor Brendel mystery The Case of the Four Friends by J.C. Masterman.
- Cullen Gallagher revisits the 1958 suspense novel Frantic a.k.a. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud by Noel Calef.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 suspense novel Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 noir novel Sin For Me by Gil Brewer.
- Joe Kenney revisits Sealed With Blood, a 1973 novel in The Butcher men's adventure series by Stuart Jason.
- Cullen Gallagher revisits the 1974 crime thriller Eldorado Red by Donald Goines.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1975 adventure novel Valley of the Assassins by Ian MacAlister a.k.a. Marvin Albert.
- Sam Jordison revisits the 1986 mystery A Taste for Death by P.D. James.
- Steven Nester revisits the 1999 neo-noir novel East of A by Russell Atwood.
- Paul D. Brazill revisits the 2000 gangster novel Layer Cake by J.J. Connolly.
Con and event reports:
- Ruth Comerford reports that the virtual Noirwich Crime Writing Festival has announced its 2020 writers in residence.
- Ruth Comerford reports that Lee Child will appear at the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.
Crowdfunding:
Research:
- Niko Vorobyov talks about organised crime in Serbia.
- The BBC reports about a daring heist at a ninja museum in Japan.
- Laura Griffin explains why going off the grid is extremely difficult in our digital era.
- The BBC explains how people still manage to disappear in Japan.
- The BBC reports about a photo project by Jackie Black to recreate the last meals requested by prisoners on death row in the US.
- The BBC asks what a world without prisons would be like.
Free online fiction:
- "The Happy Couple" by Harris Coverley in Shotgun Honey.
- "Best Friends" by Ian Sutherland in Shotgun Honey.
- "Bumper" by M.E. Purfield in Tough.
- "The Road Back" by Michael Guillebeau in Mytsery Tribune.
- "Christmas in Calgary" by Dustin Lietha in Mystery Tribune.
- "Black Saint and the Sinner Woman" by Mike Aaron in Mystery Tribune.
- "Sweet Voodoo Magic" by Hannah Dennison, S.C. Perkins, Donna Andrews, Diane Kelly and Ellie Alexander in Criminal Element.
- "Totality" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Dexterity" by Clark Zlotchew in The Five-Two.
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