Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 8, 2020
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, thrillers and mysteries coming out this week.
- Alex Pavesi discusses mystery fiction's most enduring tropes and their purpose.
- Poppy Gee shares small town mysteries from the US, Canada and Australia.
- Paul French takes a look at the extensive crime fiction tradition of Dublin, Ireland.
- Megan Collins explains what scares a thriller writer.
- Kate Simants shares her top ten books about probation.
- Elsa Hart shares nine mysteries featuring collector and collections.
- Sherry Harris shares cocktail themed mysteries.
- Julie McElwain shares six time travel mysteries.
- Crossexamining Crime shares her top ten mysteries with colours in the title.
- Caroline Corcoran discusses the popularity of psychological thrillers exploring motherhood.
- Jane Badrock explains that elderly ladies can make kickass detectives.
- David Masciotra discusses the career of James Lee Burke and the evolution of his character Dave Robicheaux.
- Liz Scheier interviews seven mystery authors about the debt they owe Agatha Christie.
- Susanna Lee explains how Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op became a Depression era icon.
- Andrew Cartmel looks at the lost hardboiled classics of Charles Williams.
- Susanna Calkins discusses the popularity of ripped from the headlines murder mystery plays in 1920s Chicago.
- Sarah Weinman wonders what the future of true crime will look like.
- Kim Powers talks about her life in true crime.
- Alison Flood reports that Irish novelist John Boyne accidentally included some objects and creatures from the videogame The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a historical novel, when he googled for how to dye fabric red without realising that the ingredient list referred to a videogame.
Film and TV:
- Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Perry Mason.
- Ani Bundel shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness.
- Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Make Up a spooky seaside thriller.
- Katie Rife calls She Dies Tomorrow an eerily timely psychological thriller.
- Lucy Mangan calls The Deceived a pleasantly cosy thriller.
- Laura Bogart calls Hitmen highly entertaining, even if it doesn't pack much of a punch.
- Ignatiy Vichnevetsky calls The Tax Collector a lousy crime thriller.
- Lucy Mangan calls Prodigal Son a preposterous Silence of the Lambs knock-off.
- Leah Schnelbach argues that the serial killer drama Hannibal and the fantasy cartoon Steven Universe are actually the same show.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the Scottish noir series The Nest.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the 2017 legal drama Fearless.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the 2018 crime comedy Game Night.
- Stephen Robinson shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary Surviving Jeffrey Epstein.
- Noel Murray calls A Thousand Cuts an alarming documentary about attacks on the press in the Philippines.
- Olivia Rutigliano ranks the 35 most iconic caper movies.
- Tom Jourdrey revisits the 1950 noir thriller Sunset Boulevard for its seventieth anniversary.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1965 suspense movie Blind Corner a.k.a. Man in the Dark.
- Simon Bland interviews Dan Aykroyd and John Landis, star and director of the 1980 crime comedy The Blues Brothers.
- Euan McKirdy interviews Diego Luna, star of Narcos: Mexico.
- Dorian Lynskey interviews Stewart Copeland, drummer of The Police, about his father CIA agent Miles Copeland.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports about alleged anti-Asian discrimination on the set of Daredevil.
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Awards:
- The shortlist for the 2020 CWA Dagger Awards has been announced.
- The winner of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Colour Award has been announced.
- The winner of the 2020 Munsey Award has been announced.
- The winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards have been announced.
- The longlist for the 2020 Not the Booker Prize has been announced with lots of love for genre works and voting is open for the shortlist.
- The winners of the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards have been announced with some love for crime drama.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Charlie Jane Anders points out that anger is a storytelling goldmine for writers.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch points out that writers need courage.
- Jesse Kellerman talks about writing at home with children.
- Julie Haeberlin talks about the inspiration behind her latest thriller We Are All the Same in the Dark.
- Andrew Albanese reports about the Internet Archive's response to the copyright lawsuit regarding their so-called National Emergency Library.
- The SFWA announced the launch of the Book Industry Health Insurance Partnership.
- Jane Friedman reports about the state of the US publishing industry.
Interviews:
- Molly Odintz interviews Laura Lippman.
- Arley Sorg interviews Lauren Beukes.
- Petra Mayer interviews Lauren Beukes.
- Mystery Playground interviews Paul D. Marks.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Adele Parks.
Reviews:
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves.
- BOLO Books reviews Rules for Being Dead by Kim Powers.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Lucky Bones by Michael Wiley.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews In the Know by Dougie Brimson.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Night Swim by Megan Goldin.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Hunted by Garbiel Bergmoser.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Don't Turn Around by Jessica Barry.
- Emma Cazabonne reviews No Woods As Dark As These by Randall Silvis.
- John Valeri reviews The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter.
- Janet Webb reviews His and Hers by Alice Feeney.
- BOLO Books reviews His and Hers by Alice Feeney.
- BOLO Books reviews The First To Lie by Hank Philippi Ryan.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Tie Die by Max Tomlinson.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Hinton Hollow Death Trip by Will Carver.
- Janet Webb reviews The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits by A.L. Herbert and tries a recipe from the book.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Ghosts Up Her Game by Carolyn Hart.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen.
- Mahvesh Murad reviews Afterland by Lauren Beukes.
- Kelly Lasiter reviews Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Dragonfire by Ted Bell.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Total Power by Kyle Mills.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Julian Symons.
Classics reviews:
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1939 noir novel Detour by Martin M. Goldsmith.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1943 mystery The Deadly Truth by Helen McCloy.
- Randal S. Brandt revisits the 1952 heist novel To Catch a Thief by David Dodge, basis for the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film of the same title.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1955 mystery The Man Who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1958 crime novel A Penknife in my Heart by Nicholas Blake.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1959 noir novel The Red Scarf by Gil Brewer.
- Judith Tarr revisits the 1965 gothic novel The White Jade Fox by Andre Norton.
- Joe Kenney revisits Operation Ice Cap, a 1969 novel in the Mark Hood spy series by James Dark a.k.a. J.E. McDonnell
- Joe Kenney revisits Icepick in the Spine, a 1975 novel in The Marksman men's adventure series by Frank Scarpetta a.k.a. Aaron Fletcher.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Detroit Combat, a 1986 novel in the Hawker men's adventure series by Carl Ramm a.k.a. Randy Wayne White.
Con and event reports:
- Sisters in Crime have released a statement condemning transphobic remarks made by a panelist at a webinar on July 14, 2020.
- Severin Carrell reports that the Edinburgh Internation Book Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, will be going all virtual.
Crowdfunding:
- The Corruption Within, a 2D psychological thriller first-person point and click adventure game set in the Victorian era, is looking for funding.
- Bonnie Elizabeth shares her experience using Kickstarter to fund her latest series.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch continues her series about how Kickstarter is a gamechanger for creatives.
Research:
- Catherine Ryan Howard explains that it's time to demystify the serial killer.
- Hank Philippi Ryan shares a reporter's tips for going undercover.
- Martin Evans reports that new forensic techniques could help to bring more rapists to justice.
- Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz trace the career of federal agent Eliot Ness after the end of the Prohibition.
- Amanda Lees discusses thieves' cant.
- Betsy Bonner discusses the mysterious disappearance of her sister Atlantis.
- Mystery writer Laurie R. King shares her hilarious e-mail correspondence with a fake Monegasque prince.
Free online fiction:
- "Dress Rehearsal" by Hershel Cozine in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Hotdog Man" by Morgan Boyd in Shotgun Honey.
- "Cold Case Superstar" by Jean Wolfersteig at Akashic Books.
- "Thunder in Your Words" by Marl McConville in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Shadow Prison Experiment" by Caroline M. Yoachim in Lightspeed.
- "Kneecaps or Us" by David S. Pointer in The Five-Two.
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