Crime Fiction Links of the Week for September 19, 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 debate about Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling, The Devil All the Time, Ratched, Lovecraft Country, Tenet, tributes to Diana Rigg and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Crime Reads lists ten new crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out this week. 
• Lisa Levy shares five psychological thrillers to read this September. 
• Scott Montgomery shares his eleven favourite crime novels of 2020 so far.
  
• Vanessa Lillie declares that crime fiction is always political.
• Wendy Walker shares eight novels about women who disappear.
• Micah Nemerever shares five novels about destructive romantic friendships.
• Kristen Lepionka, Layne Fargo, and Wendy Heard talk about the problematic trope of the bad bisexual.
• L.C. Shaw shares the nine most unforgettable antagonists in crime fiction.
  
• Joel Shulkin shares seven medical thrillers that go beyond the emergency room. 
• Taylor Hale explains why small towns are such powerful settings for murder mysteries. 
• Attica Locke explains how growing up and living in Texas influenced her crime novels.
• Scott Montgomery traces the evolution of Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard.
  
• Lorenzo Carcaterra explains why dogs will always feature in his crime novels. 
• Max Seeck explains how his love for music inspired his crime fiction.
  
• Callie Hutton talks about writing historical romance and historical mysteries.
  
• Crime Reads shares the openings of several Agatha Christie novels.
• Dan Hanks talks about the power and pitfalls of nostalgia.
• Curtis Evans discusses the scribbled notes he found in the margins of his copy of the 1885 mystery novel Great Porter Square. 
• Brad Parks wonders whether crime fiction writers would survive a hypothetical zombie apocalypse.
• Lisette Voytko reports about the uproar surrounding Troubled Blood, the latest crime novel by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling. 
• Alison Flood reports that according to J.K. Rowling a.k.a. Robert Galbraith, the crossdressing killer in Troubled Blood is based on real cases.
  
• Crime fiction writer Gary Alexander has died aged 79. 

Film and TV:

• Michael Hogan calls Strike: Lethal White overcomplicated, but praises the acting.
• Rebecca Nicholson calls season 2 of Criminal catnip for mystery fans. 
• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Alone a neat thriller.
  
• Katie Rife calls Midnight Madness an extreme revenge thriller.
  
• Benjamin Lee calls I Care A Lot a delicious thriller. 
• Alex McLevy calls The Babysitter: Killer Queen a silly horror movie that doesn't believe in itself.
  
• Paul Levinson calls Wisting nordic noir at its best. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of We Hunt Together. 
• Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the serial killer drama Des.
  
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the season 11 premiere of Archer. 
  
• Cullen Gallagher revisits the 1959 Edgar Wallace thriller Face of the Frog.
• K.A. Laity revisits the 1991 supernatural noir movie Cast a Deadly Spell.
  
• Daniel Hollway interviews Noah Hawley, director of an upcoming Star Trek film and Lucy in the Sky and showrunner of Fargo. 
• Stuart Heritage reports about Chris Evans, best known for playing Captain America, accidentally sharing a penis photo and the surprisingly kind reaction to that mishap.  
• Actor Kevin Dodson, who starred in of Kojak, Shannon and Knots Landing, had died aged 77.
  

Tributes to Diana Rigg:

• Anita Gates shares an obituary for Diana Rigg.
• Robert Lloyd shares a tribute to Diana Rigg.
• Adam Whitehead remembers Diana Rigg.
• Bill Koenig remembers Diana Rigg
• David Hofstede remembers Diana Rigg.
• James Hibberd shares the memories of the Game of Thrones cast and crew of Diana Rigg.
  

Comments on Ratched: 

• Lucy Mangan declares that Ratched offers gory, gothic thrills.
• Monica Castillo declares that Ratched offers more spectacle than depth. 
• Angelica Jade Bastién calls Ratched the worst thing that could have happened to the character of Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
  
• Marah Eakin interviews Sarah Poulson and Judy Davis, two of the stars of Ratched. 
  

 

Comments on The Devil All the Time:

• Noel Murray calls The Devil All the Time a moody coal country crime drama.  
• Peter Bradshaw calls The Devil All the Time a violant gothic noir drama and praises the performance of Robert Pattinson.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls The Devil All the Time a dreary disappointment.
  

Comments on Lovecraft Country: 

• Alex Brown shares her thoughts on "Strange Case", the latest episode of Lovecraft Country. 
• Ellen E. Jones shares her thoughts on "Strange Case". 
• Joelle Monique shares her thoughts on "Strange Case".
• Marah Eakin interviews Wunmi Mosaku and Abbey Lee, who play Ruby and Christina in Lovecraft Country.
• Andrew Tejada reports that Jonathan Majors, who plays Atticus in Lovecraft Country, has been cast in Ant-Man 3, most likely to play Kang the Conqueror.
  

 

Comments on Tenet:

• Candace Carty-Williams thinks that Tenet is okay, but that being able to go to the cinema again is what truly matters.
• Julie Muncy reports that Warner Bros is refusing to share detailed box office figures for Tenet.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that Tenet is a box office bomb.

Awards:

• The winners of the 2020 McIlvanney Prize and the 2020 Scottish Debut Novel of the Year have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2020 Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2020 Booker Prize have been announced.
  

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Christina Henry explains how to use multiple points of view to generate story tension. 
• Charlie Jane Anders talks about worldbuilding. 
• Kellie Doherty talks about writing fanfiction. 
• Destiny Soria shares three ways roleplaying has made her a better writer. 
• Stella Oni talks about writing her crime novel Deadly Sacrifice.
  
• Elizabeth Wilkerson reports about the new writers' organisation Crime Writers of Color.
  
• Sarah Manavis explains why Goodreads is bad for books. 
• Daniel Greene talks about the difficulties of being a booktuber.
• Alison Flood reports that bookshops in the UK are experiencing a record sales week due to a glut of books being released all at once.
• Dorany Pineda reports about the difficulties facing bookstores in Los Angeles, California, due to the corona pandemic.
  

Interviews:

• The Literary Hub interviews Walter Mosley. 
• Scott Montgomery interviews Joe R. Lansdale.
  
• Rick Pullen interviews Gayle Lynds. 
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Ellen Byron. 
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Wendy Walker.
  
• Alan Petersen interviews Joshua Hood.
• Cynthia Chow interviews Dane McCaslin.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Jon Land.
• The Real Book Spy interviews Mike Lupica.
  

Reviews:

• Blue Book Balloon reviews Seven Doors by Agnes Ravatn.
• Jake Arnott reviews Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi.
• Paul D. Brazill reviews Hinton Hollow Death Trip by Will Carver.
  
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard. 
• Emma Cazabonne reviews Don't Look For Me by Wendy Walker. 
• Crime By the Book reviews When I Was You by Amber Garza. 
• Cullen Gallagher reviews And She Was by Alison Gaylin.
  
• BOLO Books reviews For the Best by Vanessa Lillies. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews White Fox by Sara Faring.
  
• Alison Flood reviews Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith.
• Jake Kerridge reviews Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith.
• Ray Palen reviews Fire and Vengeance by Robert McCaw 
• Shirley Wetzel reviews The East End by Jason Allen. 
• Shirley Wetzel reviews Three Hours in Paris by Carla Black. 
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits The Readers' Room by Antoine Laurain.
  
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders by Kate Griffin.
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Killings at Kingfisher Hall by Sophie Hannah.
• Sandie Herron reviews A Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Quickening by Rhiannon Ward.  
• For Winter Nights reviews The Dance of the Serpents by Oscar de Muriel.  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Breach by M.T. Hill.
• Shirley Wetzel reviews Broken Bone China by Laura Childs.
• Kathleen Costa reviews A Canary in the Canal by Anna Celeste Burke.
• Sandra Murphy reviews Dial M for Maine Coon by Alex Erickson.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Goodnight Moo by Mollie Cox Bryan and tries a recipe from the book.
  

Classics reviews:

• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1910 Inspector Hanaud mystery Murder at the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1933 Anthony Bathurst mystery The Spiked Lion by Brian Flynn.
• Cullen Gallagher revisits the 1952 noir novel One Is a Lonely Number by Bruce Elliott.
• Cullen Gallagher revisits the 1956 noir novel Bring Him Back Dead by Day Keene.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 crime novel The Venetian Blonde by A.S. Fleischman.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 Nails Fenian spy novel Assassins' Hide Away by Hal D. Steward. 
• Joe Kenney revisits Washington I.O.U., a 1972 novel in The Executioner men's adventure series by Don Pendleton.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1972 non-fiction book The Puritan Pleasures of the Detective Story: From Sherlock Holmes to Van der Valk – A Personal Monograph on the Excellences and Limitations of Detective Fiction by Eric Routley. 
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1977 science fiction thriller Julius Caesar Is Alive and Well by Irving Greenfield. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1978 mystery Duncan Is In His Grave by Richard Wiseman a.k.a. Nick Bartlett. 
  
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1986 Sister Mary Helen mystery A Novena for Murder by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 2004 mystery novel The Colorado Kid by Stephen King.
  

Con reports:

• The program of the virtual Noirwich Crime Writing Festival is available online to watch. 
• Mark Chandler reports that Pan Macmillan is holding a one day virtual Ken Follett festival to celebrate the launch of Follett's new novel The Evening and the Morning.
• Maria Polletta reports that the controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio has recorded a welcome video for Arizon Fur Con in Mesa, Arizona, apparently without knowing what furries are. 
• Andrew Paul also shares the video greeting for the Arizone Fur Con that Joe Arpaio recorded.

 
Crowdfunding:

• The Diesel Bookstore in Los Angeles, California, needs some help to survive to corona pandemic.
  

Research:

• Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi report that the sheriff's department of Pasco County, Florida, is using an algorithm based predictive policing program and mercilessly harrassing families identified as targets. 
• Aaron Leonard reports about the FBI's surveillance and harrassment of folk singers and other artists for being alleged Communists.
• Harriet Sherwood reports about a campaign to pardon thousands of Scottish women executed for witchcraft in the 17th century.
  
• Ben Macintyre profiles 1930s spy Richard Sorge.
• Nathan Ward reports about a bomb attack on Wall Street in 1920.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Carrion Heart" by Nicholas Kish in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Light and Shadow" by Daria Davis in Flash Bang Mysteries. 
• "Concrete Jungle" by Tim Frank in Yellow Mama.
  
• "City Lights From the Upside Down" by Alex Z. Salinas in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Downhill All the Way" by James Boyle in Yellow Mama.
  
• "The Glass Slip Up" by Chelle Martin in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
• "Enter the Dove" by Matthias Regan in The Five-Two.
• "The Suburbs" by Ian Lewis Copestick in Punk Noir Magazine
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Cordelia.