Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 14, 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 Undoing, NaNoWriMo advice and much more.
Crime fiction in general:
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, thrillers and mysteries coming out this week.
- Lisa Levy shares five psychological thrillers coming out this month.
- Lisa Harris explains how romance can heighten suspense.
- Emily Schultz explains why the popularity of psychological thrillers and true crime with women readers is not a new trend.
- Kristen Lepionka, Layne Fargo, and Wendy Heard talk about the archetype of the femme fatale.
- P.N. Hinton shares eight mysteries and thrillers by black authors.
- Anthony Horowitz explains why golden age detective fiction continues to be so popular.
- Lynne Truss shares the most unusual murder weapons in crime fiction.
- Jeffrey Fleischman talks about the connection between politics and murder.
- Peter Bartram talks about writing a longrunning mystery series.
- James Swallow shares his favourite hacker heroes from science fiction and crime fiction.
- Chris Mooney explains what makes a great villain.
- Jennifer J. Chow talks about cozy mysteries with magic and paranormal elements.
- Val McDermid looks back on writing The Mermaids Singing, the first Tony Hill thriller.
- John Cox reminds us that James Bond would have turned 100 on November 11.
- Colin Newton looks for traces of Ray Bradbury, Raymond Chandler and other famous literary resident of the West Side of Los Angeles, California.
- Joe R. Christopher finds Tolkien references in the mystery novels of Nevada Barr.
- Bella Ellis offers a brief overview of conspiracy theories involving the Bronte sisters.
- Paul Morley explains why opera will never die.
- The BBC reports that a statue of Mary Wollstonecraft has been unveiled in North London, UK, to some controversy.
- Alison Flood reports that the infamous literary puzzle Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers has been solved for the first time since 1934.
- Alison Flood reports that Stacey Abrams, Democrat politician and tireless campaigner from Georgia, also writes romantic suspense under the pen name Selena Montgomery.
- Locus remembers Rachel Caine.
Film and TV:
- Roxana Hadadi calls Dreamland a captivating Depression era thriller.
- Danette Chavez calls Alex Rider an effective teen spy movie.
- Stuart Heritage calls Fatman the Mel Gibson as Santa Claus action comedy no one wanted or needed.
- Cath Clarke calls Finding Steve McQueen an uncharimatic retro heist comedy.
- Ellen E. Jones calls Eastern a Polish thriller about humiliation and revenge.
- Ellen E. Jones calls Rogue an energetic action thriller.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Trackers an action-packed South African thriller.
- Lucy Mangan is bothered that the documentary The Trial of Oscar Pistorius almost completely omits Reeva Steenkamp, the woman Pistorius killed.
- Lucy Mangan calls The Millennium Dome Heist with Ross Kemp a turgid true crime program.
- Zack Handlen shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Fargo.
- Gwen Ihnat shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Next.
- Katie Rife shares her thoughts on the true crime documentary Murder on Middle Beach.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at the Icelandic crime drama The Valhalla Murders.
- Jill Hand and Brandon Barrows list five movies that are both westerns and thrillers.
- Niela Orr wonders why true crime dramas about murderous women are so popular.
- Emma John shares her appreciation for Agents of SHIELD.
- Guy Lodge revisits Martin Scorsese's 1980 boxing drama Raging Bull for its 40th anniversary.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2015 historical thriller Angelica.
- Catherine Shoard interviews Gabrial Byrne, star of The Usual Suspects, Excalibur, Miller's Crossing and many others.
- Mark Brown interviews John Boyega, star of Star Wars, Attack the Block, Red, White and Blue and many others.
- Sarah Hughes interviews Jane Tranter, producer of His Dark Materials, Doctor Who and Spooks.
- Cheryl Eddy explains why the world doesn't need another Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie.
- Anthony d'Alessandro reports that the theatrical releases of Free Guy and Death on the Nile have been delayed due to the corona pandemic.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Elizabeth Breck recalls how she went from private investigator to author of detective fiction.
- Margaret Atwood talks about creating art in difficult times.
- Andrea Hall shares a NaNoWriMo pep talk for writers.
- Summer H. Paulus shares writing advice from several published writers.
- E.A. Aymar hosts a roundtable on writing the other.
- Sara Foster explains why narrative structure is such a valuable tool for writers.
- Charlie Jane Anders explains that irony and emotion can go hand in hand in your writing.
- John Scalzi looks back on twenty years as an author.
- Joby Dorr feels that artists should charge more for their work.
- Emily Hare attempts to answer the question if you should start a Patreon.
- Alison Flood announces that hundreds of British authors have signed an initiative to support British bookstores during the pandemic.
- Alison Flood also reports that the British Booksellers' Association declares that bookstores should be classified as essential services and should remain open during the current lockdown in the UK.
- Rachel Kramer Brussel reports about people who have opened bookstores during the corona pandemic.
- Sarah Laskow takes a look into the caretaker's apartments still found inside some branches of the New York Public Library.
- Jason Kottke reports that Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, is releasing a fragrance that smells like a bookstore.
- Mike Glyer reports that Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and an employee were attacked and robbed
only months after the store was vandalised during the riots following
the death of George Floyd.
Interviews:
- Brian Gresko interviews Jonathan Lethem.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Ruth Ware.
- Mystery & Suspense interviews J.A. Jance.
- John Wisniewski interviews Nick Kolakowski.
- Book Marks interviews Steph Cha.
- Alan Petersen interviews K.A. Perry.
- Theresa Talbot interviews Gordon Brown.
- Grace Topping interviews Alexia Gordon.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews D.S. Butler.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Matthew Hart.
- E.B. Davis interviews Jennifer J. Chow.
- Paul Burke interviews H.B. Lyle.
Reviews:
- Mike Parker reviews The Sentinel by Lee and Andrew Child.
- Scott Montgomery reviews A Galway Epiphany by Ken Bruen.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich.
- Paul Lane reviews The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly.
- Kirkus reviews The Dirty South by John Connolly.
- Crime by the Book reviews The Kingdom by Jo Nesbø.
- Janet Webb reviews Cold As Ice by Allison Brennan.
- Jannelies Smit reviews Daylight by David Baldacci.
- Aunt Agatha reviews A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson.
- Janet Webb reviews In the Deep by Loreth Anne White.
- BOLO Books reviews Shadow Ridge by M.E. Browning.
- Lynne Hugo reviews A Frenzy of Sparks by Kristin Fields.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski.
- J.B. Stevens reviews Blood by Choice by Rob Pierce.
- Janet Webb reviews Girls of Brackenhill by Kate Moretti.
- Matt Pechey reviews Girls of Brackenhill by Kate Moretti.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Little Threats by Emily Schultz.
- Michael David reviews If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier.
- Paul Lane reviews Double Agent by Tom Bradby.
- For Winter Nights reviews Fugitive by Paul Fraser Collard.
- Louis Bravos reviews The Forger and the Thief by Kirsten McKenzie.
- Jodé Millman reviews Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March.
- Aunt Agatha reviews The Man in the Microwave Oven by Susan Cox.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Evidence by Christopher Priest.
- Janet Webb reviews A Page Marked for Murder by Lauren Elliott.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Hollyberry Homicide by Sharon Farrow and tries a recipe from the novel.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer.
- Shellie Horst reviews Dexter and the Sinister Detecting Agents by Keith W. Dickinson.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons by James Lovegrove.
- Colette Bancroft reviews Miami Noir: The Classics, edited by Lee Standiford.
Classics reviews:
- James Lovegrove revisits the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1941 mystery Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1942 mystery Dead Center by Mary Collins.
- Cullen Gallagher revisits the 1952 crime novel If the Coffin Fits by Day Keene.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1958 suspense novel Someone From the Past by Margot Bennett.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 Parker novel The Man with the Getaway Face by Richard Stark a.k.a. Donald A. Westlake.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Peking, a 1968 novel in the Secret Mission spy fiction series by Don Smith.
- Terhali's Peculiar Satisfaction revisits the 1972 Jerry Cornelius novel The English Assassin by Michael Moorcock.
- Judith Tarr revisits the 1984 historical adventure novel Stand and Deliver by Andre Norton.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1986 police procedural Fool's Gold by Ted Wood.
Con reports:
- Alis Hawkins reports about the Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival which will take place in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 2022.
- Ayo Onatade also looks ahead at the Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival.
- Ayo Onatade reports that crime fiction writer Ian Rankin is playnning to establish a series of Literary Lunches in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Crowdfunding:
Research:
- The BBC reports about the unusual circumstances of the murder of the so-called Russian sausage king Vladimir Marugov.
- Becky Cooper takes a look at the still unsolved murder of archaeology student Jane Britton in 1970 and the fact that one of her professors came under suspicion.
- Anthony Amore reports about politically motivated art thief Rose Dugdale.
- Nev March recalls a double murder committed by a friend of her family in Mumbai in the 1970s and wonders whether there wasn't more to the crime.
- Erin Lindsey recalls how future US president Theodore Roosevelt captured three thieves while a sheriff's deputy in the Dakota territory in the 19th century.
- Michael Niemann shares the latest tricks in international money laundering.
- Olivier Norek shares stories from spending eighteen years working as a police officer in the most crime-ridden district of France.
- Jennimai Nguyen reports that Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot is being used by the NYPD at crime scenes in New York City.
- Rebecca Mead reports about the discovery of a Viking hoard in the UK and what happened afterwards.
Free online fiction:
- "Boys Don't Cry" by Nadja Van Der Stroom in Mystery Tribune.
- "Company" by Deek Brodie in Shotgun Honey.
- "Mariticide" by Alpheus Williams in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Damned and Don Williams" by Scott Montgomery in Shotgun Honey.
- "Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law" by Lavie Tidhar in Tor.com.
- "Hangman" by David Cranmer in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Twelfth Escape" by Kristin Garth in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "In My Heart" by Stephen J. Golds in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "It Could Be Worse, It Could Be Raining" by Judge Santiago Burton in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Trump at the Casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Reposing in State" by Robert Cooperman in The Five-Two.
- "Mouthpiece" by Peter M. Gordon in The Five-Two.
- "Double-Cross" by Cora Buhlert.
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