Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 13, 2021
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 Tell Me All Your Secrets, Cherry, Snowpiercer and much more.
Crime fiction in general:
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels and thrillers coming out this week.
- Lisa Levy shares the best psychological thrillers coming out this March.
- E.J. Beaton explains that it's the motive that drives a crime story.
- Melissa Colasanti shares her favourite duplicitous female thriller characters.
- J.T. Ellison shares eight dark novels of love and obsession set in the Mediterranean.
- Laurie Elizabeth Flynn wonders about the popularity of campus thrillers.
- Matt Miksa wonders whether China will be the next go-to villain in spy thrillers.
- Sarah Penner discusses the importance of poison in Agatha Christie's mysteries.
- Steve Goble shares his appreciation for the lesser known novels of Wilkie Collins.
- Elizabeth A. Harris profiles Harlan Coben.
- Alison
Flood reports that the heirs of cartoonist Georges Remy a.k.a. Hergé
have sued artist Xavier Marabout for inserting Tintin into Edward Hopper
paintings, having adventures with women.
- Heloise Wood reports that Alex Michaelides' debut thriller The Silent Patient has been sold to publishers in fifty countries.
- Mystery author Judith van Gieson has died aged 79.
Film and TV:
- Carmen Maria Machado discusses how Promising Young Woman reconfigures the rape revenge genre.
- Lauren Morris shares some theories regarding the identity of the serial killer Goliath in Bloodlands.
- Phil Hoad calls The Columnist an absurdist thriller about a middle class writer on a murder spree.
- Martin Edwards is not thrilled by Grand Isle.
- Steven Rose calls The Winter Lake a damp Irish mystery.
- Cath Clarke calls How to Stop a Recurring Dream an implausible kidnap thriller, but praises the performance of Ruby Barker.
- Phil Hoad calls Come True a visionary sleep disorder thriller.
- Lucy Mangan calls The One a vapidly stylish science fiction thriller.
- Steve Rose calls Verdict a convincing domestic abuse courtrrom drama from the Philippines.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on I Care a Lot.
- James Donaghy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Unforgotten.
- Alex McLevy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Clarice.
- Amelia Gentleman shares her thoughts on the true crime documentary The Mystery of Suzy Lamplugh.
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary Operation Varsity Blues.
- Emma Brockes interviews Kelly Macdonald, one of the stars of Line of Duty.
- Rich Pelley interviews creator David Chase and actor Vincent Curatola about how they made The Sopranos.
- Katie Rife interviews Delroy Lindo, one of the stars of Da Five Bloods.
- Dan Persons revisits the 1946 Looney Tunes cartoon The Great Piggy Bank Robbery.
- Jay Glennie shares some behind the scenes photos of the 1980 boxing film Raging Bull.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2002 crime film The Cat's Meow.
- Alex McLevy revisits the 2014 action comedy 21 Jump Street.
- Peter Suciu reports about an online feud between actors Patton Oswalt and Scott Baio.
- Rebecca Davis reports that China is considering a lifelong ban for all actors who have used drugs.
- Stuart Heritage reports about Cocaine Bear, a very strange movie coming out in 2022.
Comments on Tell Me All Your Secrets:
Comments on Cherry:
- Peter Bradshaw praises the performance of Tom Holland in the drug addiction and bank robbery drama Cherry.
- Steve Rose interviews Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of several Marvel movies, 21 Bridges and Cherry.
- Marah Eakin interviews Joe and Anthony Russo.
- Marah Eakin interviews Tom Holland, star of the Spider-Man movies and Cherry.
- Marah Eakin interviews Ciara Bravo, one of the stars of Cherry.
Comments on Snowpiercer:
Awards:
- The winners of the 2021 Romantic Novel Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2021 Saturn Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2021 Critics Choice Awards have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2021 BAFTA Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2021 Producers Guild Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2021 DGA film and TV awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Mark Edward Langley talks about researching his latest crime novel.
- Lauren Sapala shares five pieces of advice for aspiring writers.
- Andrea Hull talks about writing, reading and pattern recognition.
- Matthew Broberg-Moffitt shares some suggestions for improving the querying process for autistic and neurodiverse writers.
- Penny Sansivieri shares some tips for planning your book launch and marketing.
- Jacqui Lipton talks about the difference between advances and royalties.
- John Scalzi talks about copyright and why it is important for writers.
- Aidan Barlow reports that crime fiction writer Peter James is auctioning off his custom-made desk.
Interviews:
- George Gibson interviews Donna Leon.
- John Dickerson interviews Colson Whitehead.
- Suspense Magazine interviews Jonathan Kellerman.
- Scott Turow interviews Alex Finlay.
- Alan Petersen interviews Dana Stabenow.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Sarah Pearse.
- Sandra Mangan interviews Sarah Sultoon.
- Ashish Ghadiali interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen.
- K.J. Howe and Ryan Steck interview Mark Greaney.
- Debbie Mack interviews Frank Zafiro.
- Queer Writers of Crime interview Jack Dickson.
- Ali Karim interviews Merilyn Davies.
Reviews:
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Cut by Chris Brookmyre.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward.
- Adam Colclough reviews Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward.
- Crime by the Book reviews The Escape Room by Megan Goldin.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Under the Bridge by Jack Byrne.
- Angie Barry reviews Saving Grace by Debbie Babitt.
- Christobel Kent reviews The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex.
- Angie Barry reviews The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley.
- Paraic O'Donnell reviews The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore.
- Slade Grayson reviews Later by Stephen King.
- Forever Lost in Literature reviews We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Dirty South by John Connolly.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Smoke by Joe Ide.
- Rafe McGregor reviews The Mercenary by Paul Vidich.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer by Joel Dicker.
- Jenny Maloney reviews Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison.
- C.C. Harrison reviews Call Me Elizabeth Lark by Melissa Colasanti.
- Gwen Moffat reviews The Embalmer by Alison Belsham.
- The Real Book Spy reviews The Outside Man by Don Bentley.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Amira by Matthew Betley.
- Kirkus reviews Infinite by Brian Freeman.
- Beth Kanell reviews Wedding Station by David Downing.
- Yvonne Klein reviews The Historians by Cecilia Ekbäck.
- Catherine Turnbull reviews A Prince and a Spy by Rory Clements.
- Beth Kanell reviews The Last Lie by Charles Todd.
- David Magayna reviews An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Pairing to Die For by Kate Lansing and tries a recipe from the book.
- Thuy Dinh reviews The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
- Ron Fortier reviews Reincarnal and Other Dark Tales by Max Allan Collins.
- Jim Farber reviews Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1943 mystery Murder Through the Looking Glass by Michael Venning a.k.a. Craig Rice.
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1944 mystery Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1949 mystery The Cornish Fox by C.H.B. Kitchin.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 mystery Murder in Time by Elizabeth Ferrars.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1954 crime novel Tiger by the Tail by James Hadley Chase.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1954 mystery The Last Straw by Doris Miles Disney.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1954 mystery The Cellar at No. 5 by Shelley Smith.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 noir novel So Fair, So Evil by Paul Connolly a.k.a. Thomas Grey Wicker.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1975 myster Murder Sails at Midnight by Marian Babson a.k.a. Ruth Stenstream.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1982 dystopian adventure novel Exiled! by Steven Greene.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1990 science fictional men's adventure novel Psi Man by David Peters a.k.a. Peter David.
Con and event reports:
- Fraser Massey reports about the virtual First Monday Crime event for March 2021, featuring Abigail Dean and Nadine Matheson.
- Oline H. Cogdill reports about the interactive crime show art heist experience.
- Cora Buhlert reports about a scandalous performance of Friedrich Schiller's The Robbers in Bremen, Germany, in 1966.
Research:
- Harold Schechter explains how the zeitgeist determines why some crimes receive a lot of media attention, while other equally or more horrible crimes are ignored.
- Chip Jacobs explains how the Los Angeles car culture of the 1970s fuelled a series of brutal murders and other crimes.
- Verity Bright explains how advances in technology and forensic science made life difficult for criminals in the early 20th century.
- Dan Davies explains why different scams and frauds flourish in different regions.
- Emma Southon discusses the Roman murder law.
- Ellen Gutoskey shares the ten weirdest things confiscated at US airports in 2020.
Free online fiction:
- "Life in a Northern Town" by Abra Deering in Shotgun Honey.
- "Savage Beads" by Pearson O'Meara in Shotgun Honey.
- "Giving the Light" by Nik Korpon in Tough.
- "The President's Half Disme" by Ellery Queen in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Fiction Podcast.
- "The Deadlands" by Tom Leins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "First Snow" by Marko Antic in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Corpse Pose" by Philip Ellis in Mystery Tribune.
- "And Her Eyes Made Love to Him" by Catfish McDaris in The Five-Two.
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