Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 27, 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 series 6 of Line of Duty, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Nobody, Violation and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Alison Flood offers a round-up of the best recent thrillers.
• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out this week.
• Crime Reads shares the best crime novels coming out in paperback this March.
  
• Crime Reads shares ten debut crime novels coming out this month.
  
• Molly Odintz shares the best international crime novels for March.  
• Crime Reads shares seven true crime books to read this month.
  
• Alma Katsu shares the best spy novels written by spies.
• Paul Burke talks about the rise of Welsh crime fiction.
  
• Peter Swanson shares seven thrillers featuring infidelity and extramarital affairs. 
• Nick Rennison takes a look at the many long forgotten rivals of Sherlock Holmes. 
• Crossexamining Crime shares the 36 most popular mystery novels of 1936.
  
• Joel C. Rosenberg recalls some thrillers which eerily parallel future events.
• Ryan Harvey profiles Edgar Rice Burroughs and traces his impact on pulp fiction in general. 
• Western and screenwriter Larry McMurty has died aged 84.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Gwen Ihnat declares that The Irregulars show the more gruesome side of the Sherlock Holmes story. 
  
• Phil Hoad calls Take Back a cramped B-movie thriller. 
• Paul Levinson shares his appreciation for season 3 of the French crime drama Balthazar.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the first episode of the Australian crime drama The Gloaming. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the thriller Deadly Illusions.
  
• James Donaghy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Unforgotten. 
• Katie Rife shares her thoughts on the true crime documentary John Wayne Gacy: Devil is Disguise.
  
• Keith Roysdon revisits the 1955 TV anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 
• Lorelei Marcus revisits the 1962 TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace. 
• Jesse Pasternack revisits the 1971 heist movie The Anderson Tapes.
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1973 gangster film The Friends of Eddie Coyle. 
• Nick Kolakowski explains how Christopher Nolan uses noir in his movies to enhance the weirdness.
  
• James Hibberd reports that actress Wallis Day will take over the role of Kate Kane in Batwoman.
• Mark Hayward takes a look at the Rosenheim Mansion in Los Angeles, California, which has been used as a filming location for countless movies and TV series.
• French director of many genres Bertrand Tavernier has died aged 79. 
  
• Actor George Segal, star of California Split, The Terminal Man, The Hot Rock, Fun with Dick and Jane and many others, has died aged 87.
• Actress Jessica Walter, star of Play Misty for Me, Streets of San Francisco and Archer, has died aged 80.
• J. Kingston Pierce remembers Jessica Walter.
  

 

Comments on series 6 of Line of Duty:

• Lucy Mangan declares that series 6 of Line of Duty is the best yet.
• Sarah Hughes shares her thoughts on the first episode of series 6 of Line of Duty.
• Sarah Hughes also shares the questions she hopes will be answered in series 6 of Line of Duty.
• Ema Sabljak reports that Line of Duty star Martin Compston was attacked by a Twitter troll who was subsequently banned.

 

Comments on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers):

• Andy Welch shares his thoughts on "New World Order", the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "New World Order". 
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "New World Order". 
• Sulagna Misra shares her thoughts on "New World Order". 
• Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "New World Order".
  
• Benjamin Lee declares that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is off to a sturdy start.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is already a political quagmire. 
• Charles Pulliam-Moore discusses the appearance of an underrated villain in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw discusses the Flag-Smashers, a new group of potential villains in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. 
• Steve Rose interviews Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, the stars of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. 
  
• Germain Lussier interviews Malcolm Spellman, showrunner of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. 
• David Betancourt interviews Malcolm Spellman and Kari Skogland, showrunner and director of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 
  
• Jomi Adeniran shares a guide to which Marvel movies to watch before The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares a brief history of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier in the comics.
• Charles Pulliam-Moore interviews the special effects team of WandaVision.
  
• Andrew Liptak reports that the much delayed Black Widow movie will debut on Disney+ and in theatres on July 9th, 2021

 

Comments on Nobody:

• Benjamin Lee calls Nobody a fun action caper and praises the performance of Bob Odenkirk. 
• Vivian Kane calls Nobody over the top gruesome and lots of fun.
  
• A.A. Dowd calls Nobody a stylish Death Wish remake.
• Marah Eakin interviews Bob Odenkirk, star of Nobody and Better Call Saul. 

 

Comments on Violation:

• Phil Hoad calls Violation a brilliant movie about the trauma inflicted by male violence. 
• Katie Rife calls Violation brutal and misanthropic.
  

 

Awards: 

• The finalists for the 2021 Agatha Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2021 Lefty Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2021 Barry Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists in the crime and thriller category of the British Book Awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2021 Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction has been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced.  
• The winners of the 2021 Audie Awards have been announced.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Jacqueline Winspear recalls how she became a mystery writer.
• Victoria Helen Stone discusses how she shifted from writing romance to writing suspense and thrillers. 
  
• Nina Siegal talks about the inspiration for her latest thriller.
  
• Max Booth III is looking for submissions for the anthology The Mercy Seat: Stories from Death Row.
• Michael J. Vaughn shares 114 fiction subgenre descriptions for writers. 
• Christopher Buehlman discusses fighting with and writing about historical weapons. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch shares some lessons from writing The Fey series. 
• Erika Kanda talks about writer's block and how inspiration can help you through it.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch discusses the lawsuit surrounding Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan thrillers.
  

 

Interviews:

• Robert Lee Brewer interviews Elly Griffiths.
  
• Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
• Robert Justice interviews Rachel Howzell-Hall.
• Paul Burke interviews Peter May.
  
• Suspense Radio interviews Susan Ouellette.
• Queer Writers of Crime interview J.B. Sanders.
• David Roy interviews Gerard Brennan.
• Write 2 Be Magazine interviews Caroline Mitchell.
  

Reviews:

• Craig Sisterson reviews Bound by Vanda Symon. 
• Alan Cranis reviews Lola on Fire by Rio Youers.
  
• Joe Hartlaub reviews Transient Desires by Donna Leon.
  
• Sara Townsend reviews The Shadow Man by Helen Fields. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews On Harrow Hill by John Verdon. 
• Mary Picken reviews The Night Gate by Peter May.
  
• Janet Webb reviews Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson.
• Bitter Tea and Mystery reviews The Secret Place by Tana French.
  
• Crime by the Book reviews The Lost Village by Camilla Sten. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Castaways by Lucy Clarke.
  
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Source by Sarah Sultoon. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Win by Harlan Coben. 
• Harriet Devine reviews Every Vor You Break by Peter Swanson. 
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Where Have You Gone Without Me? by Peter Bonventre
• Blue Book Balloon reviews What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch.  
• Elise Cooper reviews Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh. 
• C.C. Harrison reviews The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elisabeth Flynn.
  
• Shelf Awareness reviews Windhall by Ava Barry. 
• Jack Hewitt reviews The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear. 
• Garrick Webster reviews The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Side of Murder by Amy Pershing and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Murder by Page One by Olivia Matthews.
• Alan Cranis reviews The Windsor Knot by S.J. Benett.
• Ray Palen reviews The Eagle and the Viper by Loren D. Estleman. 
  
• Judith Reveal reviews The Eagle and the Viper by Loren D. Estleman 
  
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. 
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Spy Game by John Fullerton. 
• Richard Norton-Taylor reviews The Happy Traitor: Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake by Simon Kuper.
• Ray Palen reviews Killer Triggers by Joe Kenda. 
• Walker Martin reviews The Manhunt Companion by Peter Enfantino and Jeff Vorzimmer.
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1931 mystery Murder in the House of Commons by Mary Agnes Hamilton.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1931 mystery Death Walks in Eastrepps by Francis Beeding.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1936 Inspector de Vincenzi mystery Death in a Bookstore by Augusto de Angelis.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1940 horror novella "Fresh Fiancés for the Devil’s Daughter" by Russell Gray a.k.a. Bruno Kirby.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1945 mystery State Department Cat by Mary Plum. 
• Steven Nester revisits the 1948 noir novel Kiss Tomorrow Good-Bye by Horace McCoy.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1948 detective novel The Body in the Bed by Bill S. Ballinger.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1949 mystery Murder Begins at Home by Delano Ames. 
• Paul Fraser revisits the 1959 science fiction crime story "Make a Prison" by Lawrence Block.  
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1977 psychological thriller Harbingers of Fear by Dorothy Simpson.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1982 thriller Blood Oath by David Morrell.
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1996 mystery novel Malice by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade announces the virtual Locked Up crime fiction festival.
  
• Leah Rhyne shares her experiences running the virtual Charleston to Charleston literary festival. 

 

Crowdfunding:

• The Dusk, a graphic novel by Alex Segura, Elizabeth Little and David Hahn, is looking for funding.
  

 

Research:

• Nick Martell explains how criminals use public perception to commit crimes. 
• Dean Jobb discusses the sinking of the Canadian schoner I'm Alone, which smuggled alcohol to the US during the Prohibition and was attacked and sunk by a US Coast Guard vessel in international waters, killing one crewmember. 
• Curtis Evans discusses the murder of actress Gay Gibson aboard the ocean liner Durban Castle in 1947 and how it found its way into the popular culture of the era. 
• Allen Abel revisits the murder of disabled Hughie McLoon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1928.
  
• Christina McDonald wonders who the real criminals in the opoid epidemic are.
• Wolf von Witting talks about inexplicable phenomena and how to approach them.

Free online fiction:

• "Nevermore" by B.V. Lawson in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "Baby Magic" by Sereny Jayne in Shotgun Honey. 
• "A Cure for Sleeplessness" by Amanda Crum in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Out of Time" by Cathi Stoler in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
• "Revise and Resubmit" by Nick Mamatas in Tough.
• "Justice for Jessica" by Fred Shrum III in The Five-Two.
• "Unanswered" by B.F. Jones in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "9:27 am" by Alex Z. Salinas in Punk Noir Magazine.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for The Suicide Squad.