Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 1, 2021
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out this week.
- Crime Reads shares the best reviewed crime novels of April 2021.
- Crime Reads hosts a roundtable with the finalists for the 2021 Edgar Awards about the state of the crime novel in 2021 in two parts.
- Meg Gardiner shares nine elements of a great thriller.
- Amy Suiter Clark shares seven great thrillers that play with form.
- M.E. Hilliard shares ten mysteries featuring female detectives.
- Jamie Canaves shares two crime novels where women fight back.
- Lisa Levy hosts a roundtable of writers of domestic suspense who discuss where how the pandemic has influenced the genre and where it is going next
- Joshilyn Jackson talks about revenge novels.
- Nick Kolakowski lists the greatest getaway car drivers in contemporary crime fiction.
- Caroline Crampton takes a look at the tradition of the Japanese Honkaku mystery novels.
- Kate Morgan points out that what we now call true crime is not a new phenomenon.
- Crime Reads hosts a roundtable about the works of pioneering black mystery writer Eleanor Taylor Bland.
- Ian Rankin shares his appreciation for the works of William McIlvanney.
- Curtis Evans recounts the feud between the New Zealand mystery writer Fergus Hume and the literary critic William Freeman..
- L.J. Hurst takes a look at the mysteries John Rhode wrote under the pen name Cecil Waye in the early 1930s.
- Dierck Wittenberg profiles Cora Buhlert (in German).
Film and TV:
- Michael Brandman shares his ten favourite movie adaptations of crime novels.
- Lucy Mangan calls Viewpoint a slick, Rear Window inspired thriller and praises the performance of Noel Clarke.
- Paul Levinson calls Truth To Be Told a first-class whodunnit.
- Leslie Felperin calls The Virtuoso a dull and predictable hitman thriller.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Cliff Walkers a familiar looking spy thriller from China.
- Phil Hoad calls Sheep With a Shepherd a perky Chinese thriller that's overly politically cautious.
- Cath Clarke calls Safer at Home a gimmicky pandemic thriller.
- Phuong Le calls The Bike Thief an unsentimental update of the Italian neorealist classic.
- Phuong Le calls Beast Beast an insultingly shallow take on gun violence in the US.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on The Rental.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Big Sky.
- Paul Burke looks ahead at the Norwegian crime drama Wisting.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at the French crime drama Time is a Killer.
- Jesse Hassenger takes a look at the Jack Ryan movies and how they developed through several main actor changes.
- Katie Rife revisits the 1977 terrorism thriller Black Sunday.
- Gwen Ihnat revisits the 1993 John Grisham adaptation The Firm.
- Craig Lindsey revisits the 1994 police drama The Glass Shield.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2003 legal thriller The Life of David Gale.
- Alex McLevy revisits the 2011 version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
- Keith Roysdon calls Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet the greatest odd couple of noir film.
- Rich Pelley interviews Joanna Lumley, star of Sapphire and Steel, The New Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Absolutely Fabulous and much more.
- Ammar Kalia interviews Don Warrington, star of Death in Paradise and The World According to Grandpa.
- Will Harris interviews Colm Feore, who appeared in The Umbrella Academy, Face-Off, The Chronicles of Riddick, Thor and many others.
- Terry Nguyen discusses the proliferation of streaming and subscription services.
- Jennifer Maas reports that both NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles have been renewed and that a new spin-off called NCIS Hawaii is coming.
- Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne report that actor/director Noel Clarke, who starred in Doctor Who, Kidulthood and Bullet Proof, has been accused of sexual misconduct by twenty women.
Comments on series 6 of Line of Duty:
- Toby Moses and readers of The Guardian share their thoughts on the latest episode of Line of Duty.
- Rebecca Nicholson shares five theories on how series 6 of Line of Duty will end.
- Mark Lawson wonders whether Boris Johnson is the true villain of Line of Duty.
- Inspired by Line of Duty, Phil Harrison shares the ten best twists on TV.
Comments on Mare of Easttown:
Comments on Without Remorse:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Without Remorse a formulaic thriller based on the eponymous Tom Clancy novel.
- Jesse Hassenger declares that Without Remorse wastes the star power of Michael B. Jordan.
- Cameron Scheetz interviews Michael B. Jordan, star of Without Remorse.
- Cameron Scheetz interviews Jodie Turner Smith, one of the stars of Without Remorse.
Comments on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers):
- Andy Welch shares his thoughts on "One World, One People", the final episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Sulagna Misra shares her thoughts on "One World, One People".
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "One World, One People".
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "One World, One People".
- Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on "One World, One People".
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on "One World, One People".
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on "One World, One People".
- Font Folly shares his thoughts on "One World, One People".
- Sam Barsanti declares that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier stumbles under the weight of Captain America's legacy.
- Arturo Serrano points out that it shouldn't need a whole TV series to justify the existence of a black Captain America.
- Chaim Gartenberg declares that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier provides a blueprint for the next decade of Marvel heroes.
- Monita Mohan talks about Bucky Barnes' experiences as an expat in Wakanda and how they are portrayed in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin talks about Bucky's terrible date with Leah in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Kaila Hale-Stern declares that the rapid character shifts of John Walker in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier make no sense.
- James Whitbrook wonders what will happen with the character of Sharon Carter after The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Charles Pulliam-Moore explains the reasoning behind the fate of the character of Battlestar in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that a subplot was deleted from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but that it did not involve a deadly virus, as has been suspected.
- Anthony D'Alessandro interviews Malcolm Spellman, showrunner of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Germain Lussier interviews Kari Skogland, director of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Stephen Colbert interviews Anthony Mackie who plays Sam Wilson a.k.a. the Falcon a.k.a. Captain America in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Jimmy Kimmel interviews Emily VanCamp who plays Sharon Carter in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
- Borys Kit and Aaron Couch report that a fourth Captain America is coming, created by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier showrunner Malcolm Spellman and starring Anthony Mackie.
- Ben Child wonders whether Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings can solve Marvel's Asian problem.
- Joe Otterson reports that Chinaka Hodge has been hired as the head writer on Marvel's upcoming Ironheart TV series.
- Cory Chichizola reports that Marvel fans have rented a billboard to campaign for Iron Man to be brought back.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards have been announced.
- The longlist for the 2021 CWA Debut Dagger has been announced.
- The winner of the 2021 Riverton Prize for the Best Norwegian Crime Story has been announced.
- The winner of the 2021 Toronto Star Short Story Contest has been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced.
- The winners of the 2021 Oscars have been announced with very little love for genre films.
- The nominations for the 2021 Bafta TV Awards have been announced with some love for genre TV.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Jesse Q. Sutanto explains how she injects humor into murder mysteries.
- Jesse Q. Sutanto also explains how her extended Indonesian family inspired her mystery novels.
- Victoria Thompson explains how the darker side of the fight for women's suffrage inspired her historical mysteries.
- W.A. Winter explains how he uses crime fiction to explore the dark side of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Melinda Snodgrass explains how she plots.
- Lincoln Michel talks about metaphors.
- Solveig Pálsdóttir explains how she unwinds after finishing a novel.
- Wheezy Waiter shares his experience with bullet journaling.
- Francis Blagburn reports about scam audiobooks on Audible.
- Alison Flood reports that SFWA and several other writers' organisations have formed a taskforce to make sure that all writers who are owed money by Disney are paid.
- Mike Glyer has more about the #DisneyMustPay taskforce.
- Charlie Jane Anders discusses how bookstores adapted to the covid pandemic.
- Erin McCarthy shares seven author-owned bookstores to visit.
- Maxim Jakubowski has been elected the new chairperson of the Crime Writers' Association.
Interviews:
- Richard Luscombe interviews James Patterson.
- Ankush Veer interviews Harlan Coben.
- Lesa Holstine interviews Clare Whitfield.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Nev March.
- Jason Diamond interviews Jonathan Ames.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Jenna Kernan.
- Alex Clark interviews Jon McGregor.
- Alan Petersen interviews W.A. Winter a.k.a. William Swanson.
- Brad Shreve interviews Derek Farrell.
- Frank Zafiro interviews Shawn Reilly Simmons.
- Kurt Schiller interviews Laird Barron.
- Barry Forshaw interviews Ace Atkins.
Reviews:
- BOLO Books reviews The House Uptown by Melissa Ginsburg.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Wild Girls by Phoebe Morgan.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Such Pretty Things by Lisa Heathfield.
- For Winter Nights reviews When I Was Ten by Fiona Cummins.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson.
- Andy Hill reviews Total Blackout by Alex Shaw.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Vanished by James Delargy.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Silenced by Sólveig Pálsdóttir, translated by Quentin Bates.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Measure of Time by Gianrico Carofiglio, translated by Howard Curtis.
- Jonathan Myerson reviews Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor.
- Gwen Moffat reviews Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling.
- Adam Colclough reviews The Starlings of Bucharest by Sarah Armstrong.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Cottingley Cuckoo by A.J. Elwood.
- Lesa Holstine reviews People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Death of a Showman by Mariah Fredericks.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood.
- John Valeri reviews The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Fatal First Night by Kathleen Marple Kalb.
- Janet Webb reviews Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto.
- BOLO Books reviews Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Lemon Drop Dead by Amanda Flower.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Fresh Brewed Murder by Emmeline Duncan and tries a recipe from the book.
- Peter Conrad reviews The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock by Edward White.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1943 Doan and Carstairs detective novel The Mouse in the Mountain by Norbert Davis.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1946 mystery Blood on the Cat by Nancy Rutledge.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1956 mystery The Hateful Voyage by Margot Neville.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1957 police procedural The Litmore Snatch by Henry Wade.
- Joe Kenney revisits Cat Trap, a 1974 novel in the Dakota men's adventure series by Gilbert Ralston.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1980 war novel The Return of Sergeant Hawk by Patrick Clay.
- Paperback Warrior revisits The Barrabus Run, a 1983 novel in the SOBs men's adventure series by Jack Hild a.k.a. Jack Canon, David Wade and Robin Hardy.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1987 mystery A Crime Remembered by Jeffrey Ashford a.k.a. Roderic Jeffries.
Crowdfunding:
Research:
- Jed Oelbaum reports about an online trading crime ring which scammed small time investors.
- Dan Solomon reports that a thief in McAllen, Texas, has stolen 400 US-dollars worth of Spider-Man comics.
- Taylor Ardrey reports that a woman from Oklahoma was charged with felony embezzlement, because her boyfriend did not return a rented videotape twenty years ago.
- Michael Nava discusses how the LAPD has been spying on citizens and activist groups for decades.
- Olivia Rutigliano recounts how the poet Elizabeth Barrett fought back against the dognapping gangs that terrorized Victorian London.
- Clare Whitfield talks about researching class barriers in Victorian England for her historical crime nove People of Abandoned Character.
- Kathleen Marple Kalb discusses female opera singers in male roles in the 19th century and how revolutionary that was.
- Sarah Armstrong explains why translators and interpreters make good spies.
- Vince Granata explains why a new understanding of psychosis and mental illness is necessary to prevent the rare examples of violent crimes committed by the mentally ill.
- James Vincent reports that the NYPD is retiring its controversial robot dog after only a handful of deployments.
Free online fiction:
- "Thousand Dollar Coat" by Chris Offutt in Shotgun Honey.
- "Angie" by D.C. Smith in Shotgun Honey.
- "Unemployed and on Probation" by Carl Robinette in Mystery Tribune.
- "The Outlaw's Request" by Sebastian Vice in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Knowledge" by J.B. Stevens in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Hustle" by J.B. Stevens in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Secret of the Old Clock" by Kristin Garth in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Evening News Hero" by David Cranmer in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Another World" by Tom Barlow in The Five-Two.
Trailers and videos:
- Watch a trailer for season 5 of Lucifer.
- Watch a trailer for Wrath of Man.
- Watch a trailer for Wisting.
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