Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 22, 2021
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out this week.
- Laura Wilson offers a round-up of the best recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Alison Flood offers a round-up of the best recent thrillers.
- Crime Reads shares twenty-two recent crime novel, mysteries and thrillers by Asian-American and Pacific Islander writers.
- Dominique Jeannerod takes a look at crime fiction from Argentina.
- Paul French takes a look at crime fiction set in Vancouver, Canada.
- Sadie Hoagland explains what crime fiction can do that true crime can't.
- Lisa Levy hosts a roundtable of thriller writers who discusses how to write about psychopaths.
- Ashley Weaver takes a look at safecrackers in fact and fiction.
- Daryl Gregory talks about murder, metafiction and mashups.
- Claire Fuller shares a list of novels that are not mysteries but nonetheless full of suspense.
- Yelena Moskovich declares that every Russian novel is also a crime novel, because crime fiction is the perfect expression for Russian melancholy.
- Emily Temple shares the most discussed books on the internet.
- Michael R. Brown profiles the longrunning pulp hero The Phantom Detective.
- Michael R. Brown explains why same pulp authors used pseudonyms.
- Alison Flood reports that John Le Carrè final novel Silverview will be published in October.
Film and TV:
- Samantha Montano and John Carr declares that Those Who Wish Me Dead is a failure, because it it does not address climate change (which isn't its job - it's a thriller).
- Lawrence Garcia calls New Order a repugnant exploitation thriller.
- Phuong Le calls The Philosophers a hilariously bad thought experiment thriller.
- Phil Hoad calls Homewrecker a strangely cheery suburban hostage drama.
- Cath Clarke calls Initiation a campus horror thriller that's more boring than gory.
- Phuong Le calls Why Not You? a hollow depiction of homophobic violence.
- Germain Lussier calls Oxygen a claustrophobic science fiction thriller.
- Mike McCahill calls the Bollywood action film Radhe an incoherent assembly of action and fight scenes.
- Paul Burke shares his thoughts on the Flemish crime drama Floodland.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at season 2 of the German crime drama Der Usedom Krimi, which he insists on calling The Nordic Murders.
- Allison Shoemaker shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Big Sky.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Mosquito Coast.
- Scott von Doviak shares his thoughts on the season 2 finale of City on a Hill.
- Rob Bricken is troubled by the way Batwoman treats the character of Kate Kane.
- Ben Child wonders about an odd portrayal of the Riddler in the upcoming movie The Batman.
- Brian Klingborg recommends recent Asian noir films.
- Craig D. Lindsey revisits the original 1960 heist movie Ocean's Eleven.
- Alex McLevy revisits the 1999 thriller Go.
- Keith Roysdon revisits the 2004 TV show Lost.
- Emma Brockes interviews Cush Jumbo, star of Vera, The Good Fight, The Beast Must Die and others.
- Molly Templeton takes a look at the star-studded cast of Knives Out 2.
- Ryan Faughnder reports that Amazon is planning to buy MGM, the film studio which has the rights to the James Bond movies among many others.
- Leonard Maltin remembers the late Norman Lloyd.
- Actor and screenwriter Douglas Livingstone, best known for Day of the Triffids, Play for Today and The Night Before the Execution, has died aged 86.
- Actor Charles Grodin, star of Midnight Run, Heaven Can Wait, Rosemary's Baby, King Kong, The Great Muppet Caper, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and others, has died aged 86.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares a tribute to Charles Grodin.
- Matthew Dessem remembers Charles Grodin's on-screen romance with Miss Piggy in The Great Muppet Caper.
Comments on Mare of Easttown:
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Tiffany Meuret declares that sometimes, writers need to let go.
- Robert Lee Brewer shares eight summer writing activities.
- Elizabeth Brundage talks about writing character-driven thrillers.
- Lincoln Michel explains how much money authors earn.
- Andrew Albanese reports that Amazon and the Digital Public Library of America have come to an agreement over lending e-books in libraries.
- Tor reports about some personnel changes and promotions.
- Katie Moench shares fifteen cool bookshelf inserts.
Interviews:
- Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Abir Mukherjee.
- The Guardian interviews Denise Mina.
- Eli Cranor interviews Megan Abbott.
- Robert Justice interviews Gar Anthony Haywood.
- Suspense Radio interviews Phillip Margolin.
- Alan Petersen interviews Carter Wilson.
- Brad Shreve interviews P.J. Vernon.
- John A. Hoda interviews Lisa Gray.
- Paul Burke interviews Rosalie Knecht.
- J.B. Stevens interviews Curtis Ippolito.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Linda L. Richards.
Reviews:
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Beyond the Headlines by R.G. Belsky.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Perfect Lie by Jo Spain.
- Janet Webb reviews The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
- BOLO Books reviews Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage.
- Lamorna Ash reviews If You Were There by Francisco Garcia.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Anatomy of Desire by L.R. Dorn.
- Sharlene Teo reviews Diamond Hill by Kit Fan.
- No More Grumpy Bookseller reviews The Assistant by Kjel Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Assistant by Kjel Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett.
- John Valeri reviews Matters of Doubt by Warren C. Easley.
- Sandie Herron reviews Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.
- Joy Kluver reviews Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson.
- David Masciotra reviews The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin.
- Mike Parker reviews Every City Is Every Other City by John McFetridge.
- J.B. Stevens reviews City on the Edge by David Swinson.
- Lesa Holstine reviews To Die in Tuscany by David P. Wagner.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Independent Bones by Carolyn Haines.
- Sandie Herron reviews The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell.
- Janet Webb reviews Four Cuts Too Many by Debra H. Goldstein.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Southern Sass and a Battered Bride by Kate Young and tries a recipe from the book.
- Anthony R. Cardno reviews A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlà Clark.
- Crossexaming Crime reviews British Detective Fiction 1891-1901: The Successors to Sherlock Holmes by Clare Clarke.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1941 mystery Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1942 Perry Mason mystery The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley Gardner.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1944 mystery Checkmate to Murder.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1947 Michael Dundas mystery A Shroud for Rowena by Virginia Rath.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 car racing novel Drag Strip by William Campbell Gault.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 mystery The Grey Flannel Shroud by Henry Slesar.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1965 gothic novel Dark Cypress by Edwina Noone a.k.a. Michael Avallone.
- Joe Kenney revisits Mafia Death Watch, a 1975 novel in The Sharpshooter men's adventure series by Bruno Rossi.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1982 Dirty Harry novel Family Skeletons by Dane Hartman a.k.a. Leslie Alan Horvitz and Ric Meyers.
- Joe Kenney revisits Terminal Road, a 1986 novel in the Traveler post-apocalyptic adventure series by D.B. Drumm a.k.a. John Shirley.
- Paperback Warrior revisits Ambush, a 1987 novel in the Seals military fiction series by Steve McKenzie a.k.a. Kevin Randle.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 2006 anthology Murder at the Foul Line, edited by Otto Penzler.
Con and event reports:
- Martin Edwards talks about the virtual "Bodies from the Library" event and other virtual cons and events.
- Hull Noir offers a virtual Three Book Friday event.
- Judith Rosen reports about the online US Book Show, the replacement for the permanently cancelled BookExpo America.
- Ayo Onatade shares a call for papers for the conference "Investigating True Crime and the Media", hosted by Ethical Space, the International Journal of Communication Ethics in Newcastle, UK.
Research:
- Kate Winkler Dawson reports about Oscar Heinrich, an investigator known as the American Sherlock.
- Crawford Smith reports about a witchcraft related murder in Rehmeyer's Hollow, Pennsylvania, in 1928.
- Carolyn Haines explains why domestic violence often leads women to prison, when they fight back against their abusers.
- Jeff Maysh recounts the saga of German blackmailer Arno Funke a.k.a. Dagobert.
- Morgan Cry explains how the Spanish Costa del Sol became a haven for British criminals on the run in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- Nora McGreevy reports that Interpol has launched a new app to help combar art theft.
- Dalya Alberge report that newly discovered documents reveal how painstakingly the execution of Anne Boleyn was planned.
- Daniel Barbarisi reports about the treasure of Forrest Fenn, which is allegedly hidden in the mountains of New Mexico, and the elaborate clues that will allegedly take you there.
- Jeff Guin explains why Pancho Villa brought in a Hollywood film crew to film the Mexican revolution.
- Howard Parr looks back on the punk era in Los Angeles, California.
Free online fiction:
- "Humble Beginnings" by Beau Johnson in Shotgun Honey.
- "In Dog We Trust" by Neil Plakcy in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
- "It All Happened on South Street One Night" by Shannon Frost Greenstein in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "When You Were Young" by Melanie Griffin in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Ontario House" by Adam Leeder in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Floyd the Barber" by Simon Maltman in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Man Who Sold the World" by James Lilley in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Refinance" by Brennan Burks in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "NoxCon 2020" by S.R. Smith in Mystery Tribune.
- "Food Shopping in a Time of Pandemic" by Robert Cooperman in The Five-Two.
- "The Big Time" by B.L. Conradis in Tough.
- "The Watch" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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