Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 2, 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 books of September 2021.
- Crime Reads shares twelve crime novels, mysteries and thrillers to read this October.
- Crime Reads shares the best new crime novels out in paperback this month.
- Crime Reads shares five nonfiction crime books to read this month.
- Molly Odintz shares the best science fiction noir novels of the year.
- Laura Griffin discusses how slander and rumours are used as a device in mystery and suspense.
- Kate Moretti lists books in which an old house is both the setting and a character.
- Stephen Fry explains the enduring appeal of Georgette Heyer.
- Mimi Granger shares six bookstore romances to enjoy.
- Molly Templeton talks about personal libraries and what they say about us.
- Crime fiction fan and critic Bill Gottfried has died.
- Hardboiled crime fiction author Frank Wheeler Jr. has died aged only 43.
Film and TV:
- Lucy Mangan calls Hollington Drive a gripping suburban thriller.
- Joel Golby calls Murder Island a cracking crime drama with the twist that it's really reality TV.
- Stuart Heritage calls the mafia show Vendetta The Sopranos meets Tiger King.
- Phil Hoad calls Meander a formulaic science fiction thriller.
- Phuong Le calls The East a war film that attempts to criticise colonialism but instead ends up reinforcing stereotypes.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on The Fast and the Furious 9.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of American Rust.
- Ines Bellina shares her thoughts on the latest episode of American Crime Story Impeachment.
- William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
- Joe Julian looks aheads at season 2 of Vienna Blood.
- Shaun Curran explores the timeless appeal of Columbo.
- Talking Pulp revisits the 1951 adventure movie The African Queen.
- Actor Al Harrington, who was a regular on the original Hawaii Five-O, had died aged 85.
Comments on No Time to Die and James Bond in general (potential spoilers):
- Peter Bradshaw calls No Time to Die a weird and self-aware epic full of audacious surprises.
- Robbie Collin calls No Time to Die extravagant, satisfying and moving.
- Phil de Semlyen calls No Time to Die a feast of heart and spectacle.
- Germain Lussier calls No Time to Die the most emotional Bond film ever.
- David Rooney finds plenty for Bond fans to enjoy in No Time to Die.
- Kevin Maher declares that No Time to Die ends Daniel Craig's tenure as Bond with a bang.
- Matt Maytum calls No Time to Die a fitting end to Daniel Craig's tenure as Bond.
- Owen Gleiberman declares that No Time to Die gives Daniel Craig the send-off he deserves.
- Stephanie Zacharek calls No Time to Die an imperfect film, but the perfect send-off for Daniel Craig.
- Stefan Kyriazis feels that Daniel Craig's James Bond goes out with a whimper, not a bang in No Time to Die.
- Clarisse Loughrey calls No Time to Die disappointing and strangely anti-climactic.
- A.A. Dowd calls No Time to Die a sentimental and unsatisfying end to the Daniel Craig era.
- Jordan Hoffman shares a seriously spoilerish review of No Time to Die.
- Rachel Obordo and readers of The Guardian share their thoughts on No Time to Die.
- The Spy Command talks about the difficult journey of No Time to Die to the screen.
- Stuart Jeffries wonders whether James Bond can survive in the post-Brexit era.
- Simran Hans wonders how sexist No Time to Die is.
- Marc Malkin interviews Ben Whishaw who plays Q in No Time to Die.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that No Time to Die is receiving criticism for its facially disfigured villains.
- Michael Williams shares some photos of the premiere of No Time to Die in London, UK.
- Olivia Rutigliano ranks every James Bond movie.
- Watch a compilation of the gunbarrel opening shots of all James Bond films from Dr. No to Spectre.
Comments on The Many Saints of Newark and The Sopranos in general:
- Matt Schimkovitz shares five episodes of The Sopranos to watch before The Many Saints of Newark.
- Marah Eakin interviews Alan Taylor, director of The Many Saints of Newark.
- Dennis Perkins reports that Ray Liotta, one of the stars of The Many Saints of Newark, has never watched a single episode of The Sopranos.
- Dennis Perkins reports that Michael Gandolfini, who plays the young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark, has never watched The Sopranos either, because the show stars his late father James Gandolfini, so watching the show would have been painful for him.
- Reid McCarter reports that Goldee, the horse who played Pie-O-My in The Sopranos, is happily retired in upstate New York.
Comments on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:
Comments on The Tragedy of Macbeth:
Comments on Squid Game:
- William Hughes declares that the South Korean dystopian thriller Squid Game hides a bitter anti-capitalist satire underneath its bloody children's games.
- Monica Tan declares that Squid Game is the perfect fit for our rather dystopian times.
- Henry Wong calls Squid Game a hellish dystopian thriller that is taking the world by storm.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw declares that everybody needs to watch Squid Game.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw also reports that TikTokers are recreating the deadly games of Squid Game, which surely was not the intention of the creators.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Ann Langley explains that fanfiction is just as valid as original fiction and that it can teach writers a lot.
- Victoria Strauss weighs in on the #DisneyMustPay task force.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch weighs in one the #DisneyMustPay issue.
- Mike Glyer reports about the 2021 Banned Books Week.
- Alison Flood reports that several high-profile writers have signed a letter requesting the release of jailed Iranian writers Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan and Reza Khandan Mahabadi.
- Christopher Hilliard reports about the 1960 obscenity trial attempting to ban the paperback edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence in the UK and how it showed that the legal establishment was out of touch.
- Locus reports that Joanna Prior has been named the new CEO of Pan Macmillan.
- Dorothy St. James wonders whether bookless libraries signal the end of the printed book.
- Alyssa
Shotwell reports about how the current paper shortage and other supply
chain issues are affecting the publishing industry.
Interviews:
- Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Owen Mullen.
- Dr. Jacky Collins interviews Madeleine Eskedahl.
- Alan Petersen interviews Scott Shepherd.
- Victoria Sellman interviews Fiona Cummins and David Fennell.
- E.B. Davis interviews Rhys Bowen.
- The Real Book Spy interviews Landon Beach.
- John A. Hoda interviews Dan Padavona.
- Lynn McPherson interviews Cathy Parkins.
Reviews:
- Michael J. McCann reviews Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson.
- Becky LeJeune reviews Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale.
- Adam-Troy Castro reviews Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Callous by Ken Bruen.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Rizzio by Denise Mina.
- Becky LeJeune reviews The End of Everything by Megan Abbott.
- Reading Reality reviews Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian.
- Fiona Sturges reviews A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins.
- Lesa Holstine reviews All These Ashes by James Queally.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth.
- Michael Pearson reviews When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash.
- Alan Cranis reviews We Know You Remember by Tove Alsterdal.
- Carole V. Bell reviews These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell-Hall.
- For Winter Nights reviews For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing.
- Grab This Book reviews The Ice Coven by Max Seeck.
- Becky LeJeune reviews The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward.
- Rob Bedford reviews The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward.
- Civilian Reader reviews Double Solitaire by Craig Nova.
- Catherine Taylor reviews Magpie by Elizabeth Day.
- Ray Palen reviews The Stolen Hours by Allen Eskens.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Chateau by Catherine Cooper.
- Swapna Krishna reviews My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa.
- His Futile Preoccupation reviews Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews The Appeal by Janice Hallett.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Good Death by S.D. Sykes.
- Lizzie Sirrett reviews Too Much Water by L.C. Tyler.
- Kimberly Fain reviews Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman.
- For Winter Nights reviews The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman.
- Gail Byrd reviews Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose.
- Srivalli Rekha reviews Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Corpse in the Gazebo by Debra Sennefelder and tries a recipe from the book.
- Beth Kanell reviews The Glitter End by Vivian Conroy.
- Adrienne Martini reviews Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest.
- Mark Yon reviews Later by Stephen King.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Daggers Drawn, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
- Paul Burke reviews Afraid of the Shadows, edited by Miranda Jewess.
- Alistair Duncan reviews Hounded! My Lifelong Obsession with Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles by Vince Stadon.
Classics reviews:
- The Invisible Event revisits the 1929 hardboiled crime novel Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1930 mystery The Invisible Host by Bruce Manning and Gwen Bristow.
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1937 mystery Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1938 mystery novella Storm on the Island by Steve Fisher.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1947 mystery Nothing But the Truth by John Rhode.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1948 Inspector Knollis mystery The Ninth Enemy by Francis Vivian.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1956 mystery The Man Who Wasn't There by Henrietta Hamilton.
- James Reasoner revisits the 1959 crime novel The Girl With No Place to Hide by Nick Quarry a.k.a. Marvin Albert.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1963 mystery Murder Strikes Punk by Josephine Pullein-Thompson.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1985 detective novel The Rainy City by Earl Emerson.
- Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1987 Stanley Hastings detective novel Murder by Parnell Hall.
Con and event reports:
Research:
- Angelique Chrisafis reports that a serial rapist and killer who terrorised Paris in the 1980s and 1990s was a former police officer.
- Lauren North notes that almost everybody is capable of committing a murder, if the circumstances are right.
- Robert A. Jensen talks about the aftermath of disasters with a large deathtoll and the impact on the survivors.
- Douglas London explains how the CIA recruits agents to spy on their own country.
- Gary Indiana reports about the disappearance of Moroccan politician Mehdi Ben Barka, after he was arrested by the French police in 1965.
- Charles R. Gallagher reports about the "Christian Front", a Catholic Nazi-supporting organisation in 1930s America.
- Daryl Gregory recounts the long history of making moonshine in his family.
- Mike Glyer reports that the murder trial of Luis R. Rondon, former King of the Society for Creative Anachronism’s East Kingdom, has begun.
Free online fiction:
- "The Price of Copper and Brass" by Jeff Esterholm in Tough.
- "One in the Chamber" by Bobby Matthews in Shotgun Honey.
- "Sacrifice Fly" by Adam Leeder in Shotgun Honey.
- "Medicine" by Cassandra Myers in Mystery Tribune.
- "Bigfoot Country" by Buck Weiss in Mystery Tribune.
- "Deal" by Blake Johnson in Mystery Tribune.
- "The Mask" by Sybil Rain in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Lit Up" by M.E. Proctor in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Car Crash Lullaby" by S.M. Fedor in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Comic Relief" by Kyle Seibel in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Would You Like Fries With That?" by Charles Rammelkamp in The Five-Two.
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