Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 30, 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 Last Night in Soho, Army of Thieves, Squid Game, the fatal shooting accident on the set of Rust and much more.

Crime fiction in general: 

• Publishers Weekly shares its favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2021. 
• Criminal Element looks ahead at the most anticipated mysteries and thrillers of 2022. 
• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Crime Reads shares the best international crime novels for October. 
• Crime Reads shares the best debut crime novels for October. 
• Crime Reads shares the best reviewed crime novels of October 2021.
  
• Crime Reads shares the best crime novels coming out in paperback this October. 
• The University of Florida in Tampa, Florida, hosts an online exhibition about women and crime fiction.
  
• Nicci French asks what makes a psychological thriller.
  
• Paul French talks about crime novels set in Frankfurt, Germany. 
• Tess Little talks about literary crime fiction. 
• Darcy Coates lists four beloved mystery novels and the real world unsolved mysteries that inspired them.
  
• Amita Murray talks about sex in crime fiction.
  
• Christina Dalcher shares crime novels that challenge the notion of inherent female goodness.
• Rektok Ross shares nine YA survival thrillers. 
  
• Elisa Shoenberger shares seven thrilling murder mysteries with an SFF flair.  
• Ann Langley explains how stories can save us. 
• Molly Templeton points out that you don't have to finish every book you start.
  
• John Connolly notes that genre writers often aren't taken seriously by the Irish literary establishment and that female genre writers suffer even more.
• Deuce Richardson remembers Joseph Clement Coll who illustrated many stories by Sax Rohmer and Arthur Conan Doyle. 
• Thriller, western and sports writer Arnold Hano has died aged 99.
  
• SFF and mystery writer Carole Nelson Douglas had died aged 76.
  

 

Film and TV:  

• Cath Clarke calls Chuck Steele: Night of the Trampires a gleefully violent 1980s throwback.  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Azor an eerie conspiracy thriller. 
• Benjamin Lee calls Hypnotic a schlocky thriller.
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls A Cop Movie an arresting docu-drama from Mexico.
  
• Noel Murray calls Attica an intense documentary about the 1971 prison riot. 
• Adrian Horton calls Bulletproof a horrific documentary on school shootings in the US.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Baptiste.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Hightown.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of CSI: Vegas.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of American Rust.
• Ines Bellina shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story.
  
• The Cromcast revisits the 1945 noir movie Mildred Pierce.
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1954 historical epic The Seven Samurai. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1971 gangster film Get Carter.
  
• Zoe Williams interviews Michael C. Hall, star of Dexter. 
• Ellen E. Jones interviews Rebecca Hall, star of Iron Man 3, The Town, The BFG, The Prestige and many others.   
• Jason Bailey talks about the problems with the many sequels of the original 1978 Halloween.
• Tyler Malone asks if the killer's motive matters in horror and slasher films.   
• Rich Juzwiak explains why Lois Gresh, author of the YA horror thriller I Know What You Did Last Summer, hated the 1997 movie adaptation of her book and would likely hate the current TV adaptation, too, if she were still alive. 
  
• Edgar Wright lists fifty British films that inspired Martin Scorsese. 
• Anne Billson shares ten movie clichés she doesn't want to see anymore. 
  
• The AV-Club tries to determine the greatest slasher movie series of all time.  
• Paul Hirons reports that the BBC crime drama Happy Valley will return for a third series in 2022.
  
• Rachel Stirling remembers her mother Diana Rigg, star of The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Game of Thrones and many others, who died earlier this year aged 82. 

  

Comments on Last Night in Soho:

• Peter Bradshaw calls Last Night in Soho an entertaining horror thriller that takes a trip into the dark and sleazy heart of London's past. 
• Katie Rife calls Last Night in Soho flawed but stylish.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Last Night in Soho more style than substance.
  
• Mark Kermode interviews Edgar Wright, director Last Night in Soho.
• Inspired by Last Night in Soho, Kim Newman takes a look at various locations in Soho that have appeared on screen.
  

  

Comments on Army of Thieves:

• Benjamin Lee calls Army of Thieves a fun prequel that swaps zombies for more heists.
  
• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky wonders why Netflix made Army of Thieves, a zombie-light prequel to Army of the Dead. 

 

Comments on Squid Game: 

• Stuart Jeffries interviews Hwang Dong-hyuk, creator of Squid Game.
• Hilbaq Farah shares ten K-dramas for fans of Squid Game to enjoy.
  

 

Comments on the fatal shooting accident on the set of Rust: 

• Samantha Locke and Luke Harding report that actor Alec Baldwin accidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza while firing a prop gun on the set of Rust.
• The Guardian shares some additional background on the shooting of Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza. 
  
• Luke Harding profiles cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was killed on the set of Rust aged 42.
• Luke Harding also reports about Alec Baldwin's reaction to the fatal shooting accident on the set of Rust. 
• Luke Harding shares director Joel Souza's statement about the fatal shooting on the set of Rust.
  
• Edward Helmore and Vanessa Thrope report that there have been concerns about gun safety on the set of Rust before the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins.
• Meg James and Amy Kaufman share some more background about the safety issues on the set of Rust as well as a rundown of what precisely happened.
• Asher McShane reports that the gun that killed Halyna Hitchins and wounded Joel Souza had been used for target practice by members of the film crew shortly before. 
• Tatiana Tenreyro reports that according to the local sheriff, 500 rounds of live ammunition were found on the set of Rust.
  
• Soo Youn reports that Rust assistant director Dave Halls, who told Alec Baldwin the gun in question was safe, has been the subject of a safety complaint in 2019. 
  
• Cynthia Littleton reports that the tragedy on the set of Rust reflects troubling trends in the film industry. 
  
• Adrian Horton interviews prop masters about the shooting accident on the set of Rust. 
  
• Catherine Shoard takes a look at fatal accidents and deaths on film sets. 
• Richard Luscombe reports about a vigil held in memory of Halyna Hutchins.
  
• ICG Local 600 has started a fundraiser for the family of Halyna Hutchins. 

 

Awards:

• Nominations are open for the Crime Fiction Lover Awards.
• The winners of the 2021 Saturn Awards have been announced.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Scott Oden shares some tips for writing battle scenes. 
• Ella Syverson explains how romanticising details of everyday life and help with worldbuilding. 
• Jane Jesmond talks about the problem of having a character in search of a story.
  
• Matt Feeley and Gretchen Felker-Martin explain how books happen.  
• Veena Maheshwari Raju revisits Virgina Woolf's 1929 essay "A Room of One's Own" and wonders what it has to say to women writers today. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch points out that frontlist and backlist are equally valuable in the new publishing landscape.
  
• Lincoln Michel talks about author advances and what they mean.
  
• Jason Sanford reports about the difficulties that many international writers, artists, translators and other creatives have getting paid by publishers due to the fact that many payment processors don't operate in certain countries or have high fees.
  

 

Interviews:

• Dwyer Murphy interviews Lee and Andrew Child. 
• Deborah Kalb interviews Nicci Gerrard and Sean French a.k.a. Nicci French.
  
• Eli Cranor interviews Michael Koryta.
  
• Dr. Jacky Collins interviews Clare Whitfield.
• Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Matt FitzSimmons. 
• Lesa Holstine interviews Terrie Farley Moran. 
• E.B. Davis interviews Krista Davis.
  
• Criminal Element interviews Meri Allen, Diane Kelly, Elizabeth Penney and Jess Dylan.
• Alan Petersen interviews Taylor Moore.
• Paul Burke interviews Felix Francis.
  

Reviews:

• Paul Burke reviews Better Off Dead by Lee and Andrew Child.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Five Decembers by James Kestrel.
  
• Ali Karim reviews The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh.
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Last Line by Robert Dugoni.
  
• Ali Karim reviews Endings by Linda L. Richards. 
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Blood Like Rain by Albert Tucher.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer. 
• Ayo Onatade reviews Turf Wars by Olivier Norek. 
• Ali Karim reviews Nerve Attack by S. Lee Manning.
• Phil Nichols and Colin Kurskie review The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.  
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Quiet People by Paul Cleave.
  
• Ali Karim reviews Fragile by Sarah Hilary. 
• Ruth McKee reviews The Spirit Engineer by A.L. West. 
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Girl in the Walls by A.J. Gnuse.  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Dark Queen Watching by Paul Doherty.
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston.
• Lesa Holstine reviews Hooked on a Feline by Sofie Kelly. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray. 
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Supper Club Murders by Victoria Dowd. 
• Sandra Mangan reviews Murder at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young.
  
• John Lawton reviews Mr. Campion's Wings by Mike Ripley. 
• John Valeri reviews When Christmas Comes by Andrew Klavan.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards. 
• Walker Martin reviews The Art of Pulp Fiction by Ed Hulse. 

 

Classics reviews:

• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1932 mystery What Dread Hand by Elizabeth Gill.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1937 mystery These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac.
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1939 mystery Eight Faces at Three by Craig Rice.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1943 mystery The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope by C.W. Grafton. 
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1943 mystery The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope by C.W. Grafton. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1944 crime story "The Dawn Tide" by Victor Rousseau Emanuel.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 hardboiled novel The Girl With No Place to Hide by Nick Quarry a.k.a. Marvin H. Albert.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 noir novel Scream Street by Mike Brett. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1976 suspense novel Shadow Show by Pat Flowers.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1976 thriller In Deep a.k.a. Whiteout! by Duncan Kyle a.k.a. John Franklin Broxholme.
• Joe Kenney revisits Thunderstrike in Syria, a 1979 novel in the Nick Carter Killmaster men's adventure series by Joseph Rosenberger.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade shares the program for the 2021 Newcastle Noir festival in Newcastle, UK.
  
• Janet Rudolph shares some news about the 2022 CrimeFest in Bristol, UK.
  

Research:

• Emma Hughes talks about her experiences when she applied for a job at the MI5.
  
• Tim Fitzsimmons reports about a scheme to steal and resell rare Lego sets that was busted in Seattle, Washington.  
• Spencer Kope reports about Frank Romandorf, a serial killer who stalked the town of Maple Falls, Washington state, at the turn of the century.
• John Pomfret talks about Polish spy Marian Zacharski. 
• Dharna Noor talks about the status of the hippos which escped from drug lord Pablo Escobar's private zoo and have been breeding and terrorising Columbia ever since.
  

Free online fiction:

• "Halloween Justice" by Sharon Marchisello in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
  
• "Murder in the Mystery Suite" by Ellery Adams in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast. 
• "Vultures" by Sean Melrose-Aukema in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Blocks" by Chris L. Robinson in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Optimus Crime" by Scott Cumming in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Cri de coeur" by David Cranmer in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Side Swept" by Colby Potter in Mystery Tribune.
• "Pita Dead" by Heidi Hunter in Mystery Tribune.
• "The Hound of Bakersfield" by Pamela Ebel in Kings River Life.
• "Who Is Itt?" by Elena E. Smith in Kings River Life.
• "Ready to Go" by Peter M. Gordon in The Five-Two.
  

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Hawkeye. 
  
• Watch a trailer for The Unforgivable.
  
• Watch a trailer for Operation Mincemeat.
• Watch a video showing all the cars driven by Mike Connors in the 1967-1975 crime drama Mannix.