Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 9, 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 The Many Saints of Newark, No Time to Die and James Bond in general, Ridley Road, Squid Game, There's Someone Inside Your Housem Mass and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Alison Flood shares a round-up of the best recent thrillers.
  
• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out this week. 
• B.V. Lawson shares some recent crime fiction anthologies in a two part post.
  
• Richie Narvaez shares the best Latinx crime fiction anthologies.
  
• Eric Rickstad talks about crime fiction set in Vermont.
  
• Paul French talks about crime fiction set in Switzerland. 
• L. Alison Heller talks about crime novels set in small, claustrophobic towns. 
• L. Alison Heller shares five crime novels about family. 
• Georgina Cross shares crime novels focussed on wealthy families and their secrets.
  
• Paul Burke shares a guide to the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. 
• Heather Martin discusses the influence of the 1987 thriller Daddy by Loup Durand on the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.
  
• Jane Casey explains why she chose to write about a barrister. 
• Lisa Unger shares five crime novels about loving someone dangerous.
  
• John Copenhaver explains why protagonists need not always be likeable.
  
• Amelia Tait discusses the rise of the so-called "citizen sleuth", true crime fans who try to solve real life crimes.
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Nadia Khomani declares that The Harder They Fall redefines the western.  
• Charles Bramesco calls No Sudden Move a daring heist drama. 
• Paul Levinson declares that the first episode of CSI: Vegas is much like the 2001 original. 
  
• Hector DeJean calls Sweet Girl an enjoyable action thriller with an inappropriate title. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Murder Island a half-baked hybrid reality show. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls John and the Hole a tiresome would-be arthouse crime film. 
  
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer. 
  
• Ines Bellina shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story.
  
• J. Kingston Pierce revisits the 1941 noir movie The Maltese Falcon. 
• Sandy Ferber revisits three gialli horror films, The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion  from 1970, Death Walks on High Heels from 1971 and Death Walks at Midnight from 1972.   
• Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 1986 animated mystery The Great Mouse Detective.
  
• Marah Eakin interviews Reginald VelJohnson, best known for playing Sergeant Al Powell in Die Hard. 
• Anne Billson ranks the top twenty swordfights in cinema. 
  
• Nellie Andreeva reports that Law and Order will be revived eleven years after it ended its twenty year run.
• Maya Yang reports that Netflix and Howard University in Washington DC have created a Chadwick Boseman Memorial Scholarship.
  

 

Comments on No Time to Die and James Bond in general (potential spoilers): 

• Pete Hammond calls No Time to Die a thrilling and emotional exit to Daniel Craig's James Bond.
• Leah Greenblatt calls No Time to Die a bombastic and bittersweet farewell to Daniel Craig's James Bond.
  
• Scott Mendelson declares that No Time to Die shoots blanks. 
• Christopher Fowler finds No Time to Die charmingly retro.
  
• Stuart Heritage declares that No Time to Die finally places James Bond in a relatable predicament (spoilers). 
• Keith Phipps wonders about the legacy of Daniel Craig's take on James Bond.
  
• Famous and not so famous people interview Daniel Craig, who plays James Bond in No Time to Die. 
• Cameron Scheetz interviews Lashana Lynch who plays Nomi a.k.a. Agent 007 in No Time to Die.
• Steve Rose interviews Jeffrey Wright who plays Felix Leiter in No Time to Die.
• Cameron Scheetz interviews Jeffrey Wright, Léa Seydoux, and Billy Magnussen, three of the stars of No Time to Die.
• Ondine Cohane explains why the Italian town of Matera, where part of No Time to Die was filmed, is so popular with film-makers.
• The AV-Club ranks the Daniel Craig James Bond movies.
  
• The AV-Club shares ten times the James Bond series chased action movie trends. 
• Jesse Hassenger shares his appreciation for Pierce Brosnan's take on James Bond.
  
• Jim Wright muses about the origins of the 007 designation in the James Bond novels and movies.
  
• Mark Sweney reports that No Time to Die is smashing box office records.
  

 

Comments on The Many Saints of Newark and The Sopranos in general:

• Paul Levinson finds The Many Saints of Newark immensely enjoyable. 
• Marah Eakin interviews Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr and Michela de Rossi, three stars of The Many Saints of Newark.
  
• Mara Reinstein interviews Drea de Matteo, one of the stars of The Sopranos.
  

 

Comments on Ridley Road:

• Lucy Mangan calls Ridley Road a disturbing period thriller.
• Sarah Solemani talks about the real life background of Ridley Road.
  

 

Comments on Squid Game: 

• John Walker calls Squid Game one of the most bitingly satirical commentaries on 21st century urban poverty as you’re likely to see.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "Ggangbu", episode 6 of Squid Game.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw muses whether Squid Game foreshadows a massive twist in the finale in its first episode (spoilers). 
• E. Alex Jung interviews the murderous giant robot doll from Squid Game. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares the best Squid Game memes from the internet. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that a real person's phone number was briefly shown on screen in Squid Game, which led to this person being inundated with calls, so the number was removed from the episode.
  
• Victoria Song reports that the South Korean ISP SK Broadband is sueing Netflix, because too many people are watching Squid Game and taking up bandwidth.
  

 

Comments on There's Someone Inside Your House:

• Benjmin Lee calls There's Someone Inside Your House an empty slasher horror film.
• Mike D'Angelo calls There's Someone in Your House a rote horror film.

 

Comments on Mass:

• Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Mass a stagey drama about the aftermath of a school shooting.
• Adrian Horton calls Mass a drama that dares to explore the unimaginable pain of school shootings.
  

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2021 Strand Magazine Critics Awards have been announced. 
• The winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature has been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2021 National Book Awards have been announced.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Lee Child talks about the invention of fiction.
  
• Diann Mills explains how to add a layer of fear to your fiction. 
• Robert Kolker talks about the case of writer Sonya Larson who borrowed details of her friend's kidney donation for a novel and discusses the ethics of writers borrowing details from real life.
  
• Margaret Murphy explains why she writes under a pen name.
  
• Catherine Lundoff shares some tips for writing marketing copy for your novel. 
• Mike Glyer shares an update about the status of the Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores, which were burned down during the riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last year.
• Risa Gelles-Watnick and Andrew Perrin report that 23 percent of American adults haven't read a single book in the last year.
• Mike Lindgren reports that readers live longer than non-readers. 
  
• Petra Mayer reports about the supply chain issues affecting the publishing industry.
  

 

Interviews:

• Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Sheila Lowe.
  
• Debbie Mack interviews Rea Frey.
  
• Alan Petersen interviews Miranda Beverly-Whittemore.  
• Punk Noir Magazine interviews Ted Flanagan.
• Punk Noir Magazine interviews Tina Baker.
  

Reviews:

• For Winter Night reviews The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves.
  
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds. 
• Paul Burke reviews Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Wolf Point by Ian K. Smith.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Ice Coven by Max Seeck. 
• Paul Burke reviews A Few Days Away by Tony Knighton.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark. 
• Kevin Tipple reviews The Good Detective by John McMahon.
  
• Adam Colclough reviews The Apparition Phase by Will MacLean. 
• Sandie Herron reviews Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger.
  
• BOLO Books reviews The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews We Know You Remember by Tove Alsterdahl. 
• John Valeri reviews Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller.
  
• BOLO Books reviews The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver. 
• Paperback Warrior reviews Corrosion by Jon Bassoff.
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Margins by John Wigglesworth.
  
• Heather Fitt reviews Black Drop by Leonora Nattrass.
• Ali Karim reviews The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz.
• Beth Kanell reviews Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose.
• Janet Webb reviews Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Supper Club Murders by Victoria Dowd. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Here Comes the Fudge by Nancy Coco and tries a recipe from the book. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Perfect Bind by Dorothy St. James.
  
• Kevin Tipple reviews A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones.
• Ian Mond reviews The Confession of Copeland Cane by Keenan Norris.  
• Punk Noir Magazine reviews Fallout From Our Asphalt Hell by Gabriel Hart.
  
• Paperback Warrior reviews volume 1 of Reckless by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.  
  
• Tadiana Jones reviews The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
• Crossexamining Crime reviews Murder Isn’t Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine.
• David Peck reviews The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac. 

 

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1936 mystery Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac.
  
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1939 mystery The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard R. Gribble.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1948 mystery The Secret of Superintendent Manning by Belton Cobb. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 western Wyoming by Philip Ketchum.
  
• Steven Nester revisits the 1978 literary thriller Running Dog by Don DeLillo. 
• Joe Kenney revisits Depth Charge, a 1987 novel in the Kane's War men's adventure series by Nick Stone. 
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1987 cozy mystery anthology Anne Perry Presents Malice Domestic 6, edited by Anne Perry.
  
• Sandra Mangan revisits the 1992 Bosch crime novel The Black Echo by Michael Connelly.
  
• Brad Hawley revisits the 1999 spy comic The Human Target by Peter Milligan and Edvin Biukovic.

 

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade reports about the hybrid 2021 Bloody Scotland festival, which took place in person in Stirling, Scotland, as well as online.
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers report about the 2021 Bloody Scotland festival.
• Ayo Onatade reports about the Perfect Crime festival in Liverpool, UK.
• Crime by the Book looks ahead at the Iceland Noir crime fiction festival in Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Ayo Onatade shares a call for papers for the conference "Global Histories of Crime Fiction: Redefining a Popular Genre" at the Taiwan National Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan.
  

  

Research:

• Andrew Nette takes a look at the real life drug trafficking network that inspired the 1971 thriller The French Connection.
  
• Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson talk about mafia hitman Joey Gallo who charmed the literary scene of New York City.
• David Dominé talks about discovering a body in the basement of his Victorian home and how it came to be there.
• David Nelson wishes we would remember the victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy rather than just focus on the killer.
• Christine Pride and Jo Piazzo recount the harrowing stories of black women who have lost children to police violence in the US.
• Michael Holzman traces KGB double agent Kim Philby's influence on the creation of the CIA. 
• Matthew Pearl recounts the kidnapping of Daniel Boone's 13-year-old daughter Jemina as well as two teenage friends in 1776. 
• Mike Glyer reports that Luis R. Rondon, former King of the Society for Creative Anachronism’s East Kingdom, has been convicted of the murder of Deborah Waldinger. 
  
• The Guardian reports about Singapore's new police patrol robots and the growing resistance to the surveillance state being installed there.

Free online fiction:

• "Department of Death" by Lev Raphael in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast. 
• "A Little Help From My Friend" by John F. Dobbyn in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Podcast. 
• "Job Done Wrong" by Travis Richardson in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Catch Me" by Terri Lynn Coop in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Dumb Luck" by Craig Terlson in Mystery Tribune. 
• "The Bodysnatcher" by Andrew Davie in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "The Disappearance of Behati Gamal" by Jill Hand in Guilty.
  
• "Bin Day" by J.P. Seabright in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "Near Mint" by James Hadley Griffin in Tough.
• "Private Enterprise" by Harris Coverley in The Five-Two.
  

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Blade Runner: Black Lotus.