Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 13, 2021
Crime fiction in general:
- Fraser Massey shares his favourite crime novels of 2021.
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares the best new international crime fiction for November.
- Lisa Levy shares five psychological thrillers to read this November.
- Lynne Reeves talks about the psychology of reading and writing crime fiction.
- Lisa Levy hosts a roundtable discussion about class in crime fiction.
- Gabrielle St. George shares softboiled mysteries for women over fifty.
- Rosemary Kaye talks about crime novels set in British holiday resorts.
- Amy Pershing attempts to explain the popularity of Christmas mysteries.
- B.P. Walter shares his favourite winter and Christmas mysteries and crime novels.
- Nick Mamatas shares some genre-breaking crime novels.
- Molly Templeton asks what makes a book too long.
- Paperback Warrior profiles Edward A. Aarons.
- Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell profiles true crime writer Ann Rule.
- Lynne Truss profiles British crime reporter Percy Hoskins.
- David Stuart Davies profiles mystery pioneer Wilkie Collins.
- Nicholas Meyer talks about the pitfalls of writing Sherlock Holmes or indeed any kind of pastiche.
- Óskar Guðmundsson explains the background behind his crime novel The Commandments.
- Caitlin Flynn asks if there is a connection between surviving assault and consuming true crime.
- Candas Jane Dorsey shares some background on the "King Brady" murder ballad and notes that it was based on the murder of a police officer in Missouri in 1890.
Film and TV:
- Jack Seale calls The Unlikely Murderer an irrisistible Scandinavian true crime thriller.
- Lucy Mangan calls Close to Me a deliciously dark psychological thriller.
- Phuong Le calls Raging Fire a savage Hong Kong thriller.
- Phuong Le calls Knocking a paranoid urban thriller.
- Leslie Felperin calls Apex Predator a cheap and cheerless science fiction action thriller.
- Tom Breihan declares that F9 embraces all the absurdity of the Fast and Furious series.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Cry Macho a ropey modern western that even Clint Eastwood cannot save.
- Stephen Robinson calls Hit Monkey a rip-roaring comedic thrill ride.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Showtrial.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Baptiste.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of CSI: Vegas.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Hightown.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episodes of Manhunt.
- Paul Levinson declares that season 1 of American Rust would have needed at least one more episode.
- Ines Bellina shares her thoughts on the season finale of Impeachment: American Crime Story.
- Lucy Mangan calls Dopesick a crime drama about the heinous truth behind the American opioid epidemic.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky calls Procession an audacious documentary about sexual abuse in the Catholic church.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares mafia comedies to watch this November.
- Eve Taft offers a viewer's guide to the Halloween movie series.
- Johnny Davis interviews Benedict Cumberbatch, star of Sherlock and Doctor Strange.
- Mike Fleming Jr. interviews Ridley Scott, director of Alien, Blade Runner and many others.
- Ryan Gilbey interviews Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, screenwriters of every James Bond movie released in the 21st century.
- Cheryl Eddy interviews B-movie scholar Lars Nilsen.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1993 crime drama Naked.
Tributes to Dean Stockwell:
- Dean Stockwell, star of Quantum Leap, Dune, Blue Velvet, Married to the Mob and many others has died aged 85.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Dean Stockwell.
- James Whitbrook remembers Dean Stockwell.
- Greg Evans shares Quantum Leap star Scott Bakula's tribute to Dean Stockwell.
- Greg Whitmore shares photos of Dean Stockwell's lengthy career.
Comments on The Tower:
Comments on Dalgliesh:
- Erin Mitchell wonders whether the new crime drama Dalgliesh will do the beloved mystery series by P.D. James justice.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on part 1 of "Shroud for a Nightingale", the first episode of Dalgliesh.
- Paul Hirons also shares his thoughts on part 2 of "Shroud for a Nightingale".
- Watch a trailer for Dalgliesh.
Comments on Dexter: New Blood:
- Glenn Garvin finds Dexter: New Blood well worth watching.
- Paul Levinson declares that Dexter is back with a vengeance in Dexter: New Blood.
- Stuart Heritage calls Dexter: New Blood a lean, mean return.
- Joshua Alston finds the premiere of Dexter: New Blood rather ho-hum.
- Alex McLevy revisits the later seasons of the original Dexter and finds a lot to like about them.
Comments on Belfast:
Comments on Squid Game:
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Alice Henderson explains how to use the setting to enhance suspense.
- Sarah McGill talks about the inciting incident.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about writing deadlines and time management.
- Rex Pickett discusses the strange experience of donating his papers to the University of California Sand Diego's library.
- File 770 shares an update on the #DisneyMustPay issue.
- The SFWA alerts authors that they must opt out of a New Zealand book digitisation project by December 1, if they wish.
Interviews:
- Eli Cranor interviews Rachel Howzell Hall.
- Paul Burke interviews Joanne Harris.
- Nancie Clare interviews Alison Gaylin.
- John A. Hoda interviews Caroline Mitchell.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Gabrielle St. George.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Jean Hanff Korelitz.
- Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Adam Bregman.
- Garrick Webster interviews Tony J. Forder.
- Dwyer Murphy interviews Leah Carroll.
- E.B. Davis interviews Susan Van Kirk.
- E.B. Davis interviews V.M. Burns.
Reviews:
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Unknown by Heather Graham.
- Mike Parker reviews Five Decembers by James Kestrel.
- Kirkus reviews Gated Prey by Lee Goldberg.
- Barbara Saffer reviews The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville.
- Bruce Riordan reviews The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Midnight Lock by Jeffery Deaver.
- G. Robert Frazier reviews Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle.
- Scott Adlerberg reviews Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle.
- Bill Selnes reviews An Image in the Lake by Gail Bowen.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser.
- Publishers Weekly reviews The Cottage by Daniel Judson.
- Suzi Feay reviews Skylark by Alice O'Keeffe.
- The Quick and the Read reviews A Memory for Murder by Anne Holt.
- Lesa Holstine reviews All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris.
- Beth Kanell reviews The Pledge by Kathleen Kent.
- Garrick Webster reviews The Commandments by Óskar Guðmundsson, translated by Quentin Bates.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Commandments by Óskar Guðmundsson, translated by Quentin Bates.
- Gail Byrd reviews The Cry of the Hangman by Susanna Calkins.
- Rebecca Nesvet reviews The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd.
- Wendy N. Wagner reviews The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Time's Fool by Alys Earl.
- Rebecca Nesvet reviews The Pickwick Murders by Heather Redmond.
- Kathy Reel reviews Murder in Material Gain by Anne Cleeland.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Psycho by the Sea by Lynne Truss.
- Janet Webb reviews Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews A Will to Kill by R.V. Raman.
- Beth Kannell reviews The Enemy You Gnocchi by Catherine Bruns.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews An Eggnog to Die For by Amy Pershing and tries a recipe from the book.
- Sonja Van Der Westhuizen reviews Midnight Hour, edited by Abby L. Vandiver.
- Martin Edwards reviews The Jigsaw Murders by Jeremy Craddock.
Classics reviews:
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1911 mystery The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet by Burton E. Stevenson.
- Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 1922 mystery The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1927 mystery The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1937 mystery Proceed with Caution a.k.a. Body Unidentified by John Rhode.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1941 mystery Case in the Clinic by E.C.R. Lorac.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1950 mystery Look Alive by Miles Burton.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1971 Kosuke Kindaichi mystery The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1972 spy novel Swap by Walter Wager.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1972 action thriller First Blood by David Morrell.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1972 terrorism thriller Binary by John Lange a.k.a. Michael Crichton.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1978 action thriller Good Guys Wear Black by Max Franklin.
Con and event reports:
Research:
- L.A. Larkin talks about serial arsonists and their motivation.
- Karen Odden reports about a 1877 bribery scandal that almost shut down Scotland Yard.
- Thomas Morris reconstructs the mysterious murder of George Little in Dublin in 1856.
- James Kestral reports about the so-called Yamashita treasure and the neverending Roxas versus Marcos lawsuit in Hawaii.
Free online fiction:
- "Long Slow Dance Through the Passage of Time" by Marilyn Todd in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Podcast.
- "Accidents Cost Twenty" by Steven James Cordin in Mystery Tribune.
- "Deep Breathing" by Dustin Walker in Shotgun Honey.
- "Ayúdame" by Cindy Rosmus in Shotgun Honey.
- "Unity Con" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "State Prison, 1976" by Henry Stimpson in The Five-Two.
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