Crime Fiction Links of the Week for January 8, 2022
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 best mysteries, crime novels and thrillers of 2021, Stay Close, The Tourist, Four Lives, The 355, Dexter: New Blood, Hawkeye, season 4 of Cobra Kai, tributes Betty White and Sidney Potier and much
more.
Crime fiction in general:
Crime fiction in general:
- Molly Odintz shares the most anticipated crime novels of 2022.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at crime novels coming out in 2022.
- Molly Odintz shares the best new crime novels for January 2022.
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Lisa Levy shares the best psychological thrillers for January.
- Paul French talks about crime novels set beyond the Arctic circle.
- John Keyse-Walker explains why Anegada, the least populated of the British Virgin Islands, is the perfect setting for a mystery.
- Leah Konen talks about thrillers set during getaways and vacations.
- Kimberly Belle shares domestic thrillers which offer maximum escapism.
- Lynn Cahoon lists mysteries set during weddings.
- Rosemary Simpson explains why she writes mysteries set during the so-called gilded age.
- Kay Hooper talks about the powers and perils of psychic sleuths.
- Darby Kane explains how anger made her shift from romantic suspense to thrillers.
- Michael R. Brown remembers the pulp magazine Short Stories, which ran from 1917 to 1954 and was considered one of the "big four" pulp magazines of the early 20th century.
- Jesse Brenneman shares everything you never knew about movie novelisations.
- Molly Templeton explains how she picks which books to read next.
- Molly Templeton also notes that rereading is time travel.
Best of 2021:
- Raven Crime Reads shares their favourite crime novels of 2021.
- Jeff Quest shares his favourite crime novels and thrillers of 2021.
- Glen Davis shares his favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2021.
- The Reading Room shares their favourite crime novels and mysteries of 2021.
- L.J. Roberts shares her favourite crime novels and mysteries of 2021.
- Bill Selnes shares his favourite crime novels of 2021.
- The Quick and the Read shares her favourite crime novels and other books of 2021.
- For Winter Nights shares her favourite crime novels and other books of 2021.
- George Easter compiles the results of every "year's best" crime and mystery list he could find to determine the most popular crime novels of 2021.
Film and TV:
- Paul Hirons looks ahead at British crime dramas coming out in 2022.
- Philip Maciak calls Reservation Dogs the best TV show of 2021.
- Stuart Heritage calls The Hunt for Bible John probably the best true crime documentary ever made.
- Jack Seale calls Anne an extraordinarily raw drama about the fight for justice following the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Screw a warm and witty prison comedy.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky declares that the thriller See For Me wastes a good gimmick.
- Leslie Felperin calls The Commando military grade dross.
- Cath Clarke calls American Siege a thriller without thrills.
- Martin Edwards declares that Murder Mystery does not live up to its title.
- Paul Hirons calls Dopesick an extraordinary true crime drama.
- Phil Hoad calls Resistance 1942 a cliched war drama.
- Saloni Gajjar calls season 5 of Search Party ambitious and delirious.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the Norwegian crime drama Catch and Release.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at the Norwegian crime drama Outlier.
- Noel Murray shares his thoughts on the season 4 finale of Yellowstone.
- Leila Latif shares her thoughts about the latest episode of Yellowjackets.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares crime movies set on the French Riviera.
- Robert Miklitsch explains how US Senate committee on organised crime, whose hearings were broadcast on TV in 1951, sparked a wave of gangster movies.
- Mark Lawson interviews Martin Freeman, star of Sherlock, The Responder, The Hobbit trilogy and many more.
- Adam B. Vary interviews Daniel Craig, Cary Joji Fukunuga, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, star, director and producers of the James Bond film No Time to Die.
- Simon Bland interviews Charlie Sheen and John C. McGinley, two of the stars of the 1986 anti-war movie Platoon.
- Molly Templeton reports that Ben Affleck will no longer appear as Batman after the upcoming The Flash movie.
- Rick Porter reports that actor Chris Noth has been removed from The Equalizer following allegations of sexual assault.
- Peter Bogdanovich, director of The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc? and Paper Moon, has died aged 82.
Tributes to Sidney Potier:
Tributes to Betty White:
Comments on Hawkeye and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general (spoilers):
Comments on Stay Close:
Comments on The Tourist:
Comments on Dexter: New Blood:
Comments on Four Lives:
Comments on The 355:
Comments on season 4 of Cobra Kai:
- Cristina Escobar calls season 4 of Cobra Kai another winning combo of silly and earnest.
- Kristen Baldwin interviews the cast of Cobra Kai.
- Germain Lussier interviews Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, co-creators and producers of Cobra Kai.
- Germain Lussier interviews Dallas Dupree Young who plays Kenny in Cobra Kai.
- Ryan Parker interviews Courtney Henggeler, who plays Amanda LaRusso in Cobra Kai.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Chuck Wendig talks about the importance of seeking joy in writing.
- Jessie Greengrass explains why writing is work.
- Lara Thompson explains where her ideas come from.
- Peter Swanson explains why he'll never outline a novel again.
- Lauren Sapala sheds some light on the link between childhood trauma and writer's block.
- Lauren Sapala shares three surprising reasons why some writers can't finish anything.
- Joanne Harris explains how her career as a teacher shaped her career as a writer.
- John Scalzi shares his daily writing and work routine.
- Alex Preston reviews the writing advice book Write It All Down by Cathy Rentzenbrink.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about the pitfalls of traditional publishing contracts.
- Sascha Stronach talks about the difficulties of breaking into SFF publishing, if you're not based in the US.
- Lexi Ostrow shares her issues with Amazon randomly closing her Kindle Direct Publishing account and blocking access to her books, reports and royalties in a three part post.
- Anne Marble discusses how Ruby Dixon's science fiction romance novels were also removed from Amazon and then reinstated.
- Sian
Cain reports that a man has been arrested for the theft of several
high-profile unpublished manuscripts, though the motive is still
unclear.
Interviews:
- Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Janet Lynn and Will Zeilinger.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Óskar Guðmundsson.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Peter Papathanasiou.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Robert McCaw.
- E.B. Davis interviews Jennifer J. Chow.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Karen Odden.
- Hephzibah Anderson interviews Raven Leilani.
- Jeff Gelb interviews Robert Randisi.
Reviews:
- L.J. Roberts reviews The Nesting by C.J. Cooke.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Power in the Blood by Hiawatha Bray.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews First Born by Will Dean.
- Grab This Book reviews Opal Country by Chris Hammer.
- Russell James reviews Silver Pebbles by Hansjörg Schneider, translated by Mike Mitchell.
- Garrick Webster reviews Cry Wolf by Hans Rosenfeldt, translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel.
- BOLO Books reviews Real Tigers by Mick Herron.
- Paul Burke reviews Betrayal by David Gilman.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville.
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Devil's Line by Marrisse Whittaker.
- Bill Selnes reviews Hell and Gone by Sam Wiebe.
- Beth Kanell reviews Her Perfect Life by Hank Philippi Ryan.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Such a Good Wife by Seraphina Nova Glass.
- Beth Kanell reviews He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly.
- Sarah Ditum reviews In the Seeing Hands of Others by Nat Ogle.
- Crime by the Book reviews Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins.
- Grab This Book reviews Demon by Matt Wesolowski.
- Paperback Warrior reviews Fight Card: Monster Man by Jason Chirevas.
- Paperback Warrior reviews The Whisper Man by Alex North.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Spirits and Smoke by Mary Miley.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Chapel in the Woods by Dolores Gordon-Smith.
- Adam Colclough reviews The Winter Guest by William Ryan.
- Grab This Book reviews The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello by Chris McDonald.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Maid by Nita Prose.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Maid by Nita Prose.
- The Reading Room reviews The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Appeal by Janice Hallett.
- Stephen Thornley reviews The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Killer Sundae by Abby Collette.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Bake, Borrow and Steal by Ellie Alexander.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Pie Hard by Kirsten Weiss and tries a recipe from the book.
- L.J. Hurst reviews Eyes of Terror and Other Dark Tales by L.T. Meade.
Classics reviews:
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1929 mystery Murder on B Deck by Vincent Starrett.
- L.J. Hurst revisits the 1942 mystery Murder in Blue by Clifford Witting.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1944 mystery No Bones About It by Ruth Sawtell Wallis.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1949 Kent Murdock mystery Lady Killer by George Harmon Coxe.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1957 Dr. Priestley mystery Death of a Bridegroom by John Rhode.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 Matt Helm spy novel The Removers by Donald Hamilton.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 crime novel The Skin Game by Frank Bonham.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1972 mystery The Troublemaker by Jean Potts.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1973 domestic thriller Mrs. Knox's Profession by Jessica Mann.
- Joe Kenney revisits Evil Cargo, a 1973 novel in The Aquanauts men's adventure series by Ken Stanton a.k.a. Manning Lee Stokes.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1979 thriller Touchdown by Martin Russell.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1979 movie novelisation Every Which Way But Loose by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg.
- Stephen J. Golds revisits the 1999 crime fiction collection Everybody Pays by Andrew Vachss.
Con reports:
Research:
- Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm report about the theft of a gigantic gold coin from the Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany, in 2017.
- Justin Ray reports about the Dunbar Armored robbery in Los Angeles, California, in 1996.
- Keith Roysdon takes a look at the popularity of fake seers, mystics, clairvoyants and mediums in early 20th century America.
- The BBC reports that a valuable set of first editions of The Lord of the Rings stolen from a charity shop in Worcester, UK, has been returned to its rightful owners.
- James Wilson asks how big the impact of the internet on our lives is.
Free online fiction:
- "The License" by John C. Weil in Mystery Tribune.
- "Table Talk" by Randall Andrews in Mystery Tribune.
- "In the Lobby of the Edison" by Joseph Goodrich in Mystery Tribune.
- "Segments" by V.S. Kemanis in Mystery Tribune.
- "Stray" by Ken Linn in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Fiction Podcast.
- "Playdate" by Jeff Esterholm in Shotgun Honey.
- "Mother, May I?" by Michael Snyder in Shotgun Honey.
- "Bonding" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- "Epiphany 2021" by Tad Tuleja in The Five-Two.
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