Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 26, 2022
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares the best recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Alison Flood shares the best thrillers of the month.
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares the best debut crime novels for March 2022.
- Lisa Levy shares the best psychological thrillers for March 2022.
- Marion Deeds explains why people love heist stories.
- Nancy Allen offers a defence of the dansel in distress.
- Jody Gehrman lists crime novels featuring frenemies.
- Heidi Berg talks about toxic friendships in crime fiction.
- Paperback Warrior recounts the long and varied history of Nick Carter.
- Nick Kolakowski takes a look at the fictional portrayals of Billy the Kid.
- Simon McCleave explains why Snowdonia in Wales is the perfect setting for a crime novel.
- Joanna Kern explains why the North Fork of Long Island is an ideal setting for crime novels.
- Francisco Garcia reports about true crime author Paul Harrison, who claimed to have interviewed many of the worst serial killers in the US, only to be exposed as a liar and fraud.
- Aja Romano shares her appreciation for the work of Georgette Heyer and wonders why she is not a household name.
- Lucy Knight reports that a collection of letters of the late John Le Carré will be published later this year.
Film and TV:
- Alison Foreman calls Slow Horses an old school British spy thriller done right.
- Paul Hirons calls Top Boy the best British crime drama currently on TV.
- Andrew Pulver calls Nightmare Alley a masterful and freaky noir film.
- Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce share their thoughts on The Batman.
- Paul Hirons calls Snow Angels a harrowing Swedish thriller series.
- Jordan Hoffman calls The Lost City a fun but lightweight retread of Romancing the Stone.
- Leah Schnelbach declares that Promising Young Woman is the gritty vigilante superhero movie she always wanted.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Chopper a funny and violent crime film from Australia and praises the performance of Eric Bana.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Ambulance a hijacking thriller with no workable script.
- Brent Simon calls Infinite Storm a real life survival story that cannot handle its own truth.
- Cath Clarke calls Escape from Mogadishu a South Korean action film based on a true story.
- Phuong Le calls Jalsa a Bollywood hit-and-run drama that glosses over social issues.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the spy movie The Courier.
- Michael Hogan shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Peaky Blinders.
- Lisa Weidenfeld shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Killing Eve.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of Suspicion.
- Randall Colburn shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Dropout.
- Mike Shutt revisits the 1941 noir film The Maltese Falcon and explains how it influenced World War II.
- Brian Hochman revisits the 1974 thriller The Conversation.
- Scott Tobias revisits the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct for its thirtieth anniversary.
- Todd Gilchrist interviews Andrea Kalas and James Mockoski, who restored the 1972 gangster film The Godfather for its fiftieth anniversary.
- Arifa Akbar interviews Tamara Tunie, one of the stars of Law and Order: SVU.
- Zack Sharf reports that actress Karen Fukuhara, who appears The Boys and Suicide Squad, was the victim of a hate crime.
- Vanessa Armstrong reports that The CW has renewed several shows, including The Flash, Superman and Lois, Nancy Drew and Walker.
Comments on Windfall:
- Paul Levinson declares that Windfall captures the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock well.
- Linda Holmes calls Windfall a satisfying and well-acted thriller that lives up to its clever premise.
- Joshua Rivera calls Windfall a stagey Hitchcockian thriller about class differences in the US.
- Renaldo Matadeen explains the twist ending of Windfall.
Comments on Deep Water:
- Alex Abad-Samtos calls Deep Water a shallow erotic thriller.
- Peter Debruge calls Deep Water a slick and hard-to-swallow erotic thriller.
- Justin Chang calls Deep Water a disjointed take on an unhappy couple and their open marriage.
- Linda Holmes declares that Deep Water could have been artful or fun, but that it's just mechanical
- William Earl discusses the craziest moments and most burning questions from Deep Water.
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw blames Disney burying the film for the failure of Deep Water, rather than the fact that erotic thrillers are an outdated genre.
- Renaldo Matadeen compares Ana de Armas' character in Deep Water to Rosamund Pike's character in Gone Girl.
Comments on WeCrashed:
- Lucy Mangan calls WeCrashed an enjoyable series about a pair of toxic scammer billionaires based on a true story.
- Stuart Heritage wishes people would stop making TV shows about glamourous real life scammers.
- Alison Foreman also discusses the recent wave of true crime dramas based on Silicon Valley scammers.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2022 Writers Guild Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2022 Producers Guild Awards have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Silje Ulstein talks about her plotting process.
- Ginger Smith explains what toy collecting taught her about writing and characterisation.
- Eugen Bacon talks about self-actualization in writing.
- Maria Haskins shares ten tips for writing flash fiction.
- Annie Ward explains what screenwriting can teach novelists.
- Olivie Blake discusses the benefits of learning hand to hand combat as a writer.
- Michael Landweber explains how he learned to reconsider expectations about violence in fiction.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about the pitfalls of copyright contract clauses.
- Erin Somers reports about a mass resignation of junior editors at several New York publishing houses.
- Elisabeth Egan also reports about the mass resignation of assistant editors.
- The Writer Beware blog has a new home.
- Claire Armitstead reports about the current wave of book banning attempts in US-schools.
- SFWA has issued a statement in support of Ukraine.
Interviews:
- Kate Mossman interviews Lee Child.
- Stephanie Merritt interviews Charlotte Philby, spy fiction writer and granddaughter of Kim Philby.
- Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child interview each other.
- Nancie Clare interviews Stewart O'Nan.
- The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Maxim Jakubowski.
- Dwyer Murphy interviews Eli Cranor.
- Elise Dumpleton interviews Marion Deeds.
- Dr. Jacky Collins interviews Johann Thorsson.
- Brad Shreve interviews Richard Stevenson.
- Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Susan Wingate.
- Lisa Haselton interviews H.S. Burney.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Nancy Allen.
- Debbi Mack interviews Josh Cybulski.
- John A. Hoda interviews Jeffrey James Higgins.
- Lois Winston interviews Donnell Ann Bell.
- E.B. Davis interviews Korina Moss.
Reviews:
- Sandie Herron reviews Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Faceless by Vanda Symon.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews River Clyde by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward.
- BOLO Books reviews Nine Lives by Peter Swanson.
- Paul Burke reviews The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by C.S. Robertson.
- Sandra Mangan reviews A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer.
- The Quick and the Read reviews A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer.
- The Quick and the Read reviews The Echo Man by Sam Holland.
- Kathy Reel reviews The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf.
- Garrick Webster reviews The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo, translated by Chi-Young Kim.
- Becky LeJeune reviews Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer Fawcett.
- Beth Kanell reviews The Match by Harlan Coben.
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel.
- Elizabeth Lowry reviews Booth by Karen Joy Fowler.
- Grab This Book reviews Dead Rich by G.W. Shaw.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Incy Wincy by R.J. Dark.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Incy Wincy by R.J. Dark.
- Elizabeth Tabler reviews Rabbits by Terry Miles.
- Becky LeJeune reviews A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyons.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews The Outfit by David Tallerman.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews But Knot For Me by Betty Hechtman and tries a recipe from the book.
- Paul Burke reviews Seasonal Work and Other Killer Stories by Laura Lippman.
Classics reviews:
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1931 mystery The Gutenberg Murders by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning.
- M. Porcius revisits the 1942 supernatural detective story Doorway to Hell by Frank Patton a.k.a. Raymond Palmer.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1944 Singer Batts mystery Hue and Cry a.k.a. Room for Murder by Thomas B. Dewey.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1946 Chance Molloy mystery Lady to Kill by Lester Dent.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 crime novella Strip for Murder by Dolores Hitchens.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1973 vigilante thriller Bloody Vengeance by Jack Ehrlich.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1975 suspense novel The Long Shadow by Celia Fremlin.
- Joe Kenney revisits Only the Good Die, a 1983 novel in the Ninja Master men's adventure series by Wade Barker a.k.a. Ric Meyers.
Con and event reports:
- Stephi Wild reports that the cast for a stage adaptation of Dorothy Sayers' Busman's Honeymoon in Sonning Eye, UK, has been announced.
- The Guardian reports about a new stage production of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird at the London West End.
- Lesa Holstine reports about a visit to the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City.
- Martin Edwards reports about a trip to the north Lancashire landscape immortalised by E.C.R. Lorac in her mystery novels.
- Stuart Heritage reports about a new James Bond themed attraction on the Faroe Islands.
- Sabina Graves also reports about the new James Bond tourist attraction on the Faroe Islands and shares a photo.
- Jeff Lunden reports about the Broadway Makers Marketplace, a fan-run store and community in New York City.
Research:
- Charles Bosworth Jr. and Joel J. Schwartz discuss the case of Pam Hupp who was convicted of one murder and may have murdered two other people.
- Sara A. Mueller profiles Nellie Jackson who went from sex worker to madam in civil rights advocate.
- P.D. Smith and Matthew Green talk about lost places in the UK.
Free online fiction:
- "The Retirement Contract" by Steven Max Russo in Mystery Tribune.
- "Cyclists Hit the Road" by Mary Jo Robertiello in Mystery Tribune.
- "The Bodyguard" by Janet Innes in Guilty.
- "The Day Before the Custody Hearing" by Robb White in Yellow Mama..
- "A Rose is a Rose Not a Rose" by Tom Fillion in Yellow Mama.
- "Putin on the Blitz" by Tony Dawson in The Five-Two.
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