Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 29, 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 series finale of Killing Eve, Slow Horses, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, Moon Knight, The Northman, Our Flag Means Death, season 6 of Better Call Saul, We Own This City, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Crime Reads shares the best debut crime novels for April 2022.
  
• Molly Odintz hosts a roundtable with the 2022 Edgar Award finalists on the state of the crime novel in two parts.
• David Gordon explains why the mystery novel is the perfect literary form.
  
• Jeneva Rose shares six thrillers that will fool even seasoned readers.
• Kit Frick shares crime novels with highly unreliable and morally ambiguous narrators.
• Sara A. Mueller shares a seven course tasting menu of mysteries.
• Victoria Thompson shares her favourite sleuthing teams in historical mysteries. 
• Molly Templeton asks if series fatigue is real. 
  
• Michael Nava remembers the late Dick Lipez a.k.a. Richard Stevenson, pioneering writer of gay mysteries.
  

 

Film and TV:

• The AV Club shares eleven burning questions they have before the finale of Ozarks.
• David Cote calls the time travel thriller The Shining Girls "Zodiac on Xanax".  
• David Cote calls the season 3 premiere of Barry darker than ever. 
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Memory a forgettable hitman thriller.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls The Bezonians an irritating gangster film which is not saved by references to the Iliad. 
• Saloni Gajjar declares that the true crime drama Under the Banner of Heaven suffers from sluggish pacing and does not live up to the source material it is based upon.
  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first episode of Grace.
  
• Rebecca Nicholson calls Gaslit a star-studded and gripping drama on the Watergate scandal.
• Peter Bradshaw calls Silverton Siege a routine Hollywood take on a pivotal event in South African history.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel shares their thoughts on the latest version of Scream.  
• Luke Buckmaster revisits the 1962 horror thriller Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 
  
• Lanre Bakare reports that footage has been found showing Alec Bladwin practicing with the prop gun before the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust last year.
  

 

Comments on Slow Horses: 

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Slow Horses.
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Slow Horses.
  

 

Comments on the series finale of Killing Eve (spoilers): 

• Princess Weekes declares that Killing Eve betrayed its audience in the end. 
• Luke Jennings, author of the books Killing Eve was based upon, is not happy with the finale either and promises fans that Villanelle will be back, at least on the page.
  
• Jennifer Still reports that disgruntled Killing Eve fans who hated the series finale have taken to writing fan fiction to fix the issues with the finale.
  
• Stuart Heritage declares that he actually enjoyed the series finale of Killing Eve.
  

 

Comments on Why Didn't Thex Ask Evans?:

• Olivia Rutigliano calls the latest adaptation of Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans? a jubilant romp through the British countryside that we need right now. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel calls Why Didn't They Ask Evans? a fun adaptation of a lesser Agatha Christie novel.
• Paul Hirons calls Why Didn't They Ask Evans? a more traditional Agatha Christie adaptation that will please diehard fans.
  

 

Comments on We Own This City:

• Manuel Betancourt calls We Own This City an engrossing heir to The Wire. 
  
• David Smith shares the staggering true story behind We Own This City.
  

 

Comments on season six of Better Call Saul:

• Paul MacInnes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Better Call Saul.
• Kimberly Potts shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Better Call Saul.
• Kimberly Potts interviews Michael Mando who plays Nacho Varga in Better Call Saul.
  

 

Comments on The Northman: 

• Matthew John calls The Northman an unflinching epic of fire and ice, of burning love and cold-served vengeance.
• Matthew W. Quinn calls The Northman definitely worth seeing. 
• Peter Konieczy declares that The Northman offers impressive visuals and historically-accurate details, but ultimately it is another bleak and bloody view of the Vikings.
• Richard Brody calls The Northman just a bunch of research and gore.
  
• Nicholas Barber finds The Northman not weird or violent enough. 
• Jon Zaremba shares his thoughts on The Northman. 
• Steve Rose reports that white supremacists have latched onto The Northman, unfortunately. 
• Princess Weekes reports that The Northman tried to reclaim the Vikings from white supremacists, but that white supremacists fail to get it. 
• Tasha Robinson reports how the climactic volcano fight in The Northman came to be and why the fighters couldn't be completely naked.
• Chris Gardner interviews Robert Eggers, director of The Northman.
  

 

Comments on Our Flag Means Death: 

• Linda Codega calls Our Flag Means Death a revolutionary delight. 
• Maya Gittelman talks about masculinity, monstrosity and queer catharsis in Our Flag Means Death.
  
• Angel Wilson calls Our Flag Means Death a top tier queer romance. 
• Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on Our Flag Means Death.
  
• Leah Schnelbach discusses the music of Our Flag Means Death.
  
• Angel Wilson reports that Our Flag Means Death is the most in demand show across all streaming services.
• Kaila Hale-Sterne wonders why Our Flag Means Death still has not been renewed while less popular shows have been.
  

 

Comments on Moon Knight: 

• Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on "The Asylum", the latest episode of Moon Knight. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw shares her thoughts on "The Asylum". 
• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on "The Asylum". 
• Sabina Graves shares her thoughts on "The Asylum". 
• Andy Welch shares his thoughts on "The Asylum".
  
• Rachel Paige interviews Michael Benjamin Hernandez, brother and body double of Oscar Isaac in Moon Knight. 

 

Comments on The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent a strained action comedy. 
• Mia Galuppo interviews Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten, writer and director of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
• The AV-Club share their favourite performances by Nicholas Cage, star of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. 

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2022 Agatha Awards have been announced. 
• The longlist for the 2022 CWA Dagger Awards has been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2021 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Readers Awards have been announced.
• The longlist for the 2022 Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition has been announced.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Cat Rambo implores writers to write what they love. 
• Sandra M. Odell talks about how not to give writing advice.
  
• Ella Syverson talks about worldbuilding beyond SFF. 
• April Henry talks about research. 
• Alma Katsu explains why she finally decided to write a character who shares her ethnicity. 
• Sarah Shaffi reports that a study by the University of Southern California shows that there are four times as many male as female characters in literature. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about agents and attorneys.
  
• Sarah Shaffi reports that Oxford University Press will pull a book in the Biff, Chip and Kipper series of primary school textbooks from sale for islamophobic illustrations.
  
• Jon McGregor shares his experience doing a book tour through Britain on bike.
• Laurie Hertzel reports about the rebirth of the Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores, after they were burned down during the riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2020.
  

 

Interviews: 

• Michelle Souliere interviews Joe R. Lansdale.  
• John Freeman and Mitzi Roberts interview Michael Connelly.
  
• Dwyer Murphy interviews Don Winslow. 
• Megan O'Neill Melle interviews Don Winslow. 
• Sean Woods interviews Don Winslow. 
• Lori Walsh interviews David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
  
• Dr. Jacky Collins interviews Sam Holland and A.J. Finn.
  
• Victoria Selman interviews Chris Hammer and Emma Viskic. 
• Molly Odintz interviews Soon Wiley.
  
• John A. Hoda interviews Michael Craven.
  
• Wrong Place, Write Crime interviews Libby Fischer Hellman. 
• All About Agatha interviews Gillian Gill.
• E.B. Davis interviews Carol J. Perry. 
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Bonnar Spring.
  
• Anne Trager interviews Frederique Molay.
  

Reviews:

• Becky LeJeune reviews The Chain by Adrian McKinty. 
• Christopher McGinly reviews Payback Is Forever by Nick Kolakowski.
  
• The Quick and the Dead reviews No Less the Devil by Stuart MacBride. 
• Tony R. Cox reviews No Less the Devil by Stuart MacBride.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon. 
• John Valeri reviews Canary in the Coal Mine by Charles Salzberg. 
• Becky LeJeune reviews Desolation Canyon by P.J. Tracy. 
• Garrick Webster reviews Outside by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Victoria Cribb.
  
• Paperback Warrior reviews The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. 
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Broken Rooms by Peter Clines.
  
• Kathy Reel reviews Bricks and Bones by J.D. Allen.
  
• The Quick and the Read reviews Little Sister by Gytha Lodge. 
• Kathy Reel reviews Dear Child by Romy Hausmann. 
• Paul Burke reviews Say Her Name by Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter.
  
• Grab This Book reviews Hide by Kiersten White.  
• Adam Colclough reviews London in Black by Jack Lutz.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews The Kindness of Strangers by Andy Weinberger.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews The King Arthur Case by Jean-Luc Bannalec.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Mirror Lake by Juneau Black.
• Janet Webb reviews A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliott. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake by Sarah Graves and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews Pleading the Fish by Bree Baker.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews Jacked, edited by Vern Smith.
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews part 2 and part 3 of the mystery comic Tails of Mystery: The Amulet of Thar'ishdom by Asa Wheatley and Kat Willott.

 

Classics reviews:

• Bill Ward revisits the 1921 historical adventure story "The Great Cham" by Harold Lamb. 
  
• G.W. Thomas revisits the 1923 Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" by Arthur Conan Doyle. 
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1932 mystery Sudden Death by Freeman Wills Crofts.
• Elizabeth D. Samet revisits the 1947 noir novel In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1947 mystery Swan Song by Edmund Crispin.
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1947 mystery Swan Song by Edmund Crispin.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1952 suspense novel Wake the Sleeping Wolf by Rae Foley.
  
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1954 crime novel Go, Lovely Rose by Jean Potts. 
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1954 mystery Death Likes It Hot by Edgar Box a.k.a. Gore Vidal. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 James Bond spy novel Moonraker by Ian Fleming.
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1957 mystery novel Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 suspense novel The Make-Believe Man by Elizabeth Fenwick.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1972 Earl Drake heist novel Operation Drumfire by Dan J. Marlowe.
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1973 sleaze crime novel The Mafia's Virgin Daughter by David Morgan.
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1994 Commissario Brunetti mystery Dressed for Death by Donna Leon.
  

Con and event reports:

• Graham Chalmer looks ahead at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK.
  
• Martin Edwards reports about the 2022 CWA conference in Torquay, Devon, UK. 
• The program for the Crime & Thrillers Weekend in Cromarty, Scotland, has been announced.
  
• Ed Nawotka reports about the Black Sea Book Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. 
  
• Ryan Gilbey reports about a Bonnie and Clyde musical performed in London, UK.
• Arifa Akbar reports about a stage version of The Hound of the Baskervilles performed in Coventry, UK.  
  
• Mark Lawson reports about the stage adaptation of Kate Mosse's The Taxidermist's Daughter in Chichester, UK.
  

 

Research:

• Rajeev Syal and Alexandra Topping report that reported sex crimes have reached a record high in England and Wales.
• Yinka Bokkini shares her extremely disturbing experiences in the Metaverse.
  

 

Free online fiction:

• "Family Picture" by Brooks C. Mendell in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "Slaughterhouse" by Amanda Eiden in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "Beneath the Streets" by Philip Pak in Mystery Tribune.
• "Every Last Bit" by Stuart Watson in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Photograph Memory" by Tom Hallman Jr.in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "A Confluence in Time" by Reavis Z. Wortham in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
• "Insanity Inside" by Robert Ragan in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Red on Silver" by Harris Coverley in The Five-Two.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Dark Winds.
• Watch a trailer for Now and Then.
• Watch a trailer for Bodies, Bodies, Bodies.