Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 30, 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 Under the Banner of Heaven, Surface, The Gray Man, The Resort, season 6 of Better Call Saul, Thirteen Lives, Resurrection, the animated Harley Quinn, tributes to David Warner, Bernard Cribbins and Paul Sorvino and much more.

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Dwyer Murphy looks for the funniest crime novel ever written.
  
• Lexie Elliott talks about thrillers set in sun-drenched places.
• Cynthia Chow shares cozy mysteries to enjoy this summer. 
• Liz Alterman discusses the role of gossip in small town mysteries. 
• Molly Templeton asks why we read what we read. 
  
• Ayo Onatade shares her appreciation for the Nanette Hayes mysteries by Charlotte Carter.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the Paint the Town stories by Robert Colby. 
  
• Bob Byrne takes a look at the Bill Clanton sea adventure stories Robert E. Howard wrote for Spicy Adventure Stories in the 1930s.  
• Hilary A. Hallett remembers Elinor Glyn, whose bestselling novel Three Weeks caused a scandal upon publication in 1907. 
• Paul French shares eight international true crime podcasts to listen to. 
• Mystery writer Stuart Woods has died aged 83.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the recent TV adaptation of The Ipcress File. 
• Paul Levinson shares his quibbles with the James Bond film No Time To Die.  
• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Only Murders in the Building.
  
• Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on Deep Water.
  
• Brent Simon declares that Vengeance uses a true crime podcast as a way to interrogate myths and preconceptions. 
• Leslie Felperin calls Snakehead a ruthless immigrant smuggling thriller and praises the performance of Shuya Chang. 
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Paradise Highway a road not worth taking. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Keep Breathing a survival drama so dull it will send you to sleep.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls The Reef: Stalked a familiar shark thriller.
  
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on The Batman. 
  
• Cath Clarke calls Lion Spy an undercover exposé about trophy hunters illegally hunting wild animals in Africa. 
• Stuart Heritage calls The Most Hated Man on the Internet a documentary about rvenge porn that gives a voice to the victims. 
  
• Stuart Jeffries calls Who Stole Tamara Ecclestone's Diamonds? a madcap documentary.
• Dwyer Murphy recommends TV crime dramas to watch this August.
  
• Andrew Nette lists ten underappreciated neo noir movies of the early 1970s. 
• Keith Roysdon shares his favourite stealth crime movies.
  
• Scott Tobias revisits the 1952 western High Noon for its seventieth anniversary. 
• Dan Persons revisits the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight.  
• Thaslima Begum reports that former Guantánamo prisoners demand that the documentary Jihab Rehab be withdrawn for offensive portrayals of Muslims.
  
• Bob Rafelson, co-creator of The Monkees and director of the 1981 adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice, has died aged 89.
  

 

Tributes to David Warner:

• David Warner, best known for playing villains in Tron, Time After Time, Time Bandits, The Man with the Two Brains, The Omen, Titanic, Star Trek, Doctor Who and many others, has died aged 80.
• Peter Bradshaw remembers David Warner.
• Linda Codega remembers David Warner.
• Greg Whitmore shares photos from David Warner's lengthy career.
  

 

Tributes to Bernard Cribbins:

• British actor Bernard Cribbins, best known for his appearances in Doctor Who, The Wombles, the Carry On series, She, The Railway Children, The Water Babies, Frenzy and many others, has died aged 93.
• The BBC shares an obituary for Bernard Cribbins.
• Mark Lawson remembers Bernard Cribbins. 
• James Whitbrook remembers Bernard Cribbins.
  
• The BBC shares photos from Bernard Cribbins' lengthy career.
• Greg Whitmore shares photos from Bernard Cribbins' lengthy career.
  

 

Tributes to Paul Sorvino: 

• Paul Sorvino, star of Goodfellas, Law and Order, The Gambler, The Rocketeer and Dick Tracy, has died aged 83. 
• Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Paul Sorvino. 
  
• J. Kingston Pierce remembers Paul Sorvino. 

 

Comments on Under the Banner of Heaven: 

• Stuart Jeffries calls Under the Banner of Heaven a gritty true crime drama.
• Rachel Sigee interviews Billy Howle, one of the stars of Under the Banner of Heaven. 
  

 

Comments on The Gray Man: 

• Olivia Rutigliano calls The Gray Man bloated and exhausting.
• Hector DeJean shares his thoughts on The Gray Man. 
• Hannah Geran interviews Regé-Jean Page, one of the stars of The Gray Man.
  

 

Comments on Surface:

• Saloni Gajjar calls Surface a tedious psychological thriller.
• Ellen E. Jones calls Surface a paint-by-number psychological thriller that even a good performance by Gugu Mbatha-Raw cannot save.
  

 

Comments on season 6 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.
  

Comments on The Resort:

• Saloni Gajjar calls The Resort a clunky but oddly gripping comedy thriller.  
• Rachel Aroesti compares The Resort to The White Lotus, but with added thriller elements.

 

Comments on The Northman:

•  Tim Knight shares his thoughts on The Northman.
• Matthew Pungitore shares his thoughts on The Northman. 
  

 

Comments on Thirteen Lives: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls Thirteen Lives a drama about the rescue of twelve young boys and their teacher from a flooded cave in Thailand that largely eschews Hollywood spectacle. 
• Courtney Howard declares that Thirteen Lives has plenty of heroes but not enough depth.
  

 

Comments on the animated Harley Quinn: 

• Jenna Scherer calls the animated Harley Quinn one of the most underrated shows on TV. 
• Matt Schimkovitz interviews Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, showrunners of Harley Quinn.
• Sabina Graves reports that there will be no romance between Harley Quinn and the Joker in the animated Harley Quinn series. 

 

Comments on Resurrection: 

• Jordan Hoffman praises the performance of Rebecca Hall in the horror thriller Resurrection. 
• Graeme Guttmann interviews Rebecca Hall, star of Resurrection.

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2022 Macavity Awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2022 Davitt Awards has been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2022 Scribe Awards have been announced. 
• The longlist for the 2022 Booker Prize has been announced. 
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Lisa Levy hosts a roundtable discussion with small press publishers of crime fiction.
• Camestros Felapton talks about types of writing advice.
  
• Katrina Schroeder asks why people write. 
• B.A. Shapiro shares tips for keeping track of multiple point of view characters.
  
• Leah Schnelbach shares writing advice by Chuck Tingle.  
• Josh Dzieza talks about artificial intelligence writing aids. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rush points out that the belated success of Kate Bush's song "Running Up That Hill" proves that intellectual property never grow old or spoils, but can always be rediscovered by a new generation. 
  
• Pamela Paul explains that there is more than one way to ban a book.
  
• Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter report that HarperCollins staffers went on strike, demanding higher wages, benefits and diversity.

 

Interviews: 

• Ayo Onatade interviews Abir Mukherjee.
• Nancie Clare interviews Jennifer Hillier. 
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Luca Veste and Victoria Selman.
  
• John A. Hoda interviews Sarah Stewart Taylor. 
• Eli Cranor interviews Dwyer Murphy. 
• Naomi Hirahara interviews Gary Phillips.
  
• Alan Petersen interviews Dean Koontz.  
• Molly Odintz interviews Megan Miranda. 
• Molly Odintz interviews Gregory Dawes Green 
• Deborah Kalb interviews Joey Hartstone.
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Alice Bienia. 
• Garrick Webster interviews Jason Bovberg. 
• Garrick Webster interviews Sean Munger.
  

Reviews:

• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Confidence by Denise Mina.
  
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh.
  
• Raven Crime Reads reviews The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh.
• Janet Webb reviews The Drowning Sea by Sarah Stewart Taylor. 
• Amy Myers reviews The Woman on the Bridge by Holly Seddon. 
• Gwen Moffat reviews The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh.
  
• John Valeri reviews Assassin's Lullaby by Mark Rubinstein.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews The Deal Goes Down by Larry Beinhart. 
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Look Closer by David Ellis. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews What Jonah Knew by Barbara Graham. 
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez.
  
• BOLO Books reviews First Born by Will Dean. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews After We Were Stolen by Brooke Beyfuss. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Retreat by Sarah Pearse.
  
• Carole Tyrell reviews The Shadow Lily by Johanna Mo.
  
• The Quick and the Read reviews The Botanist by M.W. Craven. 
• Mystery Tribune reviews The Good Detective by John McMahon. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Denial by Jon Raymond.  
• Janet Webb reviews The Local by Joey Hartstone. 
• John Valeri reviews The Local by Joey Hartstone.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews Shutter by Ramona Emerson.
  
• Scott Cumming reviews Teenager by Bud Smith. 
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts. 
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Red Death Murders by Jim Noy.
  
• Ian Duhig reviews The Bewitching by Jill Dawson.
  
• The Quick and the Read reviews Madwoman by Louisa Treger.
  
• Kathy Reel reviews The Companion by Lesley Thomson. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Something Fishy This Way Comes by Gabby Allen. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Mint Chocolate Murder by Meri Allen. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews A Dish to Die For by Lucy Burdette.
  

 

Classics reviews:

• James Reasoner revisits the July 1940 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 Steve Bentley hardboiled mystery Mistress to Murder by Robert Dietrich. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 Matt Helm spy novel Murderer's Row by Donald Hamilton. 
• Paul Weimer revisits the 1964 Demon Princes science fiction mystery The Killing Machine by Jack Vance.
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1969 Masters and Green police procedural Nobody's Perfect by Douglas Clark. 
  
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 The Marksman men's adventure novel Murder Machine by Frank Scarpetta a.k.a. Russell Smith. 
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 Dakota men's adventure novel Murder 's Money by Gilbert Ralston. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1976 horror thriller The Deadly Deep by Jon Messman. 
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1977 thriller Mr. T by Martin Russell.
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1980 post-apocalyptic thriller Free Flight by Douglas Terman.  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1987 science fiction mystery Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb.  
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 2006 crime fiction anthology Murder at the Foul Line, edited by Otto Penzler.
  

Con and event reports:

• Sandra Mangan reports about the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Fiction Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK.
  
• Paul Burke interviews several authors at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Fiction Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK. 
• Martin Edwards shares his experiences at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Fiction Festival.
  
• Justin Carter reports about the John Wick panel at San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
• Sabina Graves reports about the Archer panel at San Diego Comic Con.  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports about a Gone Girl themed Danube river cruise.
  

  

Research:

• Matt Stieb reports that more and more bodies are being found as the water levels drop in Lake Mead in Nevada.
  
• James Bartlett discusses the unsolved murder of Cecil Wells in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1953.
  
• Lisa Black explains that online games are designed to be addictive. 
• Nev March talks about the rise and roots of anrachism in the 1990s.
  
• Vicki Delany talks about the social importance of the tearoom.
  

 

Free online fiction:

• "Dead Ends and Other One Way Streets" by Mike McHone in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Tepotzlán Bound" by Ilyn Welch in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Pictures Don't Lie" by T.W. Garland in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "The Master Gunny" by Leroy B. Vaughn in Mystery Tribune.
• "The Witch's Child" by Susan Van Kirk in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.  
• "Wanted" by Michael Zimecki in The Five-Two.
  
• "Star" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for John Wick 4.
• Watch a trailer for Magpie Murders. 
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Reservation Dogs.
  
• Watch a trailer for Breaking.
• Watch a trailer for Children of the Underground.