Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 20, 2022
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Crime Reads shares the best debut novels for summer 2022.
- Book Depository shares their favourite crime novels and thrillers of 2022 to date.
- Jeff Popple shares his favourite crime novels and mysteries of 2022 to date.
- Pietro De Palma shares the best works of crime fiction criticism.
- Deborah A. Wolf talks about the appeal of antiheroes.
- Kathleen Hale shares novels about psychopathic women.
- Alicia Thompson explains why true crime fans make perfect romance protagonists.
- Zac Bissonnette shares his favourite long-running mystery series set in the world of antiques and collectibles.
- Ross Macdonald talks about the writer as a detective hero (in 1965).
- Ragnar Jonasson profiles Philo Vance and his creator S.S. Van Dine.
- Nicholas Wu reports that Colleen Shogan, Joe Biden's nominee for the post of Archivist of the United States, also writes murder mysteries set in Washington DC.
- Madeline Kiss talks about the benefits of reading.
- Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer, has died aged 72.
- Crime fiction writers June Thomson and Michael Pearce have died.
Comments on the attack on Salman Rushdie:
- Writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage during an event in Chautauqua, New York. Moderator Henry Reese was also injured.
- Porter Anderson reports that according to his agent Andrew Wylie, Salman Rushdie was grieveously injured and may lose an eye and also suffered nerve and liver damage.
- Carolyn Johnson and Hillel Italie share a health update on Salman Rushdie.
- Ramon Antonio Vargas reports that Salman Rushdie's road to recovery will be long.
- Maya Yang shares reactions by colleagues and friends to the attack on Salman Rushdie.
- Hurubie Meko also shares responses to the stabbing of Salman Rushdie.
- Margaret Atwood shares her thoughts on the attack on Salman Rushdie.
- George R.R. Martin shares his thoughts on the attack on Salman Rushdie.
- Nesrine
Malik declares that we should not forget that Salman Rushdie is a human
being and not just a symbol of freedom of speech.
- Ramon Antonio Vargas reports that the man who stabbed Salman Rushdie has been charged with attempted murder.
- Ed Pilkington and Philip Oltermann report that prior to the attack Salman Rushdie thought his life was normal again.
- Julian Borger looks back on the enormous uproar caused by Salman Rushdie 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, which ultimately led to his stabbing.
- Nesrine Malik also looks at the background of the attack on Salman Rushdie.
- Sarah Shaffi reports about Salman Rushdie's latest essay about the state of democracy in India, which was published in a PEN India anthology.
- Sarah
Shaffi reports that hundreds of authors will be reading from Salman
Rushdie's books in solidarity with the author at a public event in New
York City.
- Mark Brown reports that the Scottish police are investigating a threat against J.K. Rowling in the wake of the attack on Salman Rushdie.
Film and TV:
- Kris Calvin shares the best underrated mystery series streaming right now.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Shetland.
- Rebecca Nicholson compares the German Stasi assassin thriller comedy Kleo to Killing Eve.
- Luke Y. Thompson calls Delia's Gone a lacklustre murder mystery.
- David Cote calls The Undeclared War a sluggish cyberthriller.
- Benjamin Lee calls I Came By a silly thriller.
- Phil Hoad calls Special Delivery Fast and Furious in South Korea.
- Jack Seale calls High Heat a soapy crime series from Mexico with plenty of gratuitiously nude firefighters.
- Manuel Betancourt declares that The Immaculate Room has an intriguing premise but a flawed execution.
- Phil Hoad calls Camping Trip an operatic blood bath with a weak script.
- Maya Gittelman shares her appreciation for the portrayal of the character Mary Bonnet in Our Flag Means Death.
- Cath Clarke calls Free Chol Soo Lee a compelling documentary about a wrongfully convicted man.
- Lucy Mangan calls Porn King: The Rise and Fall of Ron Jeremy a terrifying documentary about rape accusations in the sex industry.
- Charles Bramesco bemoans the trend of calling TV series eight hour movies.
- Beatrice Verhoeven interviews Chris Mundy, showrunner of Ozark.
- Ryan Gilbey interviews James Purefoy, star of Solomon Kane, Resident Evil, Coasting, Pennyworth, Rome and many others.
- J. Kingston Pierce revisits the 30-minute TV mystery series of the 1940s and 1950s.
- Herbie J. Pilato revisits the 1971 TV mystery series McMillan and Wife.
- Luke Buckmaster revisits Violence in the Cinema Part 1, George Miller's rarely seen first film from 1972.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2012 TV series Secret State.
- Michael Gonzales remembers musician and actor Isaac Hayes, who composed the music for Shaft and starred in Truck Turner, Escape from New York, The Accused and many others.
- Benjamin Lee asks which lessons Hollywood can learn from the summer box office of 2022.
- British director and producer Mamoun Hassan has died aged 84.
Tributes to Wolfgang Petersen:
- Wolfgang Petersen, director of Das Boot, Enemy Mine, Air Force One, In the Line of Fire, Outbreak, The Neverending Story and many others, has died aged 81.
- Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Wolfgang Petersen.
- Benjamin Lee remembers Wolfgang Petersen.
- Germain Lussier remembers Wolfgang Petersen.
- Phil Pirello remembers Wolfgang Petersen.
- Deadline shares photos from Wolfgang Petersen's lengthy career.
Comments on season 2 of Only Murders in the Building:
Comments on the series finale of Better Call Saul:
- Paul MacInnes shares his thoughts on the series finale of Better Call Saul.
- Stuart Jeffries shares his thoughts on the series finale of Better Call Saul.
- Kimberly Potts shares her thoughts on the series finale of Better Call Saul.
- Matt Schimkovitz calls Better Call Saul the perfect show for America's grifter era.
- Carita Rizzo interviews Peter Gould, showrunner of Better Call Saul.
- Saloni Gajjar interviews Rhea Seahorn who plays Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul.
- Ethan Shafield reports about a cameo appearance by actor Michael McKean in the Better Call Saul finale.
- Spencer Perry reports about the Breaking Bad related Easter egg in the Better Call Saul series finale.
Comments on Beast:
Comments on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law:
- Dominic Patten calls She-Hulk: Attorney at Law a laugh out loud Marvel comedy.
- Lucy Mangan declares that female empowerment was never as much fun as in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Molly Templeton calls the series premiere of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law mostly charming.
- Jenna Scherer declares that She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is off to a fun, self-aware start.
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the first episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Linda Codega shares early reactions to She-Hulk.
- Jenna Scherer offers a crash course on She-Hulk before the new show starts.
- Fiona Sturges interviews Tatiana Maslany who plays Jennifer Walters a.k.a. She-Hulk in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Mike Rampton interviews Mark Ruffalo who plays Bruce Banner a.k.a. Hulk in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Germain Lussier interviews Jessica Gao, writer and producer of She-Hulk, Attorney at Law.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Joy Fielding talks about the craft of writing psychological thrillers.
- Travis Miller notes that some writing advice is crap.
- W.A. Winter discusses the difficulties of naming characters.
- Kitt Crowe talks about the differences between writing romance and writing mysteries.
- Ryan La Sala talks about all the dangerous things he has done in the name of writing research.
- S.L Huang recounts how Communism, Conservatism and the Cold War still influence writing workshops today, including genre writing workshops.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch points out that your fellow writers are not your competition, but that a rising tide lifts all boats.
- Alex White shares tips for writing good tie-in fiction.
- Louise Wilder talks about book blurbs and what makes a good one.
- Sarah Shaffi reports about the BookTok phenomenon.
- David Dyer-Bennet shares photos of the opening of the new Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookstores in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after the original location of the stores was burned down during the riots following the death of George Floyd due to police brutality.
- Melissa Zygowicz profiles the Renaissance Book Store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Jay Valle reports that residents have raised almost 100000 US-dollars for the library of Jamestown, Michigan, after it was defunded for refusing to remove LGBTQ themed books from the shelves.
- Sarah Shaffi and Lucy Knight reeport that there are calls for Joanne Harris to step down as chair of the management committee of the Society of Authors following a Twitter poll about death threats to authors.
Interviews:
- Megan Johnson interviews Stephen King.
- Andrew Sumner interviews Max Allan Collins.
- The Guardian interviews Karen Joy Fowler.
- Alan Petersen interviews Julie Clark.
- Shane Whaley interviews Dan Fesperman.
- John A. Hoda interviews Wendell Thomas.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Ed Lin.
- Victoria Selman interviews Polly Phillips, Harriet Tyce and T.M. Logan.
- Lisa Levy interviews Grace Ellis.
- Gayne C. Young interviews Len Levinson.
- Lisa Haselton interviews Ted Mulcahey.
- Molly Odintz interviews Tamron Hall.
Reviews:
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre.
- Joy Kluver reviews The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh.
- Janet Webb reviews Stay Awake by Megan Goldin.
- The Quick and the Read reviews Hope To Die by Cara Hunter.
- Paul Burke reviews The Damned Lovely by Adam Frost.
- Mike Parker reviews Tessa Goes Down by Jason Bovberg.
- Paperback Warrior reviews The Pilot's Daughter by Audrey J. Cole
- Janet Webb reviews Alias Emma by Ava Glass.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Girls Without Tears by T.L. Finlay.
- The Quick and the Read reviews Cat and Mouse by M.J. Arlidge.
- Paul Burke reviews The Garden of Angels by David Hewson.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Complicit by Winnie M. Li.
- Jake Arnett reviews Maror by Lavie Tidhar.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Sparring Partners by John Grisham.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Lost Man of Bombay by Vaseem Khan.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Die Around Sundown by Mark Pryor.
- Steven Kuehn reviews Death at the Manor by Katharine Schellman
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Front Page Murder by Joyce St. Anthony.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz.
- Garrick Webster reviews The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Fragrance of Death by Leslie Karst.
- Kathy Reel reviews A Dish To Die For by Lucy Burdette.
- John Valeri reviews A Dish To Die For by Lucy Burdette.
- Lesa Holstine reviews James Patterson: The Stories of My Life by James Patterson.
Classics reviews:
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1912 suspense novel The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1935 suspense novel Keep Away From Water by Alice Campbell.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1945 mystery Time To Change Hats by Margot Bennett.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1946 Kosuke Kindaichi mystery The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
- Curtis Evans revisits the 1951 Lew Archer hardboiled mystery The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1952 adventure novella The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 noir novel Dark the Summer Dies by Walter Untermeyer Jr.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1955 adventure thriller Island of the Pit by Vincent James a.k.a. James Gribben.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1976 gothic romance The Haiti Circle by Marilyn Ross a.k.a. William Edward Daniel Ross.
Con and event reports:
- Sarah Shaffi wonders about the future of book festivals after the covid pandemic.
- Open Culture reports about an exhibition of notes and other items left in library at the Oakland Public Library in Oakland, California.
- Chris Wiegand shares his thoughts on Yippee Ki Yay, a one-man retelling of Die Hard by Richard Marsh that is currently playing at the Edinburgh Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Keith Roysdon reports about the so-called "ghost shows" of the first half of the 20th century.
Research:
- CBS Morning reports about the human remains and other things found in Lake Mead in Nevada, as the water level steadily drops due to a drought.
- Sabina Stent revisits the so-called Wonderland murders, which happened in Los Angeles, California, in 1981.
- April White reports about a mysterious treasure map found in the archives of the historical society of Portland, Oregon.
Free online fiction:
- "Down Lovers' Lane" by Doug Lane in Guilty.
- "Saviors" by Sam Wiebe in Tough.
- "Owl Be Damned" by Nikki Knight in Tough.
- "Bubbles Baubles" by Elaine Faber in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
- "New Money" by Grant Butler in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Jersey Lily" by M.E. Proctor in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Easy" by Jason Melvin in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Heist the Buller" by Gavin Turner in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Voodoo" by Patrick Whitehurst in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "Sucker Creek" by A.D. Schweiss in Shotgun Honey.
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