Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 1, 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 tributes to Louise Fletcher, Confess Fletch, Inside Man, Karen Pirie, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Don't Worry Darling, Jungle, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, problems in Bollywood and much more.

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out this week.
• Crime Reads shares the best reviewed crime novels for September 2022.
• Crime Reads shares the best new true crime books out now.
  
• Your Tita Kate shares eighteen mysteries and thrillers by authors of colour. 
• Joy Jordan-Lake shares five mysteries that don't sacrifice the whodunnit for the whydunnit. 
• Sarah Bonner shares a list of psychological thrillers with gobsmacking twists.
  
• Krista Davis shares holiday cozies that are not set at Christmas. 
  
• Stephanie Kuehn shares six YA thrillers where teens fight the system. 
• M.Z. Urlocker explains why Cold War noir is popular again.
  
• Glenn Stewart compars Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Columbo.
• Curtis Evans profiles the golden age mystery writer Alice Campbell. 
• Carson Vaughan profiles noir writer Jim Thompson.
  
• Rudy Ruiz talks about setting his thriller Valley of Shadows on the US-Mexican border.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Dwyer Murphy lists the best new crime shows coming out in October. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Bloodlands.
  
• Rebecca Nicholson calls The Old Man cleverer than the average spy action thriller. 
• J. Kingston Pierce calls A Private Affair a rip-roaring historical mystery series from Spain.
  
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon a slow-burn thriller about a woman with supernatural powers navigating the seedier parts of New Orleans.
• Mark Keizer calls Dead for a Dollar a western that shoots mostly blanks. 
  
• Germain Lussier calls The Menu a pitch-perfect takedown of pretension and privilege.  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Amsterdam a muddled historical crime comedy. 
• Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on the French crime show Astrid: Murder in Paris. 
• William Hughes shares his thoughts about the latest episode of Archer. 
  
• Adam Holmes explains how Knives Out paved the way for more murder mysteries in Hollywood.
• Alison Foreman shares the most controversial movie and TV recastings. 
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1978 Ed McBain adaptation Blood Relatives. 
• Ryan Britt revisits the 1982 science fiction crime show Knight Rider for its fortieth anniversary.  
• Michael Mayo talks about silent actress Theda Barra and the origins of the vamp.
• The Guardian shares excerpts from the diaries of the late Alan Rickman, including memories of shooting the Harry Potter films.
  
• The Guardian shares Alan Rickman's delightfully scathing film reviews. 
• Scott Adlerberg profiles playwright and screenwriter Leo Marks.
  
• Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports that Hindi Bollywood is in trouble, while Telugu cinema and other regional films are on the rise. 
• Caroline Frost reports that celebrated film composer John Williams was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II shortly before her death. 
• Film critic Michael Walker has died aged 80.
  

 

Tributes to Louise Fletcher: 

• Actress Louise Fletcher, best known for her appearances in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Exorsist II, Invaders from Mars, The Twilight Zone and Picket Fences has died aged 88. 
• Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Louise Fletcher.
  
• Justin Carter remembers Louise Fletcher's many genre roles.

Comments on Inside Man:

• Lucy Mangan calls Inside Man a rollicking death row drama. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first episode of Inside Man. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the second episode of Inside Man.
  
• Rhik Samadder interviews Lydia West, star of Years and Years and Inside Man.
  

 

Comments on Confess Fletch: 

• Olivia Rutigliano calls Confess, Fletch the perfect combination of noir and caper film and praises the performance of Jon Hamm. 
  
• Todd Gilchrist interviews Kyle MacLaghlan, star of Dune, Twin Peaks and Confess Fletch.

 

Comments on Karen Pirie: 

•  Lucy Mangan calls Karen Pirie a female-led crime drama that absolutely sings. 
•  Chris Jenkins shares his thoughts on the first episode of Karen Pirie.
  

 

Comments on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general: 

• Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "The Retreat", the latest episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. 
• Mary Kate Carr shares her thoughts on "The Retreat". 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "The Retreat".

 

Comments on Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story:

• Jen Cheney discusses the problem with Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
• Stuart Heritage wonders if Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is the most exploitative TV show of the year.
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has been removed from Netflix's LGBTQ category following complaints. 
• Peter White reports that Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a huge hit for Netflix in spite of the criticism. 
• Kalyn Womack reports about Christopher Scarver, the man who killed Jeffrey Dahmer in prison in 1994. 
  

 

Comments on Jungle: 

• Ellen E. Jones delcares that dystopian gangster musical Jungle is not nearly as cutting edge as it thinks it is.
• Alexi Duggins interviews Junior Okoli, co-creator of the dystopian gangster drama Jungle. 
  

 

Comments on Don't Worry Darling:

• Adrian Horton discusses the empty feminism of Don't Worry Darling.
• Arturo Serrano calls Don't Worry Darling The Matrix for tradwives.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that actress Kiki Layne claims that most of her role was cut from Don't Worry Darling. 
• Catherine Shoard reports that Don't Worry Darling is doing well at the box office in spite of bad reviews.
  

 

Comments on problems in Bollywood: 

• Kaushik Raj and Sabah Gurmat report about a culture war raging in Bollywood as films with Muslim stars and producers are under attack by rightwing Hindus.
  
• Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports that Hindi Bollywood is in trouble, while Telugu cinema and other regional films are on the rise. 

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2022 Fingerprint Awards have been announced.
  
• The winner of the 2022 Gothenberg Book Fair Crime Time Award for Best Debut has been announced.
• The finalists for the 2022 Mo Siewcharran Prize have been announced.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Kamila Shamsie talks about finding the perfect space to write.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that Amazon has changed its e-book return policies following pressure from the Society of Authors and others.
• David Levithan talks about standing up to book bans and censorship.
  
• Juan Perez Jr. reports that Democrats in the US Congress are preparing resolutions against local book bans. 
• Tom Gauld takes a satirical look at evil writing classes.

 

Interviews: 

• The Guardian interviews Denise Mina.
  
• Anthony Cummins interviews William Boyd.
• Alan Petersen interviews Ryan Steck.
  
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interviews Anthony McGowan and Tracy Fenton. 
• Paul Burke interviews John Brownlow. 
• Queer Writers of Crime interview Jeffrey Round. 
• Lisa Haselton interviews Frank Zafiro.
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Indy Perro.
  
• John A. Hoda interviews B.J. Magnani. 
• E.B. Davis interviews Korina Moss.
  
• Crime Reads interviews Joe R. Lansdale and Jussi Piironen about the Hap and Leonard graphic novels.  
  

Reviews:

• Janet Webb reviews The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Fallout by Carrie Stuart Parks.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Always the First to Die by R.J. Jacobs.
  
• Grab This Book reviews The Interview by C.M. Ewan.
• Tony R. Cox reviews You Can Stay by Elle Connel. 
• Gayle Surrette reviews What She Saw by Sheila Lowe. 
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Suspect by Scott Turow. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquart. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley.
  
• Mike Parker reviews The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead.
  
• Denise Danks reviews The Invisible by Peter Papathanasiou.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson, translated by David Warriner. 
• Anthony Cummins reviews Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson.  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Crippled Jack by Boston Teran. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Medici Murders by David Hewson.
  
• Kathy Reel reviews The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian. 
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Madwoman by Louisa Treger. 
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill.  
• Sandie Herron reviews Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Mrs. Claus and the Evil Elves by Liz Ireland. 
• Erin Britton reviews A Christmas Murder of Crows by D.M. Austin.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Death of an Ice Cream Scooper by Lee Hollis and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Minette Walters reviews Mr. Campion's Mosaic by Mike Ripley.
• Steve Powell reviews The Blood Ogre by Craig McDonald. 
• Lis Carey reviews The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch. 
  
• Sandie Herron reviews Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle.  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Wise Gals by Nathalia Holt.
  

Classics reviews:

• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1931 Thatcher Colt mystery The Crime of the Century by Anthony Abbott.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1937 Hercule Poirot mystery Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1939 mystery short story "The Lost Policeman" by Milward Kennedy.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1947 crime story "The Cop on the Corner" by David Goodis.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1947 mystery Case for Segeant Beef by Leo Bruce.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1951 mystery Death on Milestone Buttress by Glyn Carr. 
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1969 mystery Picture Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic.
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1970 Dave Cannon mystery Die Like a Man by Michael Delving a.k.a. Jay Williams. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1977 mystery Every Inch a Lady by Joan Fleming.
  
• Doreen Sheridan revisits the 2005 neo-noir novel Drive by James Sallis.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 2005 Mike Hammer hardboiled story "Skin" by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.  
  

Con and event reports:

• All About Agatha reports about the 2022 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torbay, UK.
  

 

Research:

• Michael Wilson investigates the mystery behind the crime wave at 312 Riverside Drive in New York City.
• Keith Roysdon profiles the notorious serial killer Ed Gein, inspiration for Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs. 
• Chase Pletts talks about the myth and reality of violence in the Old West.
  

 

Free online fiction:

• "Late-Night Rendezvous" by Bond Elam in Mystery Tribune.
• "Clean" by Joshua Wetjen in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Drowning the Merch" by Regan MacArthur in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Overworked" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. 
• "Bomb Threat" by Robert Cooperman in The Five-Two.
  

 

Trailer and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Enola Holmes 2.
• Watch a trailer for Extraction 2. 
• Watch a trailer for Magpie Murders. 
• Watch a trailer for Shantaram. 
• Watch a trailer for Alaska Daily.
  
• Watch a trailer for A Friend of the Family.
  
• Watch a trailer for Bones and All.