Crime Fiction Links of the Week for September 24, 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 Hilary Mantel, series 2 of Bloodlands, Crossfire, Inside Man, See How They Run, Lou, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Don't Worry Darling, Law and Order and its depiction of the police 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 September 2022.
  
• Ryan Steck shares his ten favourite thrillers of 2022 to date.
  
• Jess Nevins talks about Chinese crime fiction before the Chinese revolution.
• Paul French talks about crime novels set in Florence, Italy. 
• Sofie Kelly shares ten cozy mystery series to enjoy.
  
• PBS Masterpiece share their seven favourite fictional female detectives.
  
• Nicole Mabry and Steph Mullin share eight thrillers exploring female friendships. 
• S.C. Richards shares five relationship driven mysteries.
  
• Virginia Hartman explains what women mystery writers and women sleuths owe to Nancy Drew. 
• Allen Eskens explains why lawyers make good mystery and crime fiction writers. 
• Allison Brook talks about cold cases and old secrets in cozy mysteries. 
  
• Hailey Piper shares ten novels that mix horror and crime fiction.
  
• Crime by the Book share their appreciation for the psychological thrillers of Freida McFadden. 
• Lizzy Steiner shares eight true crime podcasts to listen to this fall.  
• Sandra S.G. Wong celebrates the 35th anniversary of Sisters in Crime.
  

 

Tributes to Hilary Mantel: 

• Hilary Mantel, celebrated writer of historical fiction as well as a few other genre works, has died aged 70.
• Lisa Allardice shares an obituary for Hilary Mantel. 
• Charlotte Higgins remembers Hilary Mantel. 
• Alex Marshall remembers Hilary Mantel.
• The Guardian Editorial calls Hilary Mantel a glorious original.
  
• The Guardian shares tributes to Hilary Mantel by fellow writers 
• John Mullan discusses how Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy turned Thomas Cromwell from villain to hero.
  
• Claire Armitstead shares her ten favourite novels by Hilary Mantel.
  
• Katy Guest shares her favourite quotes by the late Hilary Mantel. 

 

Film and TV:

• Mark Lawson declares that Karen Pirie is more than just another crime drama on British TV.
  
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Dig an unremarkable would-be thriller. 
• Phil Pirello calls The Infernal Machine that sort of thriller your parents might watch.
  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the Icelandic crime drama Entrapped.
• Phil Hoad calls Chup: Revenge of the Artist a Bollywood thriller designed to frighten film critics. 
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Archer.
  
• Todd Lazarski declares that Thai Cave Rescue turns a true story into a grim marathon. 
• Audra Schroeder wonders with regard to Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story how many more documentaries and films about Dahmer the world needs.
  
• David Smith calls Riotsville, USA a bleak and revealing documentary.
  
• Tom Lamont interviews Jeff Bridges, star of Tron, Iron Man, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Big Lebowski, King Kong, The Old Man and many others. 
• Alexi Duggins interviews Junior Okoli, co-creator of the dystopian gangster drama Jungle.
  
• Hector DeJean rewatches the entire Thin Man movie series.
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1953 noir film Angel Face. 
•  Germain Lussier reports that a new Karate Kid film is coming in 2024.
  
• Rob Beschizza reports that George Lazenby, who played James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, has been fired from the Music of James Bond touring event after several offensive statements.   
• Anna Marie de la Fuente reports that actor and director Woody Allen has announced his retirement. 
• Andrew Pulver reports that Woody Allen has retracted his retirement announcement.
  
• Actor Henry Silva, who appeared in The Manchurian Candidate, Johnny Cool, the original Ocean's Eleven, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai and who was the voice of Bane in Batman: The Animated Series, has died aged 96.

 

Comments on series 2 of Bloodlands: 

• Jack Seale calls series 2 of Bloodlands unwittingly hilarious. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on episode 1 of series 2 of Bloodlands.
  

Comments on Inside Man:

• Stuart Jeffries interviews Steve Moffat, showrunner and writer of Doctor Who, Sherlock, Inside Man and many others.
  
• Michael Hogan inerviews Stanley Tucci, star of Inside Man, Prizzi's Honor, The Lovely Bones, The Hunger Games and many others.

 

Comments on Crossfire: 

• Joel Golby calls Crossfire a daft thriller.. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Crossfire a daft and dull waste of time.
  

 

Comments on See How They Run: 

• Olivia Rutigliano notes that See How They Run is about the theatricality of whodunnits.
  
• Michael Billington points out that See How They Run completely misunderstands Agatha Christie's famous play The Mousetrap and also finds the film lacking in period detail.
• Xan Brooks interviews Saoirse Ronan and David Oyelowo, two of the stars of See How They Run.
• Rachel Leishman interviews director Tom George and Charlie Cooper, one of the stars of See How They Run. 

 

Comments on Lou: 

• Courtney Howard calls Lou an action thriller that transforms Allison Janey into a convincing arse-kicker.
• Benjamin Lee calls Lou and underwhelming kidnapping thriller.
  
• Todd Gilchrist interviews Allison Janey, star of Lou and I, Tonya. 
  

 

Comments on Law and Order and its depiction of the police: 

• Princess Weekes reports that John Oliver, host of the news program Last Week Tonight, has called out the Law and Order series for their unrealistic and problematic depiction of the police.
• Princess Weekes reports that actress Diana Neal, who plays district attorney Casey Novak in Law and Order, has responded to John Oliver.
  

 

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

• Molly Templeton shares her thoughts on "Just Jen", the latest episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. 
• Mary Kate Carr shares her thoughts on "Just Jen". 
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on "Just Jen".
  
• Artem Golub interviews Jameela Jamil who plays Titania in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
• Saloni Gajjar and Peter Scobel interview Jameela Jamil.
  
• Julia Glassman explains the Marvel Cinematic Universe Easter eggs in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. 

 

Comments on Don't Worry Darling:

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Don't Worry Darling a shallow, empty-headed attempt at a feminist thriller, but praises the performance of Florence Pugh.  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Don't Worry Darling an unconvincing tale about suburban dystopia. 
• Ann Hornaday calls Don't Worry Darling an overhyped and underbaked thriller.

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2022 Strand Magazine Critics Awards have been announced.
  
• The winner of the 2022 Radio Bremen Krimipreis has been announced.
• The winners of the 2018 and 2022 NoirCon Awards have been announced.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Thomas C. Foster talks about the seven deadly sins of writing.
  
• David V. Stewart points out that characters are the drivers of the story. 
• Literary Hub asks several writers how creative constraints helped them unblock their projects.
  
• Ann Langley offers her monthly Tarot draw for writers.
• Tom Bradby talks about real world chaos and tumult as fuel for fiction. 
• Amit Gupta talks about writing and selling short stories. 
• Kelly McClymer asks if it's time to change your book cover.
  
• SFWA shares some tips for setting up an author website. 
  
• Jacqui Lipton talks about marketing your books and what to expect.
• SFWA shares some tips for setting up your author business. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about book events and urgency. 
• Sarah Shaffi reports that Philip Pullman has called for an inquiry into the UK Society of Authors, because he feels oppressed.
  
• Mike Glyer reports about the 2022 Banned Books Week.
• Ben Blanchet reports that the town council of Wellington, Colorado, voted to ban book bans in the town local library.
  
• Porter Anderson reports that a French court has ordered to block a book piracy site.
  

 

Interviews: 

• Crime Reads interviews S.A. Cosby.
• John A. Hoda interviews Mariah Fredericks.
  
• Paul Burke interviews Adam Hamdy.
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Indy Perro. 
• E.B. Davis interviews Marie Sutro.
  
• E.B. Davis interviews Lori Roberts Herbst.
  
• Ben MacIntyre interviews Tim Shipman.
  

Reviews:

• Sandie Herron reviews Shutter by Ramona Emerson.
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman. 
• Natalie Zutter reviews Number One Fan by Meg Elison. 
  
• C. Matthew Smith reviews A Mourning Song by Mark Westmoreland. 
• Kirkus reviews Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens.
  
• Pam Guynn reviews The Shadow Murders by Jussi Adler-Olsen. 
• The Book Decoder reviews Catch Her Death by Wendy Dranfield. 
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir, translated by Quentin Bates.
• Garrick Webster reviews Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir, translated by Quentin Bates.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews The Enigma of Room 622 by Joel Dicker. 
• The Quick and the Read reviews The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas. 
• It's All About Books reviews My Darling Daughter by J.P. Delaney. 
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Azabu Gateway by Michael Pronko.
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Kismet by Amina Akhtar.
  
• Beth Kanell reviews The Bad Angel Brothers by Paul Theroux. 
• Kirkus reviews Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris. 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Bleeding by Johanna Gustawsson, translated by David Warriner.
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Amanda Flower. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Amanda Flower.
  
• Gayle Surrette reviews The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer Ashley.
  
• Kathy Reel reviews The Case of the Disgraced Duke by Cathy Ace. 
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Twist of the Knife by Anthony Horowitz. 
• Janet Webb reviews Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn.
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Murder on the Vine by Camilla Trinchieri. 
  
• Beth Kanell reviews Murder on the Vine by Camilla Trinchieri. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Catered Doggie Wedding by Isis Crawford and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Magic, Pies and Deadly Lies by Misha Popp.
  
• Gayle Surrette reviews A Dark and Stormy Tea by Laura Childs. 
• Erin Britton reviews Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Hyde: The Classified Dossier Vol. 2 by Christian Klaver. 
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Hyde: The Classified Dossier Vol. 2 by Christian Klaver.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder by the Book, edited by Martin Edwards.
  
• Kevin Tipple reviews The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022, edited by Sara Paretsky and Otto Penzler.
  
• Stephanie Merritt reviews Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley. 
• Cindy Burnett reviews Blood & Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime by Joe Pompeo.  

Classics reviews:

• Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 1892 Sherlock Holmes mystery "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" by Arthur Conan Doyle.
  
• Benjamin Espen revisits the 1901 Ruritanian romance Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1928 mystery The Death of Laurence Vining by Alan Thomas.
  
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1931 adventure mystery The Gold Skull Murders by Frank L. Packard.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1933 mystery Tom Tiddler's Island by J.J. Connington.
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 1942 Miss Marple mystery The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1944 noir novel Deadline at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1952 mystery story "The Importance of Being Ernie" by Carroll John Daly. 
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1956 mystery Death on Remand by Michael Underwood a.k.a. John Michael Evelyn.
  
• Curtis Evans revisits the 1958 short story collection Hotel Room and the 1964 short story collection The Dark Side of Love by Cornell Woolrich.
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 The Peacemaker men's adventure novel The Wyss Pursuit by Adam Hamilton a.k.a. Marilyn Granbeck.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1978 Lyon Wentworth mystery Death Through the Looking Glass by Richard Forrest.
  

Con and event reports:

• Martin Edwards reports about the 2022 Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland.
• Samantha Johns reports about the exhibition Poe & Doyle Victorian Crime Fiction at the Hower House Museum in Akron, Ohio.
  

 

Research:

• Chase DiBenedetto reports that the conviction of Adnan Syed, convicted for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, has been overturned, at least partly due to the popular true crime podcast Serial tackling the case and its inconsistencies. 
• Adam Gabbatt also discusses the release of Adnan Syed after 23 years in prison. 
• Greg King and Penny Wilson talk about the famous murder trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb in 1924 and their lawyer Clarence Darrow.  
• Paul Farrell reports that Sherri Papini, a woman from California who staged her own disappearance inspired by the novel Gone Girl, has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison.
  
• Stefano Montali reports about a conspiracy involving a non-existent satanic paedophile ring in Hampstead, London. 
  
• Eleanor Herman shares a brief history of calling women witches. 
  
• Dahlia Lithwick talks about the women who work within the legal system.
  

 

Free online fiction:

• "Lines Inside Lines" by Bill Vernon in Mystery Tribune.
• "Person of Interest" by Terry John Malik in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Pinto's Bag of Chips" by Patrick Whitehurst in Guilty.
  
• "Bait and Witch" by Angela M. Sanders in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast. 
• "The Cattle Hounds" by Mark Atley in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "God Dam" by Hector Acosta in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "23andMe" by Terena Elizabeth Bell in Tough.
  
• "The Intellectual Stripper" by Charles Rammelkamp in The Five-Two.
  

 

Trailer and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Entrapped.
  
• Watch a trailer for Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
• Watch a trailer for Chup: Revenge of the Artist.