Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 19, 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 best crime novels of 2022, The Menu, Bones and All, The Peripheral, She Said, the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, tributes to Kevin Conroy and much more.

Crime fiction in general:  

• Laura Wilson shares her favourite recent thrillers and mysteries.
  
• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
  
• Caleb Roehrig shares eight great thrillers with effective twists.
• Emily Edwards explains why female private investigators, though far from unheard of in the real world, are still considered shocking. 
• Craig Henderson lists the most iconic cars driven by fictional detectives. 
• Elijah Kinch Spector shares five SFF books about spies and espionage.  
• John Winn Miller shares seven nautical thrillers to enjoy.
  
• Elly Griffiths explains why London is such a popular setting for crime novels. 
• Elly Griffiths shares her favourite unusual settings in crime fiction. 
• Aaron Phillip Clark shares his favourite novels and movies about the Los Angeles police department and its many issues.
  
• Phillip Margolin discusses the joys of incorporating clichés from the golden age of mystery into a contemporary crime novel. 
• Craig Henderson talks about redshirt protagonists and shares his favourite examples.
  
• D.M. Rowell shares her path to writing a Native American mystery. 
• Pascal Engman discusses the background of his thriller Femicide.
  
• Penny Goetjen talks about researching her latest thriller The Woman Underwater.
  
• Lynn Hightower talks about the joy of banned books.  
• Molly Templeton explains how to buy books as gifts for other people that will be appreciated. 
  
• CBC News reports that Robert Unik, great-nephew of SFF author Robert Bloch, has inherited a trove of his great-uncle's belongings.

 

Best of 2022:

• Kirkus share their favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2022.
• Amazon share their favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2022. 
• Book Page share their favourite mystery and suspense novels of 2022.
• Nora Krug and Stephanie Murray share their favourite crime novels of 2022.
  
• Stop, You're Killing Me! share their favourite crime and mystery debut novels of 2022.
• Audible share their favourite mystery and thriller audiobooks of 2022. 
• Audible share their favourite true crime audiobooks of 2022. 
  

 

 

Film and TV:

• Peter Bradshaw calls Confess, Fletch an amiable screwball mystery. 
• Matt Charlton calls season 3 of Babylon Berlin the most expensive and decadent crime drama on TV. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Tulsa King an enjoyable if predictable retro thriller. 
• Luke Y. Thompson calls The Last Manhunt a meandering thriller.
  
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Poker Face an action thriller that is more interested in misdirection than machismo. 
• Alasdair Stuart calls the South Korean movie Decision to Leave a love story with a body count.
  
• Cath Clarke calls The Sparring Partner a stylish take on a gruesome real life murder. 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls The Wonder a peculiar historical thriller from Ireland.
  
• Cath Clarke calls L.A. Seduction a remake of a 1960 cult thriller that manages to be even more misogynist than the original.
  
• Phil Hoad calls The Runner a deeply felt, but cumbersome drug thriller and praises the performance of Cameron Douglas.
• Rebecca Nicholson calls Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal a true crime documentary that twists like a thriller.
  
• Phil Hoad revisits the 1954 suspense thriller The Teckman Mystery.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1966 mystery film Who Killed the Cat? 
• Michael Gonzales revisits the 1972 blaxploitation thriller Trouble Man for its 50th anniversary. 
  
• Leslie Byron Pitt revisits the 1992 thriller Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me for its 30th anniversary. 
• Robert Stinner revisits the 1992 LGBTQ crime movies Swoon and The Living End. 
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Anthony Hopkins, star of The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, the Thor movies, Meet Joe Black and many others. 
  
• Sarah Compton interviews Matthew Modine, star of Stranger Things, Full Metal Jacket, Cutthroat Island and many other things.  
• Cath Clarke interviews Nikyatu Jusu, director of the psychological thriller Nanny.
• Emine Saner interviews Anna Maxwell Martin, star of Line of Duty and A Spy Among Friends. 
  
• Hollie Richardson chronicles how Halifax in Yorkshire became a popular filming location for Marvel and other Hollywood and British movies and TV shows.    
• Catherine Shoard reports that Lynne Michele, into whose house actress Anne Heche crashed her car and subsequently died, has sued Heche's heirs for two million US-dollar.  
• Stuart Heritage reports how Chris Evans, star of Captain America, Knives Out, The Gray Man and others, fell afoul of toxic fans, when it was revealed he was in a relationship.  
• More than 120 women's organisations and individuals have signed an open letter in support of actress Amber Heard in her domestic violence dispute with ex-partner Johnny Depp. 

 

Tributes to Kevin Conroy:

• Actor Kevin Conroy, who portrayed Batman in several animated as well as live action series and also voiced Mer-Man and Hordak in Masters of the Universe and appeared in Dynasty and Tour of Duty, has died aged 66.
• Greg Evans shares an obituary for Kevin Conroy. 
• Aaron Couch shares an obituary for Kevin Conroy.
  
• James Whitbrook remembers Kevin Conroy. 
• Kevin Smith remembers Kevin Conroy.
  
• Rachel Leishman shares tributes to Kevin Conroy from around the web.
  
• Justin Carter shares Kevin Conroy's best moments voicing Batman.
  
• B.J. Colangelo discusses the parallels between Kevin Conroy's life as a gay man in a homophobic world and Batman as explored in the "Finding Batman" comic written by Kevin Conroy.

 

Comments on The Menu: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls The Menu a well-acted and well-directed horror comedy thriller.  
• Tomris Laffly calls The Menu a familiar but entertaining satirical horror thriller.

 

Comments on Bones and All: 

• Jonathan Romney interviews Luca Guadagnino, director of Bones and All. 
• Todd Gilchrist also interviews Luca Guadagnino.
• Nick Vivarelli interviews Luca Guadagnino as well as Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russels, the stars of Bones and All.
  
• Stuart Heritage wonders just what on Earth the teenaged cannibals of Bones and All were really eating on screen. 

 

Comments on The Peripheral: 

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Peripheral. 
  
• Jennifer Ouellette interviews Jonathan Nolan, Vincenzo Natali and Scott Smith, producers of The Peripheral.

 

Comments on She Said:

• Olivia Rutigliano calls She Said an effective and respectful journalism thriller.
• Leigh Monson declares that She Said revisits the Harvey Weinstein scandal without saying anything new. 
  

 

Awards:

• The opening round finalists for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards in the mystery and thriller category have been announced.
• The shortlist for the 2022 Petrona Awards has been announced.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Lauren Sapala explains how writers can get over their fear of starting. 
• Kate Stine, editor-in-chief of Mystery Scene Magazine, announced that the magazine will cease publication after 37 years.
  
• Ismene Ormonde reports about BookTok, the book community on TikTok. 
• Lucy Knight and Sarah Shaffi report that TikTok is planning to sell books directly via its platform.
  
• Harriet Sherwood reports that the UK Society of Authors is holding a vote to oust Joanne Harris, after some members became upset with a Twitter poll about death threats hosted by Harris. 
  
• Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris report about the strike of the HarperCollins union.
• Andrew Albanese reports that several towns and cities in the US voted tio defund their public libraries over their refusal to ban or censor LGBTQ+ books. 
• Book Riot reports that actress Helena Bonham Carter has been named the first female president of the London Library in London, UK.
  
• Claire Woodcock reports about the seizure of the book piracy site Z-library by the FBI. 
• Doug Smith reports about the fire that damaged the Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, California.
  

 

Interviews: 

• Nancie Clare interviews Robert Crais. 
• Paul Burke interviews Stuart MacBride. 
• Nicola Heath interviews Jane Harper.
  
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interviews Kellye Garrett. 
• John Valeri interviews R.G. Belsky.
  
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club interviews Gregg Olson. 
• Lenny Picker interviews Benjamin Stevenson.
  
• John A. Hoda interviews Katie Tallo.
  
• Anthony Cummins interviews John Banville a.k.a. Benjamin Black.
  

Reviews:

• John Valeri reviews Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris.
  
• Kathy Reel reviews Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens.
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Where Demons Hide by Douglas Skelton.
• Jen Lucas reviews The Buried by Sharon Bolton.
• Paul Burke reviews Canticle Creek by Adrian Hyland.
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Dragonfly Summer by J.H. Moncrieff. 
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock.
  
• Jay Roberts reviews Once a Thief by Christopher Reich.
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Next In Line by Jeffrey Archer.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh. 
• Kevin Burton Smith reviews The Deal Goes Down by Larry Beinhart.
  
• Paul Burke reviews Deceit by Jónína Leósdóttir, translated by Sylvia and Quentin Bates.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Pain Tourist by Paul Cleave.
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Cruise by Catherine Cooper. 
• Paul Burke reviews This Train by James Grady. 
  
• Grab This Book reviews Hold My Place by Cassandra Windwalker. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Flight Risk by Cherie Priest. 
• Alex Clark reviews The Singularities by John Banville.
  
• Jean Gazis reviews Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal.
  
• Kathy Reel reviews A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny 
• Mahvesh Murad reviews The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka.
  
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Death on a Winter Stroll by Francine Mathews.
  
• Sandie Herron reviews The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Peanut Butter Panic by Amanda Flower and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Sandie Herron reviews Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston.
  
• Paul Haggerty reviews Round Up the Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews. 
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Santa's Little Yelpers by David Rosenfelt. 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict.
  
• Garrick Webster reviews The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen. 
• Lis Carey reviews Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection by Ben Aaronovitch.
  
• Xan Brooks reviews Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino.

Classics reviews:

• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1932 Roger Sheringham mystery Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley.
  
• Benjamin Thomas revisits the 1934 Spider adventure Serpent of Destruction by Grant Stockbridge a.k.a. Norvell Page. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1936 Alan Grant mystery A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey.
  
• Benjamin Thomas revisits the 1938 Doc Savage adventure The Red Terrors by Kenneth Robeson a.k.a. Lester Dent.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1948 noir novel The Pitfall by Jay Dratler. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 legal mystery The Defence Does Not Rest by Edna Sherry.
  
• Vintage Pop Fictions revisits the 1959 thriller The Last Frontier by Alistair MacLean. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 corporate intrigue novel Motel Trap by Matt Harding. 
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1967 Flaxborough mystery Lonelyheart 4122 by Colin Watson.
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1988 Kane's War men's adventure novel Killer Cruise by Nick Stone.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1995 historical mystery Morality Play by Barry Unsworth.
  

Con and event reports:

• Emell Derra Adolphus reports that in-person book festivals return in the US after two years of covid restrictions.
• Mark Fisher calls the play One Off by former inmate Ric Renton, which is currently being performed in Newcastle, UK, an harrowingly authentic prison drama. 
• Arifa Akbar calls the play Here by Clive Judd, which is currently playing in London, UK, a creepy and captivating kitchen sink gothic. 
  
• Chris Wiegend lists the twenty-five best Christmas stage shows and plays in the UK.

 

Research:

• Jeff Patterson discusses the still unsolved murder of Debra Star Rizzo in Clearwater, Florida, in 1978.
• Mariah Fredericks talks about the suicide of Violet Sharpe, a servant at the Lindbergh household who was suspected of being involved with the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby. 
• Mariah Fredericks also profiles Betty Gow, the nurse of the Lindbergh baby.
  
• Alexandra Natapoff shares the truth about snitching and criminal informants.
  

 

Free online fiction:

• "The Case of the Fading Heroine" by Susan O'Doherty in Mystery Tribune.
• "Hard Deadline" by Dustin Walker in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Wishful Thinking" by Suzanne Halmi in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Political Magnicide" by Edward St. Boniface in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Another Amateur Night" by Gordon Linzner in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Useless" by Song Gao Lei in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Arizona Shuffle" by William Kitcher in Guilty. 
• "El Curandero" by Hector Acosta in Tough.
  
• "It's the Husband" by Sharon Waller Knutson in The Five-Two.
  
• "G-Men" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.