Crime Fiction Links of the Week for December 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 the best mysteries and crime novels of 2022, Glass Onion, season 2 of Slow Horses, Treason and much more.

Crime fiction in general:  

• Terry Olson takes a look at the Sexton Blake villain Monsieur Zenith the Albino and traces his connection to Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné. 
• Michael R. Brown takes a look at Robert E. Howard's occult detective Steve Harrison.  
• Jo Walton talks about comfort reads and the search for books in which nothing bad happens. 
• Molly Templeton discusses how she decides what to read next.  

 

Best of 2022:

• Sandra Mangan shares her favourite crime novels of 2022. 
• Vicki Weisfeld shares her favourite crime novels of 2022.
  
• J. Kingston Pierce shares his favourite crime novels of 2022 
• Kevin Burton Smith shares his favourite crime novels of 2022. 
• Mary Picken shares her favourite crime novels and mysteries of 2022. 
• George Easter shares his favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2022.
  
• Shane Whaley shares his favourite spy novels of 2022.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano shares her favourite crime and mystery TV of 2022.
• The Killing Times share their favourite crime TV dramas of 2022 in a three part post.
  

 

 Film and TV:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the third season of Jack Ryan. 
• David Rooney calls The Pale Blue Eye a stodgy period murder mystery.
  
• Rebecca Nicholson calls Without Sin a top-notch conspiracy thriller and praises the performance of Vicky McClure.
  
• Martin Tsai calls Broker an unlikely Japanese-South Korean road movie. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Exploited a toxic slasher film.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Echo 3.
  
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Mosquito Coast.
• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Welcome to Chippendales.
  
• Andy Meek asks actual spies how they feel about espionage movies and TV shows.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw attempts to explain why Netflix action movies are always so bad. 
• Ellen E. Jones interviews Chinonye Chukwu, director of Till.
  
• Michael Ledwige revisits the 1946 Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life and finds unexpected noir elements.  
• Cheryl Eddy revisits the 1980 Christmas horror film To All a Goodnight. 
  

 

Comments on Glass Onion: 

• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel thoroughly enjoyed Glass Onion. 
• Abigail Nussbaum prefers Glass Onion to its predecessor Knives Out.
• Paul Levinson also finds Glass Onion funnier than Knives Out. 
• Alyssa Shotwell shares her favourite moment in Glass Onion.
  
• Rachel Leishman addresses some of the criticisms of Glass Onion and finds them not justified, 
  
• The AV-Club interviews Rian Johnson, director of Glass Onion.
• Angela Watercutter interviews Rian Johnson. 
• Katcy Stephan discusses the costume design of Glass Onion.
  
• Alyssa Shotwell shares the best murder mysteries to watch after Knives Out and Glass Onion. 
• Jorge Molina shares twenty great whodunnits to watch after Glass Onion.
  

 

Comments on season 2 of Slow Horses: 

• Tom Philip shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Slow Horses. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episodes of Slow Horses.
  

 

Comments on Treason:

• Stuart Heritage calls Treason a fun and frenetic spy thriller. 
• Daniel Fienberg calls Treason a derivative spy series.
• Jack King interviews Charlie Cox, star of Treason and Daredevil.  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Ada Palmer declares that the "plotter vs. pantser" writing divide has been exaggerated.
  
• Robert Repino shares storytelling lessons from Mr. Rogers.
• Kelly McClymer explains how to bring your indie book to the attention of librarians. 
• Cat Rambo shares a social media strategy for writers. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about advertising in 2022.
  
• Victoria Strauss reports about a new scam targeting authors.
  

 

Interviews: 

• Victoria Selman interviews Jeffery Deaver.
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Tessa Lunney.
• Debbi Mack interviews Barry Finlay. 
• Paul Burke interviews Simon Stephenson.
  

Reviews:

• Blue Book Balloon reviews Standing by the Wall by Mick Herron. 
• Mary Picken reviews The Devil Stone by Caro Ramsay.
  
• Kathy Reel reviews Winter's End by Paige Shelton. 
• Pam Guynn reviews All the Dark Places by Terri Parlato.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Hide by Tracy Clark. 
• Kirkus reviews The Whispering Dead by David Mark
  
• Crime Fiction Critic reviews A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino
• Erica Wagner reviews A Dangerous Buisness by Jane Smiley.
  
• Gayle Surrette reviews Proof of Life by Sheila Lowe.
• Man Reading Books reviews Early Grave by Paul Levine.
  
• Tzer Island reviews Fake Money, Blue Smoke by Josh Haven. 
• Nancy Wigston reviews The Opportunist by Elyse Friedman.
  
• Russell James reviews Emperor by John Fullerton.
• Publishers Weekly reviews The Butcher of Berner Street by Alex Reeve. 
• Lara Feigel reviews The New Life by Tom Crewe. 
  
• Kathy Reel reviews Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal. 
• Reading Reality reviews Secrets Typed in Blood by Stephen Spotswood.
  
• Mary Picken reviews A Deadly Covenant by Michael Stanley. 
• Mary Picken reviews Dashboard Elvis Is Dead by David F. Ross.
  
• Kevin Tipple reviews A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Death in the Margins by Victoria Gilbert.
• Dru Ann Love reviews Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Murder She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran.
• Kevin Tipple reviews The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022, edited by Jess Walter.
   

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1934 mystery Three Dead, One Hurt by Scobie Mackenzie.
  
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1938 Sergeant Cass Harty mystery The Christmas Tree Murders by Joel Y. Dane. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1942 Perry Mason mystery The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley Gardner.
  
• James Reasoner revisits the 1958 crime novel The Deadly Pay-Off by William H. Duhart.
  
• M. Porcius revisits the 1966 science fiction mystery Galactic Sybil Sue Blue by Rosel George Brown.  
• In Search of the Classic  Mystery Novel revisits the 1967 mystery Lost Without Trace by Belton Cobb.
  
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1972 thriller Red Christmas by Patrick Ruell a.k.a. Reginald Hill.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1976 war novel Drop Into Hell by Lou Cameron.
  
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1990 Andrew Basnett mystery Smoke Without Fire by Elizabeth Ferrars. 
• Bitter Tea and Mystery revisits the 1990 Gregor Demarkian mystery Not a Creature Was Stirring by Jane Haddam.
  

Con and event reports:

• Caroline Butterwick reports about the play My Thousand Year Old Land by Susan Moffat and Aida Haughton, which collects stories from Bosnian war refugees and is currently playing in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK.
  

 

Research:

• Dan Sabbagh reports that Jeremy Fleming, head of the GCHQ, has said that western spy agencies need to address fake news and alleged misinformation before they can spread.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Talk Is Cheap" by Victor De Anda in Mystery Tribune. 
• "No Shortcut" by Marion Donnellier in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "The Day She Was Gone" by Christine Eskilson in Guilty.
• "Other People's Stupidity" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
   

Odds and ends:

• Tom Gauld shares a cartoon of the Three Wise Men going gift shopping.
• Take the Guardian's 2022 Book Quiz.