Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 4, 2023
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 an uproar surrounding edits of Roald Dahl's and Ian Fleming's works, the problem of a
flood of AI generated fiction, Poker Face, Death in Paradise and Beyond Paradise, the final series of Endeavour, series 5 of Unforgotten, Luther: The Fallen Sun, the TV series version of True Lies, Cocaine Bear, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Creed III, Squid Game: The Challenge, tributes to Christpher Fowler and much
more:
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out in March.
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares eleven new SFF books that crime fiction fans will enjoy.
- Peter Swanson shares his ten favourite criminal duos in fiction.
- Harriet Tyce talks about friendships as catalysts for crimes in fiction and reality.
- Kate Simants talks about putting a twist on the locked room mystery, where the room itself is the danger.
- Sean Doolittle talks about writing a thriller about technology.
- Molly Odintz shares seven upcoming crime novels and mysteries featuring musicians.
- R.W. Green talks about continuing M.C. Beaton's popular mystery series after her death.
- Zoje Stage talks about unreliable narrators.
- James Davis Nicoll shares five extremely unscientific methods for picking your next read.
- Molly Templeton points out that you don't have to finish every book you start.
- Bridget McGovern declares that audiobooks have slowly taken over her life and that she loves it.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that the upcoming biography The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman promises insights into the author's private life that he wanted to keep hidden, while still alive.
Tributes to Christopher Fowler:
Comments on the edits to Roald Dahl's and Ian Fleming's works:
- Richard Charkin speaks out against the alterations of Roald Dahl's works.
- Sarah
Shaffi and Lucy Knight report that the publisher of Roald Dahl's works
will also release a sixteen book collection of unaltered "classic"
edition of Dahl's works.
- Joanne O'Sullivan reports that other European publishers have no plans to change the texts of various of Roald Dahl's works.
- Dalya Alberge reports that according to his friend artist Francis Bacon, Roald Dahl threatened everybody who altered his books without authorisation with being gobbled up by an enormous crocodile.
- Naman Ramachandran reports that the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming have been edited to remove racist terms and references as well.
- Sarah Shaffi also reports about the edits to the James Bond novel by Ian Fleming.
- J. Kingston Pierce discusses the edits to the James Bond novels and wonders if this is what Ian Fleming would have wanted.
- John Cork shares his thoughts on the edited seventieth anniversary editions of the James Bond novels.
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce declare that the fact that fewer children are reading at all is a much bigger problem than edits to Roald Dahl's books.
Comments on the flooding of various magazines with AI-generated spam:
- Benj Edwards reports about the closure of Clarkesworld to submissions due to being flooded with AI spam.
- Front Row interviews Neil Clarke, editor of Clarkesworld.
- Mia Sato reports about the flood of AI-generated spam stories that have been deluging several SFF magazines.
- Jason Sanford weighs in on the flood of AI generated submissions to SFF magazines.
- Jetse de Vries points out - with examples - that AI generated art produces derivative drivel.
- Jack Doyle attempts to break down the ChatGPT controversy.
- Kari Paul reports that ChatGPT cannot create crochet patterns that make sense either.
- RPG publisher Paizo has declared that they will not use AI generated art or text in their products.
Film and TV:
- Dwyer Murphy lists the best new crime shows coming out in March.
- Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on Only Murders in the Building.
- Paul Levinson calls Sharper a non-linear neo noir caper thriller.
- Leslie Felperin calls Bad City an elegantly pulpy Japanese retro thriller.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls the Django TV series a defiantly gruesome western.
- Cath Clarke calls Bandit a shallow and light-hearted retelling of a real life bank robbery spree.
- Phil Hoad calls Ambush a cliched and dated Vietnam War action film.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Better.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Your Honor.
- Adrian Horton believes that the sexual abuse drama Women Talking should win the Oscar for Best Picture, though she knows that it won't.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Finding Michael a haunting documentary about the search for mountaineer Michael Matthews who went missing in the Himalayas.
- Stuart Jeffries shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary Bronson: Fit to be Free?
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Murder in the Pacific a thrilling documentary about the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985
- Nick Kolakowski shares five clever heist movies,
- Bryan Reesman interviews Neil Jordan, director of Mona Lisa and The Crying Game.
- Alax Pappademas profiles Chris Pine, star of the Wonder Woman movies, the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Contractor, I Am the Night and many others.
- Rich Pelley and readers of The Guardian interview Michael Douglas, star of Romancing the Stone, The Streets of San Francisco, Black Rain, Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, the Ant-Man movies and many others.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1972 western Buck and the Preacher.
- Bryan Reesman revisits the 1993 revenge thriller Falling Down.
- David Masciotra revisits the 1999 conspiracy thriller Arlington Road.
- Veronica G. Henry revisits the 2010 crime drama Treme and explains that it told her how to write about New Orleans.
- Mark Lawson reports that the true crime drama The Reckoning about serial abuser Jimmy Savile has been delayed by the BBC for fear of a backlash.
- Pierra
Willix reports that the BBC, ITV and Netflix no longer require
actresses to wear corsets when filming period dramas, because some
actresses complained about ill-fitting corsets causing pain.
- Charles Bramesco explains why film preservation needs to be prioritised.
- Deuce Richardson remembers Raquel Welch.
- Sian Cain reports that there is no hope for a recovery of actor Tom Sizemore, star of Heat, Point Break, Natural Born Killers and many others, after he suffered a brain aneurysm at age 61.
- Stuntman and actor Ricou Browning, who played the Gill-Man in The Creature from the Black Lagoon and also appeared in Thunderball, Never Say Never Again, Sea Hunt and Flipper, has died aged 93.
Comments on Death in Paradise and Beyond Paradise:
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel shares their thoughts on series 12 of Death in Paradise.
- Jack Seale declares that the Death in Paradise spin-off Beyond Paradise does not work away from its Caribbean setting and that the jokes aren't funny either.
- Paul Hirons reports that Death in Paradise has been renewed for two more seasons.
Comments on the final series of Endeavour:
Comments on series 5 of Unforgotten:
- Rebeccas Nicholson calls series 5 of Unforgotten still a cracking good crime drama, even without star Nicola Walker.
- Michael Hogan shares his thoughts on the first episode of series 5 of Unforgotten and praises the performance of Sinéad Keenan, who replaces Nicola Walker.
- Deborah Shrewsbury shares her thoughts on the first episode of series 5 of Unforgotten.
Comments on Luther: The Fallen Sun:
Comments on the TV version of True Lies:
Comments on Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre:
Comments on Creed III:
Comments on Cocaine Bear:
- Charles Pulliam-Moore calls Cocaine Bear a movie that doesn't take anything seriously except being ridiculous.
- Lauren Coates declares that Cocaine Bear does exactly what it says on the tin.
- Alasdair Stuart calls Cocaine Bear an apex B-movie that does exactly what it says on the tin.
- Zack Sharf shares the true story behind Cocaine Bear.
Comments on problems with Squid Game: The Challenge:
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2023 Barry Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2023 Pulp Factory Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2023 Audie Awaards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2023 SAG Awards have been announced with some love for crime film and TV.
- The winners of the 2023 Producers Guild Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2023 Golden Reel Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2023 Golden and Silver Bears have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Sarah Shaffi shares writing tips from bestselling British authors.
- Victoria Strauss shares red flags to watch out for in publishing contracts.
- Keith Roysdon wonders what makes used bookstores so wonderful.
- Ellie Violet Bramley explains how customers are saving bookshops in the UK.
- Georgia Valdez reports about the grand opening of the bookstore Octavia's Bookshelf in Altadena, California.
- BookRiot also reports about the opening of Octavia's Bookshelf.
- Sarah Shaffi reports that public spending on British libraries has fallen, even as in person visits of have soared.
- Ron Charles reports that the Vermont State University is planning to get rid of all physical books in its library.
- Anne Wallace Allen reports about protests against the Vermont State University's plans.
Interviews:
- Dr. Jacky Collins interviews Janice Hallett.
- Criminal Element interviews Harriet Tyce.
- Alma Katsu and Kathleen Kent interview each other.
- Alan Petersen interviews Freida McFadden.
- Robert Justice interviews Esme Addison.
- Eli Cranor interviews Brendan Slocumb.
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club interviews Ann Claire.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Rick Bleiweiss.
- Lisa Haselton interviews Sean M. Christopher.
- Paul Burke interviews Chris Lloyd.
Reviews:
- Kevin Tipple reviews Storm Watch by C.J. Box.
- Kittling Books reviews Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne.
- The Quick and the Read reviews Breathless by Amy McCulloch.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews I Will Find You by Harlan Coben.
- Kirkus reviews Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham.
- David Nieh reviews Every Man a King by Walter Mosley.
- Beth Kanell reviews Last Seen in Lapaz by Kwei Quartey.
- Mary Picken reviews Expectant by Vanda Symon.
- Garrick Webster reviews The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Fixit by Joe Ide.
- Jane Simon Ammeson reviews Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft.
- Ashley Hajimirsadeghi reviews The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz.
- Jen Lucas reviews The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Sanctuary by Katrine Engberg.
- Janet Webb reviews Alligator Alley by Mike Lawson.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Huron Nights by Landon Beach.
- Colleen Mondor reviews Wait for Me by Sara Shepard
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Follow Me to the Edge by Tariq Ashkanani.
- Jen Lucas reviews No More Lies by Rachel Abbott.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews It Ends At Midnight by Harriet Tyce.
- Janet Webb reviews Hide by Tracy Clark.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Bloody Martini by William Kotzwinkle.
- Runalong the Shelves reviews Twist of Fate by D.L. Mark.
- Grab This Book reviews The Turning of Our Bones by Ed James.
- BOLO Books reviews Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head.
- Jen Lucas reviews One For the Ages by J.D. Kirk.
- Marlene Harris reviews Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris.
- Kirkus reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Spy by Murray Sinclair.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent.
- Erin Britton reviews The Case of the Cursed Cottage by Cathy Ace.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Irish Coffee Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross and tries a recipe from the book.
- Mandie Griffths reviews Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles.
- Erin Britton reviews Death Comes to the Costa del Sol by M.H. Eccleston.
- Ann Levin reviews I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Burner by Mark Greaney.
- Tzer Island reviews Burner by Mark Greaney.
- Jeff Ayers reviews Burner by Mark Greaney.
- Beth Kanell reviews Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli.
- Beth Kanell reviews The Refusal Camp: Stories by James R. Benn.
- Deborah Hopkinson reviews A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1932 mystery The Cast to Death by Nigel Orde-Powlett.
- Publishers Weekly revisits the 1935 mystery The Red Widow Murders by John Dickson Carr.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1936 Jane Amanda Edwards mystery Death of an Eloquent Man by Charlotte Murray Russell.
- Lesa Holstine reviews the 1937 mystery These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1942 Ellery Queen mystery Calamity Town by Frederic Dannay and Daniel Nathan.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1946 mystery Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1950 crime novel Catspaw Ordeal by Edward Ronns a.k.a. Edward S. Aarons.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the February 1951 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1952 Hercule Poirot mystery Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1985 Year of the Ninja Master martial arts novel Lion's Fire by Wade Barkers a.k.a. Ric Meyers.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1987 Julie Hayes mystery The Habit of Fear by Dorothy Salisbury Davis.
- The PorPor Books Blog revisits the 1987 blacksploitation novel Rough Trade by Cole Riley.
- Sandie Herron revisits the 2003 crime novel The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger.
Con and event reports:
Research:
- Melissa de la Cruz talks about the so-called "missing white woman" syndrome, where young attractive white women and girls are given much more attention, when they vanish or are murdered, than women of colour.
- Katie Lumsden explains why widows and governesses were outside the Victorian social system.
- Daniel H. Turtel talks about con artists and the American dream,
- Julia Carrie Wong reports that con artist Elizabeth Holmes attempts to delay the start of her prison sentence due to just having given birth to her second child.
- Linda Kasabian, the Manson family member, who testified against Charles Manson and his followers in the trial over the murders of Sharon Tate and her friends and the LaBianca family in 1969, has died aged 73.
Free online fiction:
- "Patterns on the Ceiling" by Wayne J. Gardiner in Mystery Tribune.
- "Those Who Remain Quiet" by Jamea Callan in Mystery Tribune.
- "Going Vegan" by James Jenkins in Punk Noir Magazine.
- "The Two-for-Sixty Plan" by Jeff Esterholm in Shotgun Honey.
- "With All My Heart I Still Love the Man I Killed" by Shirley J. Brewer in The Five-Two.
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