Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 25, 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 series 4 of Unforgotten, series 2 of Grace, Paris Police 1905, John Wick Chapter 4, season 2 of Yellowjackets, Scream VI, Waco: American Apocalypse, The Long Goodbye at fifty and the crime movies of 1973, tributes to Lance Reddick and much
more:
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Alison Flood shares a round-up of the best recent mysteries and thrillers.
- Molly Odintz shares the best international crime novels for March 2023.
- Crime Reads shares the best debut crime novels for March 2023.
- Brittany Butler shares her favourite spy novels.
- Gigi Pandian wonders why locked room mysteries are so popular.
- Mary McCreary takes a look at father/daughter detective teams.
- Jody Gehrman shares her favourite toxic teacher/student relationships crime fiction and film.
- Molly Odintz shares crime novels set against the backdrop of reality TV shows.
- Annette Lyon explains how she went from romance to suspense writer.
- Jacqueline Winspear praises cross genre novels.
- John Mullan explains why Charles Dickens continues to be popular, both in print and on the screen.
- Hollie Richardson hopes to never see a Charles Dickens adaptation on TV again.
- Kevin Dickinson declares that surrounding yourself with books you haven't read and probably won't ever read can still be beneficial.
- Cole Rush declares that nothing makes him read faster than an underwhelming book.
- Maya Jaggi shares an obituary for Kenzaburo Oe.
- Steve Holland shares an obituary for Christopher Fowler.
- Locus remembers John Jakes.
- Mystery fan and reviewer Sandie Herron has died.
- Eric Brown, writer of science fiction, mysteries and children's books as well as reviewer and critic has died aged 62.
Film and TV:
- Ellen E. Jones declares that the Northern Irish crime drama Blue Lights captures the changes in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement.
- Lucy Mangan calls The Night Agent a twisty and slick political thriller.
- Matt Schimkovitz shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Perry Mason.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Breaking a cliched hostage drama and praises the performance of John Boyega.
- Saloni Gajjar calls Rabbit Hole a ludicrous yet amusing thriller.
- Leslie Felperin calls The Killer a super-violent action thriller from South Korea.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Beasts an unsettling rural noir film from Spain.
- Peter Bradshaw calls 1976 a nerve-jangling thriller set in Chile during the Pinochet era.
- Mary Kate Carr shares her thoughts on season 7 of Riverdale.
- Matt Schimkovitz calls the latest adaptation of Great Expectations a lurid update.
- Cath Clarke calls Bheed a tense lockdown thriller from India.
- Jack Seale shares his thoughts on the true crime documentary The Gold: The Inside Story.
- Phil Hoad calls A Compassionate Spy an engrossing documentary about a man who leaked nuclear secrets in order to stop the cold war.
- Cheryl Eddy shares ten horror movies that were inspired by true crimes.
- Dalya Alberge interviews Sir Derek Jacobi, British actor who played the Master in Doctor Who, starred in the Brother Cadfael mysteries and many others.
- Michael Hogan interviews Gemma Arterton, star of Quantum of Solace, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Black Narcissus and many others.
- Brian Davids interviews Benjamin Caron, director of Sharper and Andor.
- Selome Hailu interviews Janine Nabers, co-creator and showrunner of Swarm.
- Ryan Gilbey interviews Alexander Skarsgard, star of True Blood, The Northman, Big Little Lies, War on Everyone and many others.
- Lucy Clark reports that Sam Neill, who appeared in the Jurassic Park movies, Merlin, The Hunt for Red October, Event Horizon, Peaky Blinders and many others, is suffering from stage 3 blood cancer.
- Lucy Clark interviews Sam Neill.
- Porter Anderson reports about the popularity of the new crime drama The Knockout in China.
- Max Goldbart reports that the crime drama Three Pines has been cancelled after a single season.
- Louis
Chilton reports that a third of all LGBTQ characters will disappear
from TV screens this year due to shows being cancelled or ending.
- Julie
MacCarry reports that the frequent cancellations of TV shows on
streaming services is altering viewer behaviour and makes viewers less
likely to give a new show a chance for fear that it will only be
cancelled.
Tributes to Lance Reddick:
Comments on series 3 of Grace:
Comments on Paris Police 1905:
Comments on series 4 of Unforgotten:
Comments on John Wick Chapter 4:
Comments on season 2 of Yellowjackets:
- Jen Lennon and Hattie Lindert discuss fan theories for season 2 of Yellowjackets.
- Natalie Zutter explains what she is dying to see in season 2 of Yellowjackets.
- Julia Glassman calls season 2 of Yellowjackets a thrilling ride that fixes the issues with season 1.
Comments on Scream VI:
Comments on Waco: American Apocalypse:
Comments on The Long Goodbye at 50 and the crime movies of 1973 in general:
- Matthew Redmond revisits the 1973 neo-noir movie The Long Goodbye for its fiftieth anniversary.
- Andrew Nette wonders if The Long Goodbye is actually the most overrated crime film of 1973.
- Olivia Rutigliano wonders whether 1973 was the best year for crime movies.
- Andrew Nette revisits the 1973 crime movies about police corruption Serpico and The Offence.
- Dwyer Murphy shares more heist and crime movies from 1973 to watch.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2023 Lefty Awards have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2023 British Book Awards has been announced.
- The finalists for the 2023 Imadjinn Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2023 George N. Dove Award has been announced.
- The nominations for the 2023 Bafta TV Awards have been announced with lots of love for crime TV.
- The winners of the 2023 Critics Choice Super Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards have been announced.
- Colson Whitehead has received the National Humanities Medal.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Kristen Renee Miller explains how translating made her a better writer.
- Mona Simpson talks about the role of research in writing.
- Lincoln Michel shares tax tips for writers.
- Victoria Strauss reports about two new scams targeting writers.
- BBC HardTalk interviews James Daunt of Daunt Books, Waterstones and now Barnes and Noble
- Allegra Rosenberg reports how fandom is embracing Character AI, a chatbot which allows you to chat with fictional characters.
- Lincoln Michel finds some parallels between Jose Luis Borges' 1941 story "The Library of Babel" and the flood of AI generated trash.
- Disappointingly,
the Writers Guild of America has issued a statement that it would
tolerate the use of AI in scrweenwriting, as long as it does not affect
their members' credits or residuals.
- Steve Inskeep interviews students at Vermont State University about the university's plan to remove all physical books from its library and only offer digital books.
Interviews:
- Sandra Mangan interviews Ann Cleeves.
- Jane Oddy interviews Lynda La Plante.
- Nancie Clare interviews Alma Katsu.
- John Valeri interviews Marie Still.
- Elissa Sloan and Jennifer Banash interview each other.
- Crime Reads interviews Anna Biller.
- Paul Burke interviews Kate Hamer, Peter Swanson, Tove Alsterdal and Charlotte Vassell
- Garrick Webster interviews Karen Katchur.
- The Red Hot Chili Writers interview John Lincoln Williams.
- Dr. Jacky Collins interviews Kitty Murphy.
- Criminal Element interviews Diane Kelly.
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club interviews Wendy Eckel.
- Laura Oles interviews John M. Floyd.
- Anthony Cummins interviews Richard Milward.
Reviews:
- Janet Webb reviews Cold-Blooded Liar by Karen Rose
- Paul Burke reviews Force of Hate by Graham Bartlett.
- Jen Lucas reviews Force of Hate by Graham Bartlett.
- The Real Book Spy reviews Drowning by T.J. Newman.
- John Valeri reviews The Greedy Three by Karen Katchur
- The Real Book Spy reviews It's One of Us by J.T. Ellison.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Guilty One by Bill Schweigart.
- Kevin Tipple reviews The Dead Certain Doubt by Jim Nesbitt.
- John Valeri reviews What Have We Done by Alex Finlay.
- Paperback Warrior reviews Captain Clive's Dreamworld by Jon Bassoff.
- Mark O'Connell reviews Dr. No by Percival Everett.
- Neil Bartlett reviews Man-Eating Typewriter by Richard Milward.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear.
- Grab This Book reviews City of Vengeance by D.V. Bishop.
- Steven Kuehn reviews A Mansion for Murder by Frances Brody.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Murder Under the Tuscan Sun by Rachel Rhys.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Murder Under the Tuscan Sun by Maurren Klovers.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews Murder in the Caribbean by Robert Thorogood.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns.
- Mandie Griffiths reviews The Last Supper by Rosemary Shrager.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Curds of Prey by Korina Moss and tries a recipe from the book.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Good Dog, Bad Cop by David Rosenfelt
- Erin Britton reviews Barking Up the Right Tree by Leigh Russell.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli, translated by Robin Pickering-Iazzi.
- Crossexamining Crime reviews The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery by Stephen Bates
- Houman Barekat reviews Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed by Lizzie Dearden
- Crossexamining Crime reviews Undertones: Where Jazz Meets Crime by Nancy-Stephanie Stone
- Jen Lucas reviews The Real Prime Suspect: From the Beat to the Screen. My Life as a Detective by Jackie Malton and Hélène Mulholland
- Martin Edwards reviews Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powell.
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1935 mystery Crime in Corn-Weather a.k.a. Murder in Midsummer by Mary Meigs Atwater.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1941 mystery Fear For Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1948 mystery The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel also revisits the 1948 mystery The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey.
- Vintage Pop Fictions revisits the 1953 spy novel Danger in Paradise by A.S. Fleischman.
- Robin Rose Graves and Jason Sacks revisits the 1968 science fiction crime novel Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1972 short spy fiction collection Pieces of Modesty by Peter O'Donnell.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 Lone Wolf men's adventure novel Havana Hit by Mike Barry a.k.a. Barry Malzberg.
Con and event reports:
- Ayo Onatade shares the program for CrimeFest in Bristol, UK.
- Noelle Horton also shares program highlights from CrimeFest.
- LGBTQ Nation reports that Disney is hosting a huge LGBTQ+ conference in Disney World in Orlando, Florida, in defiance of the homo- and transphobic policies of Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
Research:
- David Smith reports about journalists Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole who tried to unmask the so-called Boston Strangler.
- Patti McCracken talks about a midwife in 1920s Hungary who was also the head of a murder ring.
- Andrew Amelinckx shares the story of George Lemay, who planned the perfect bank heist in Montreal, Quebec, in 1961.
- Nathan Masters reports about the mysterious death of political lobbyist Jess Smith in 1923.
- Christine Kenneally talks about the abuses that happened at the St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage in Vermont.
- Uki Goni reports that a place used to throw political activists into the ocean during the Argentinian dictatorship has been located and will be returned to Argentina as a museum exhibit.
- Martha Gill points out that women during the Middle Ages actually had a lot more economic and personal freedom than in later periods.
Free online fiction:
- "Peril in Pasadena" by Edith Maxwell in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast
- "The Dying" by Cliff Hightower in Mystery Tribune.
- "A Dish Served Cold" by Wendy Harrison in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Stolen Bicycle" by K.E. Karl in Gumshoe Review.
- "Dirtbag" by Rick Homan in Guilty.
- "A Few Small Nips" by Jennifer Lagier in The Five-Two.
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