Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 29, 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 The Sixth Commandment, Crime, They Cloned Tyrone, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the debate about AI writing and art programs and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Sarah Weinman shares a round-up of the best recent crime novels.
  
• Molly Odintz shares ten international crime novels coming out in July. 
• Sara Desai shares seven diverse romantic comedy mysteries. 
• R.V. Raman wonders where Indian crime fiction is going.
  
• Alice Blanchard talks about the dark underbelly of small towns and why they make perfect settings for crime fiction. 
• Alice Blanchard shares five mysteries featuring lake and still waters.
  
• Rebecca McKanna talks about abuses of power in crime fiction. 
• Kevin Mims wonders who the first baby boomer detective in American crime fiction was.
  
• Colin Walsh talks about his noir influences. 
• James Renner shares five books that changed the way he writes true crime.
  
• Amy Engel explains how her work as a criminal defence attorney and particularly her work on death penalty cases influenced her writing. 
• Olivia Blacke explains how to assemble the perfect cozy mystery meal.
  
• Kit de Waal explains to Jessica Murray why the arts are important. 
• Sarah Weinman profiles Naomi Hirahara. 
• Author Janice Brooks, who wrote mysteries as Jill Churchill and historical romances as Valerie Vayle has died aged 80.  

 

Film and TV:

• Lucy Mangan calls Special Ops: Lioness a female Mission Impossible. 
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Sympathy for the Devil an oddly satisfying thriller.
  
• Martin Edwards calls The Weekend Away an efficiant if unoriginal thriller. 
• Julia Sirmons calls The Jewel Thief an intimate portrait of a criminal mastermind
  
• Chris Jenkins shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Beck. 
• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on season 2 of Dark Winds.
  
• Lucy Mangan calls Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge a humane documentary about the tragic death of a teenager.
  
• Rich Pelley interviews writer and actor Mark Gatiss who has worked on Doctor Who, Sherlock, League of Gentlemen, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning and many others.  
• Cindy White interviews Anu Valia, director of The Afterparty episode "Hannah". 
• Phil Hoad interviews Alice Winocour, director of Revoir Paris.
  
• Steve Vertlieb shares his appreciation for the works of film composer Jerry Goldsmith. 
  
• William Hughes wonders how a Christian thriller of dubious accuracy like Sound of Freedom has managed to make 100 million US-dollar at the box office.
  

 

Comments on The Sixth Commandment:

• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the third episode of The Sixth Commandment,
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the final episode of The Sixth Commandment.
  

 

Comments on Crime: 

• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the third episode of the TV drama Crime.
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the fourth episode of the TV drama Crime.
  

 

Comments on They Cloned Tyrone: 

• Timothy Cogshell calls They Cloned Tyrone a science fiction comedy that tackled blaxploitation tropes. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls They Cloned Tyrone a satire turned goofy caper.  
• Todd McCarthy calls They Cloned Tyrone a grim but gutsy genre mash-up 
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls They Cloned Tyrone a stylish science fiction mystery that deserved better than being buried by "Barbenheimer".
  
• io9 interviews Teyonah Parris, star of The Marvels and They Cloned Tyrone.

 

Comments on the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike:

• Gene Maddaus reports that there are no talks in sight to resolve the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
  
• Nadia Khomani reports that many British actors have held a rally in Leicester Square, London, UK in support of their striking US colleagues. 
• Noam Schreiber explains how TV writing became a dead end job. 
• David Smith reports about the many issues facing the film and TV industry in the wake of covid and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
  
• Ken Klippenstein reports that even as studios claim that they cannot pay actors and writers more, Netflix has advertised a 900000 US-dollar per year job for a single AI product manager.
  
• Linda Codega notes that the massive worldwide success of the unlikely Barbie and Oppenheimer double bill means that the studios need to make a fair deal with WGA and SAG-AFTRA. 
• George R.R. Martin weighs in on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
  
• James Whitbrook reports that season 2 of Andor had to shut down filming due to the SAG-AFTRA strike just weeks from wrapping production.
  
• Andrew Pulver reports that Warner Bros is considering delaying Dune Part 2 due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. 
• Germain Lussier reports that Disney is delaying several movies in the wake of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
  
• Matt Grobar reports that the crime drama King Ivory was able to continue filming in spite of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes due to an interim agreement. 
• Paul Dailly reports that the soap opera General Hospital has brought in non-union temporary writers to be able to continue filming through the WGA strike.
  
• Andrew Pulver reports that actor Dwayne Johnson has given a seven figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA strike relief fund.
  
• Justin Carter reports that NBC Universal has been given a ridiculously low fine for illegally pruning trees outside its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, to harrass picketers during the current heatwave.
  
• The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is also voting to authorise a strike which might shut down Broadway and touring production next week.
  
• Charles Pulliam-Moore reports that animation workers at Cartoon Network and Warner Bros are trying to form a union.

 

Awards:

• The shortlist for the 2023 Davitt Awards has been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2023 Silver Falchion Awards have been announced. 
• The shortlist for the 2023 Glass Bell Award has been announced.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Leah Schnelbach shares writing advice from Chuck Tingle. 
• Lincoln Michel shares some tips about dialogue tags. 
• Jessica Ward talks about writing a nuanced take on mental illness.
  
• Nadia Khomani explains why translators are battling for recognition. 
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about applying niche marketing.
  
• Brian Murphy talks about the problem with reviews. 
• Molly Templeton asks what people want from the bookish internet.
  
• Victoria Strauss reports about problems at the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  
• Jim Milliot reports that Harper Collins is closing down its YA imprint Inkyard Press.
• Rebecca F. Kuang reports about problems with the book rating site Goodreads. 
• Helen Lewis reports about review bombing and harrassment on Goodreads.
  
• Katie Goh reports about the pioneering LGBTQ bookshop Lavender Menace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Bookseller and publisher Tom Schantz has died. 
  

 

Comments on the AI controversy: 

• The Authors Guild has posted an open letter to the various AI companies urging them to stop using writers' work to train large language models without permit nor compensation.
• Elizabeth Minkel explains why AI won't disrupt books. 
• Rebekah Valentine reports that someone used ChatGPT to draft the two remaining A Song of Ice and Fire books. 
• io9 interviews Chloe Gong about AI in writing.

 

Interviews: 

• Nancie Clare interviews S.A. Cosby.
  
• David Masciotra interviews James Lee Burke.
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Karin Slaughter. 
• Heather Fitt interviews Karin Slaughter.
  
• Lauren Mechling interviews Laura Lippman. 
• Paul J. Garth interviews Scott Von Doviak. 
• David Barnett interviews M.W. Craven.
  
• Matthew Turbeville interviews Michael Koryta. 
• Winnie M. Li and Jordan Harper interviews each other.
  
• Eli Cranor interviews Kelly J. Ford.
  
• Paul Burke interviews Vern Smith, 
• Noah Davis interviews David Joy. 
• The Guardian interviews D.B.C. Pierre.
  
• The Bookshop Podcast interviews Otto Penzler.
  

Reviews:

• Stuart Kelly reviews The Second Murderer by Denise Mina. 
• Kevin Tipple reviews An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Hangman by Louise Penny.
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Dead Ground by M.W. Craven 
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Woods Are Waiting by Katerine Greene 
• Sandra Mangan reviews Black Thorn by Sarah Hilary. 
  
• Joy Kluver reviews All of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins 
• Jen Lucas reviews You Can’t See Me by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb
• Sharon Richardson reviews Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
• Bronwyn Miller reviews Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
  
• Jen Lucas reviews None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
• Kirkus reviews I Know What You Did by Cayce Osborne
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews All is Not Forgiven by Joe Kenda 
  
• The Quick and the Read reviews Eye for an Eye by M. J. Arlidge
• Jen Lucas reviews Eye for an Eye by M. J. Arlidge
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews In The Blink Of An Eye by Jo Callaghan
  
• Mary Picken reviews A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh. 
• Publishers Weekly reviews An Honest Man by Michael Koryta.
  
• Grab This Book! reviews Dead Man Driving by Lesley Kelly. 
• Jen Lucas reviews Deadly Autumn Harvest by Tony Mott, translated by Marina Sofia 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Death on the Beach by Steph Broadribb
  
• BOLO Books reviews Desert Deadline by Michael Craft. 
• Kirkus reviews Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak. 
• Tzer Island reviews The Last Ranger by Peter Heller. 
• The Real Book Spy reviews The Collector by Daniel Silva.
  
• Paperback Warrior reviews The Tracks by Lyn I. Kelly.  
• Mary Picken reviews Case Sensitive by A.K. Turner. 
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Dirty Geese by Lou Gilmond.
  
• BOLO Books reviews Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker. 
• Paula L. Woods reviews Prom Mom by Laura Lippman. 
• Lacy Baugher Milas reviews A Likeable Woman by May Cobb.
  
• Fiona Sturges reviews Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. 
• Michael Welch reviews Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
• Erica Wright reviews Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Devil’s Playground by Craig Russell 
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara.
  
• Nick Duerden reviews The Trackers by Charles Frazier. 
• Paul Burke reviews The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
• Carol Westron reviews The Old Rogue of Limehouse by Ann Granger
  
• Ah, Sweet Mystery! reviews The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Death in Print by G.M. Malliet.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Charlotte Illes Is Not A Detective by Katie Siegel 
• Janet Webb reviews A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Hidden Beneath by Barbara Ross and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Mario Guslandi reviews Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale
• Elizabeth Held reviews Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning, edited by Sarah Weinman.
• Sarah Rachel Egelman reviews Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning, edited by Sarah Weinman.
  

 

Classics reviews:

• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1917 mystery The Final Days Of Abbot Montrose by Sven Elvestad
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1936 Hercule Poirot mystery The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1939 Dr. Jeffrey and Anne McNeill mystery Death Tears a Comic Strip by Theodora Du Bois.
• Hannah Meyer revisits the 1952 lesbian thriller The Price of Salt a.k.a. Carol by Claire Morgan a.k.a. Patricia Highsmith.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1954 mystery Death on the Line by Cecil M. Wills.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1971 historical adventure novel John Adam: Samurai by Christopher Wood.
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1975 mystery Miss Pink at the Edge of the World by Gwen Moffat.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1977 crime novel That Town That Saw No Evil by Henry Kantor. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1982 crime novel A Shot in the Arm by John Sherwood.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1998 historical mystery The Siren's Call by Paul Halter, translated by John Pugmire. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1999 historical mysteries The Demon Archer and The Field of Blood by Paul Doherty. 
• Polly Stewart and Danielle Trussoni revisit the 2012 crime novel The Expats by Chris Pavone.
  

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade looks ahead at the Murder One crime writing festival in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.
• Martin Edwards reports about the launch of Two Writers, One Story by A.J. Hawley and Rob Parker at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
  

 

Research: 

• Rebecca Ratcliffe reports about pending executions of alleged drug dealers in Singapore.
• Deborah Bonello reports about women rising through the ranks of Latin American drug cartels.
  
  

Free online fiction: 

• "The Magic Tower" by Aiden Dufort in Mystery Tribune.
• "My Heart Is Painted Black" by Katherine Burnette in Mystery Tribune.
• "Accounts And Daggers" by Alan J. Wahnefried in Mystery Tribune.
• "RIP, Sarah P." by Marieke Steiner in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "The Meat And The Metal" by Steven Lebow in Mystery Tribune.
• "The Other Cheek" by Matthew R. Davis in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Las Cucarachas" by Ron Riekki in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "New Borns" by L.P. Ring in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "TBI, They Call It" by David Hagerty in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Why Slagfield, Texas, Gave Up Football" by Stephen Sossaman in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "The Grotty Storeys of Mario’s Hotel: Tales of a Filthy Business" by Kate Axeford in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "A City of Soul" by Greg Wilson in Shotgun Honey.
• "Pele’s Prerogative – Part Two" by Albert Tucher in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "The First to Talk" by C.K. North in Shotgun Honey.
• "A Crime Unspoken" by J.H. Johns in The Five-Two.
  

 

Trailer and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Clean Sweep.
  
• Watch a trailer for Mother Undercover.