Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 5, 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 Wolf, Paris Memories, They Cloned Tyrone The Last Flowers of Alice Hart, The Meg 2, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, tributes to Paul Reubens and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels to read this August 
• Criminal Element shares new crime novels to read in August. 
• Chris Narozny explains how hardboiled crime novels gave way to the psychological thriller.
  
• Paul French discusses the complicated history of crime fiction in Tanzania. 
• Nick Kolakowski talks about nuclear noir.
  
• Mindy Mejia talks about unlikely investigative teams in crime fiction. 
• Sabine Durrant talks about grifters in popular culture. 
• Sarah Stewart Taylor shares nine crime novels about stolen children. 
• Sarah Pekkanen lists five crime novels exploring twisted mother/daughter relationships.
  
• Megan Davis explains how she went from whistleblower to crime writer. 
  
• Emma Rosenblum reports how her debut crime novel Bad Summer People caused a stir in her hometown. 
• Victoria Selman talks about the ethics of taking inspiration from true crime.
  
• Ann Cleeves talks about ending her Two Rivers series. 
• Tony Mott talks about her crime novel Deadly Autumn Harvest.
• Michael Sims profiles Joseph Hansen, creator of the pioneering gay detective character Dave Brandstetter. 
  
• John Self reports that more younger readers are discovering translated fiction. 
• Molly Templeton shares 21 thoughts about reading habits. 
• Craig Simpson reports that Raymond Chandler's 1939 hardboiled crime novel The Big Sleep is now getting a content warning regarding outdated language and stereotypes.
  

 

Film and TV:

• Rebecca Nicholson calls Clean Sweep silly crime fun with an amazing beard. 
• Paul Levinson calls Hijack a can't miss thriller.
  
• Phil Hoad calls Psycho-Pass: Providence an anime noir thriller which investigates dark side of technology
• Rebecca Nicholson calls Shadow of Truth an utterly gripping documentary about murder, conspiracy and corruption 
• Lucy Mangan calls Vanishing Act an outlandish take on a real Australian scammer who made millions – and disappeared, leaving behind only a severed foot.
  
• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on the season 3 premiere of Reservation Dogs. 
• Martin Edwards shares his thoughts about the reverse chronology crime series Rellik
  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Crime. 
• Alex Hess wonders why there are so few villains in movies anymore, proving that he has watched very few movies. 
  
• Ruchira Sharma wonders why podcasters are treated as the butt of jokes in crime dramas like Only Murders in the Building or Karen Pirie. 
  
• Justin Carter notes that in order to be successful at the box office, movies must prove to audiences why they are worth seeing in the theatre. 
• Andrew J. Salazar interviews Simon Pegg, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, World's End, Paul, the Mission Impossible movies and one of only two people to appear in Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who.  
• Tyler Coates interviews Keith P. Cunningham and Ian Scroggins, production designer and art director of Perry Mason.
  
• Cindy White profiles David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker, the trio behind Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Hot Shots and many others.
• Xan Brooks interviews Matthew Broderick, star of War Games, Ladyhawke, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Family Business, Dopesick and many others.  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1991 historical thriller Under Suspicion. 
• Max Goldbart reports that the thriller series Suspicion was cancelled by Apple Plus after only one season. 
• Rich Juzwiak reports that investor Fabian Marta, who funded the religion human trafficking thriller Sound of Freedom, has been charged with child kidnapping.
  
• Documentary producer Jess Search has died aged 54. 
  
• Actress Lelia Goldoni, who appeared in Shadows, The Italian Job, Hysteria, The Unseen and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, has died aged 86.  
• Actor Marc Gilpin, best known for appearing in Jaws 2 at age 11, has died aged 56. 
• Actor Mark Margolis who appeared in Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Scarface, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and many others, has died aged 86-
  
• Screenwriter Jerome Coopersmith who worked on the original Hawaii Five-0, Spenser for Hire and A Man Called Hawk among many others has died aged 97.
  

 

Comments on Wolf:

• Rebecca Nicholson declares that Wolf is like watching a very weird game of True Detective-themed Cluedo
• Lucy Mangan calls Wolf a totally wild thriller has to be seen to be believed
  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first episode of Wolf. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the second episode of Wolf.
• Paul Hirons profiles Mo Hayder on whose eponymous crime novel Wolf is based.
  

 

Comments on Paris Memories: 

• Cath Clarke calls Paris Memories a deep-feeling drama about the aftermath of a terror attack
• Phil Hoad interviews Alice Winocour, director of Paris Memories.

 

Comments on They Cloned Tyrone: 

• Arturo Serrano finds They Cloned Tyrone remarkably close to life.
  
• Alasdair Stuart shares his thoughts on They Cloned Tyrone.
  

 

Comments on The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart:

• Max Gao calls The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart a sweeping Australion mini-series about abuse and intergenerational trauma. 
• Lucy Mangan praises the performance of Sigourney Weaver in The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
  

 

Comments on The Meg 2:

• Ryan Gilbey calls The Meg 2 a busy but flavourless bouillabaisse of ideas nicked from Jaws, Jurassic Park, Alien and Sharknado
• Germain Lussier declares that The Meg 2 tries and fails to be big dumb fun.
• Mark Keizer calls The Meg 2 awfully fun and awfully bad. 
  
• Inspired by The Meg 2, Cheryl Eddy shares ten shark or sea monster movies to enjoy. 
• Also inspired by The Meg 2, Robert DeSalvo shares twenty-one shark or sea monster movies to enjoy.  

 

Tributes to Paul Reubens: 

• Actor and comedian Paul Reubens a.k.a. Pee-Wee Herman has died aged 70.
• Mary Kate Carr shares tributes to Paul Reubens from around the web. 
• Natasha Lyonne who got her start as a 6-year-old child actress in Pee-Wee's Playhouse remembers Paul Reubens.
  
• Leah Schnelbach remembers Paul Reubens and particularly the 1985 movie Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
  
• Germain Lussier remembers Paul Reubens. 
• Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Paul Reubens.
  
• Christi Carras and Nardine Saad share an obituary for Paul Reubens.
  

 

Comments on the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike:

• Peter White reports that the studios attempt to reopen talks with WGA on Friday. 
• Anthony D'Alessandro, David Robb and Dominic Patten report that SAG-AFTRA is urging studios to negotiate with them as well.
  
• Wil Wheaton, who plays Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation explains why residuals are important for actors.
  
• Linda Codega reports that stunt actor Mike Massa set himself on fire on the SAG-AFTRA picket line to make a point about the risks he and his co-workers take every day.
• David Robb reports that several Hollywood stars have donated 1 million US-dollars each to the SAG-AFTRA foundation to support struggling members during the strike. 
• James Whitbrook reports that the much hated Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav has claimed that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have saved his studio approx. one hundred million US-dollars.
  
• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reports that actor Stephen Amell, best known for playing Oliver Queen in Arrow, came under fire for criticising the SAG-AFTRA strike and appearing at a convention to promote his new show Heels in violation of SAG-AFTRA strike rules.
  
• Rachel Ulatowski reports that SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher came under fire appearing at a Dolce e Gabana fashion event in Italy, even though this was part of her job as Dolce e Gabana brand ambassador and does not violate SAG-AFTRA strike rules. 
  
• Sapna Maheshwari and Madison Malone Kircher report how influencer are affected by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and find themselves forced to turn down large sums for paid promotions to support two unions that do not really represent them.
• Germain Lussier reports that the LA Comic Con in Los Angeles, California, has reached an agreement with SAG-AFTRA that allows actors to participate, even if the strike is still ongoing at that time.
  
• Brooks Barnes reports that Sony has delayed several movie releases due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike.
  
• Elizabeth Wagmeister and Michael Schneider report that the 2023 Emmy Awards have been delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

 

Awards:

•  The winners of the 2023 Scribe Awards have been announced.
• The longlist for the 2023 Booker Prize has been announced with some love for genre fiction. 
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• J.T. Greathouse talks about character arcs.
  
• Lynn Hightower talks about writing a character with hearing loss.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that the Clarion West and Writing the Other writing workshops are joining forces.
• Christie Yant and Arley Sorg announce that Fantasy Magazine will cease publication with the October 2023 issue. 
• Lincoln Michel talks about the sad state of literary and SFF magazines. 
• Neil Clarke busts the myth that only writers read and subscribe to short fiction magazines. 
• Jason Sanford share more examples of news reports exaggerating the achievements of AI writing programs.
  
• Ella Creamer reports that authors Stephen Fry and Michael Rosen have joined a campaign to save mobile library busses in Devon, UK.
  
• Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A Harris report how booksellers are fighting back against a new law in Texas requiring booksellers to rate books intended for sales to school.
• Kylie Cheung reports that the Houston school district in Texas is eliminating school libraries and turning them into disciplinary centers. 
• Annabelle Timsit reports that a judge has blocked a new law in Arkansas banning librarians from giving books deemed "harmful" to minors. 
• Brooke Leigh Howard reports that the 1989 children's book Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown might be banned in Florida, because of a nutjob who believes that playing "Spin the bottle" is satanic and might damage souls. 
• Rachel Schnalzer Stewart reports about a visit to the outdoor bookshop Bart's Books in Ojai, California.

 

Interviews: 

• Nancie Clare interviews Denise Mina.
• Deborah Kalb interviews Rachel Howzell Hall. 
• Deborah Kalb interviews Gillian McAllister.
  
• Criminal Element interviews James Byrne. 
• Garrick Webster interviews David Myles Robinson. 
• Ayo Onatade interviews Andrew Wilson. 
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Ken Jaworowski. 
• Lisa Haselton interviews Dale T. Phillips.
  

Reviews:

• Jen Lucas reviews Zero Days by Ruth Ware
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Whispers at Dusk by Heather Graham. 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Unforgiven Dead by Fulton Ross
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews Eye for an Eye by M.J. Arlidge  
• Mary Picken reviews Eye for an Eye by M.J. Arlidge   
• Mary Picken reviews You Can’t See Me by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb 
• Sandra Mangan reviews All of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins.
  
• Mike Parker reviews Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy
  
• Mike Parker reviews What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Don’t Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna
• Jen Lucas reviews Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
  
• John Valeri reviews Windfall by Wendy Corsi Staub
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard.
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Best Served Cold by David P. Wagner 
• Marion Deeds reviews Bridge by Lauren Beukes
  
• Becky LeJeune reviews The Dive by Sarah Ochs. 
• The Quick and the Read reviews The Dive by Sarah Ochs. 
  
• BOLO Books reviews The Hunt by Kelly J. Ford.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Deadly Autumn Harvest by Tony Mott, translated by Marina Sofia. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Block Party by Jamie Day.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Associate by Victoria Goldman 
• Joy Kluver reviews The Associate by Victoria Goldman 
• Marlene Harris reviews The Horoscope Writer by Ash Bishop
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd Robinson 
• Marlene Harris reviews The Lady from Burma by Allison Montclair
  
• BOLO Books reviews The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujatta Massey.
  
• Grab This Book! reviews The Housekeepers by Alex Hay.  
• Marlene Harris reviews Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose
• Lesa Holstine reviews Broadway Butterfly by Sara DiVello
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Under Lock And Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston 
• Jen Lucas reviews Murder at the Inn by Katie Gayle
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Questionable Character by Lorna Barrett and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Relentless Melt by Jeremy P. Bushnell
• Charlie English reviews Chasing Shadows by Miles Johnson
  

 

Classics reviews:

• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1914 mystery Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective by Hugh C. Weir.
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1933 mystery Crime In Kensington by Christopher St. John Sprigg
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1952 Homer Evans mystery The Black Gardenia by Elliot Paul.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1953 war novel The Bridges of Toko-Ri by James A. Michener. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1962 historical crime novel The Massingham Affair by Edward Grierson.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1967 Juan Llorca mystery The Man with Three Passports by Delano Ames
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 gothic romance Fog Hides the Fury by Paula Minto a.k.a. Paul Hugo Little. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 2006 Mr. Monk mystery Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse by Lee Goldberg.
  

Con and event reports:

• CBS News Pittsburgh interviews Mike Chomko about the 50th PulpFest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

Research: 

• Peter Heller remembers how his mother worked as a private investigator in the 1950s and 1960s.
  
• The Guardian criticises that taste in music, including a love of rap, grime and drill music, is being increasingly used in British court cases as evidence against mostly young black men.
• L.R. Dorn talks about lovers turning into murderers.
  
• Chris Merritt talks about the rising threat of far right terrorism.
• Mindy Mejia talks about psychic detectives. 
• M.W. Craven shares his love of snakes.
  
  

Free online fiction: 

• "Deeper Than the Grave" by L.P. Ring in Shotgun Honey.
• "Repo" by Dustin Walker in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Swan Song" by Donalee Moulton in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
  
• "Stories of Sardinia" by Jonathan Ferrini in Mystery Tribune.
• "Heart of Darkness" by Daniel Schulz in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Export Issue w/r/t Poison Inner Sleeve" by Clem Flowers in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Ballad of Menstruation and Crime" by Sylvia Wenmackers in The Five-Two.
  

 

Trailer and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for season 3 of Only Murders in the Building.