Crime Fiction Links of the Week for September 2, 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 season 3 of Only Murders in the Building, The Woman in the Wall, season 2 of DNA, The Equalizer 3, season 3 of Reservation Dogs, season 7 of Riverdale, season 14 of Archer, Sound of Freedom, Ferrari, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the debate about AI-generated writing and art, tributes to Arleen Sorkin and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
• Crime Reads shares the ten best crime novels coming out in September. 
  
• Criminal Element share their most anicipated crime novels for September 2023. 
• Crime Reads shares the best reviewed crime novels of 2023.
  
• Molly Odintz shares nine historical crime novels and mysteries coming out in 2023. 
• J.L. Blackhurst talks about locked room mysteries.
  
• Mark Waddell explains why small towns are such popular settings for cozy mysteries.
  
• Lucy Clarke shares her favourite wilderness thrillers. 
• Kit Frick shares five YA thrillers about vacations gone horribly wrong
  
• Louise Hare shares seven great crime novels set in Harlem, New York.
  
• Paul French talks about crime fiction set in Toulouse, France. 
• Hugh Lessig talks about dementia in crime fiction.
  
• Leonie Swann talks about murder mysteries told from the POV of an animal.
  
• Denise Mina explains how stepping into the shoes of Raymond Chandler showed her the power of fiction.
• Lou Armagno shares his appreciation for the Charlie Chan mysteries by Earl Derr Biggers
  
• Mystery writer Martin Walker talks about the chickens he keeps. 
  
• Paul Daley shares his praise for short books. 
• Molly Templeton also shares her praise for short books. 
  
• Ella Creamer reports that a recent study shows that most parents want more time reading to their young children. 
• Alice Kemp-Habib reports that British poet Gboyega Odubanjo has gone missing before persorming at the Shambala festival in Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, UK.
• Matthew Weaver reports that a body has been found in the search for the missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo

 

Film and TV:

• Peter Bradshaw calls the latest version of Maigret a charismatic take on Georges Simenon's detective.
  
• Leila  Latif calls The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies a joyfully fun takedown of a con artist ex-husband 
• Saloni Gajjar wonders who the most likely killer in The Afterparty is.
  
• Catherine Bray calls the revene thriller Dogman the most ludicrous film you'll watch this year, maybe ever. 
  
• Noetta Harjo shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Dark Winds.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls Anchorage a drug-fuelled road movie.  
• Alan Sepinwall interviews Timothy Olyphant, star of Justified: City Primeval.
  
• Drew Gillis revisits the 1962 James Bond movie Dr. No. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1988 crime drama An Affair in Mind.
   

Comments on season 3 of Only Murders in the Building: 

• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on "Ah, Love!", the latest episode of Only Murders in the Building.
• Melody McClune shares her thoughts on "Ah, Love!"
• Michelle Jaworski reports that Selena Gomez, one of the stars of Only Murders in the Building, has deleted an Instagram reel about season 3 of the show because it violates SAG-AFTRA strike rules.
  

 

Comments on The Woman in the Wall: 

• Lucy Mangan calls The Woman in the Wall a beautifully made gothic mystery and praises the performance of Ruth Wilson.
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first episode of The Woman in the Wall.
  

 

Comments on season 2 of DNA: 

• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first two episodes of season 2 of the Danish crime drama DNA. 
• Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on season 2 of DNA.
  

 

Comments on The Equalizer 3:

• Timothy Cogshell declares that Denzel Washington remains charismatic and deadly in The Equalizer 3.
• Charles Bramesco calls The Equalizer 3 a forgettable, gory thriller 
  

 

Comments on Reservation Dogs: 

• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on "Frankfurter Sandwich", the latest episode of Reservation Dogs.
  
• Maneul Betancourt interviews Blackhorse Lowe, ones of the directors of Reservation Dogs.
  

 

Comments on Sound of Freedom:

• Peter Bradshaw calls Sound of Freedom a dull and badly acted thriller that plays to the QAnon crowd.
• Sammy Gecsoyler reports that Alejandro Monteverde, director of the controversial Christian thriller Sound of Freedom, has denied any links to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
  

 

Comments on season 14 of Archer:

• William Hughes declares that season 14 of Archer is the best the show has been in years
• William Hughes shares his ten favourite episodes from the later seasons of Archer. 
  

 

Comments on season 7 of Riverdale:

• Gavia Baker-Whitelaw notes that Riverdale resolved its central love triangle in a highly unusual way. 
• Emily Longeretta interviews Sarah Schechter, producer of Riverdale.
  
• Mary Kate Carr notes that the end of Riverdale may spell the end for offbeat teen soap operas in general. 

 

Comments on Ferrari:

• Peter Bradshaw calls Ferrari a watchable car racing movie.
  
• Nicholas Barber declares that Ferrari is stuck in the slow lane.
  

 

Tributes to Arleen Sorkin:

• Actress Arleen Sorkin, best known for voicing Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series and also the model for the character, has died aged 67.
• Michael Dawson looks back on Arleen Sorkin's career.
  
• Carly Thomas and Aaron Couch share tributes to Arleen Sorkin from friends and colleagues.

 

Comments on the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike:

• Peter White and Lynette Rice report that AMC Networks has struck a deal with SAG-AFTRA, allowing Interview With the Vampire and two Walking Dead spin-offs to resume production.
  
• Ellise Shafer reports that actor Adam Driver, star of Star Wars, 65 and BlacKKKLansman, has slammed Netflix and Amazon for not agreeing to SAG-AFTRA demands, even though some independent production companies did. 
• Nadia Khomani also reports about Adam Driver's remarks during the Venice film festival in Venice, Italy.
  
• Michelle Jaworski reports that Selena Gomez, one of the stars of Only Murders in the Building, has deleted an Instagram reel about season 3 of the show because it violates SAG-AFTRA strike rules.  
• Nick Vivarelli reports how the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike affects the Venice film festival in Venice, Italy. 
  
• Jazz Tangcay reports that the visual effects workers at Walt Disney Pictures are moving to unionise.

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2022 Silver Falchion Awards havee been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2023 Kirkus Prizes have been announced. 
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Margaret Killjoy shares advice for new writers. 
• Nina Simon shares three things she wishes she’d known when she started writing a murder mystery.
  
• Ethan Sabatella talks about focussing more on the protagonist than on maps in fantasy fiction.
  
• Rachael K. Jones offers an overview over work for hire in short fiction.
• Luke Jennings, Marie Lu and S.J. Watson talk about how the internet has changed the relationship between writers and readers. 
  
• S.M. Carriére reminds writers that reviews are for readers, not authors.
• Claire Kirch and Nathalie op de Beeck report about changes to author events in bookstores after the covid pandemic.
  

 

Comments on the AI controversy: 

• Neil Clarke explains how to block the bots which scrape the web for AI training data.
• Ella Creamer reports that a group of British MPs has criticised the UK government granting copyright exemptions for using copyrighted works to train AI systems.

 

Interviews: 

• Good Morning America interviews Karin Slaughter. 
• Sarah Laing interviews Kathy Reichs. 
• Clodagh Finn interviews Steve Cavanagh. 
• The Guardian interviews Lynda La Plante.
  
• Katy Guest interviews Sebastian Faulks.
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Erin Flanagan. 
• Molly Odintz interviews Margot Douaihy
  
• Debbi Mack itnerviews Verónica Gutiérrez
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club interviews Nancy Bush.
  
• Jacky Strause interviews Barry Meier. 
• Linda's Book Bag interviews Quentin Bates.
  

Reviews:

• Mary Picken reviews The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty
• Steve Netter reviews The Last One by Will Dean.
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Tennison by Lynda La Plante
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Cursed at Dawn by Heather Graham
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
• Jen Lucas reviews The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
  
• James McGlothlin reviews The Wind Began to Howl by Laird Barron
  
• Grab This Book reviews Black Thorn by Sarah Hilary. 
• West Words reviews Deadly Autumn Harvest by Tony Mott, translated by Marina Sofia.
  
• Kirkus reviews Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski
  
• Sara Townsend reviews Bad, Bad Seymour Brown by Susan Isaacs.
• Jen Lucas reviews The Silent Man by David Fennell
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews 77 North by D.L. Marshall
  
• Jen Lucas reviews Reykjavík by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir
• Claire Fullerton reviews Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews What Harms You by Lisa Black
  
• Ali Karim reviews Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper.
  
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Someone Like Her by Awais Khan. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin 
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
• Judith Reveal reviews Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld by Catherine Lloyd.
  
• Dear Author reviews The Enemy at Home by Kevin O’Brien
• Rebecca Foster reviews Ravage & Son by Jerome Charyn
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Murder at the Elms by Alyssa Maxwell. 
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Mugshots of Manhattan by Christin Brecher. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Steeped in Malice by Vicki Delaney and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble by Laurien Berenson
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
• Paul Burke reviews Dig Two Graves by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
  
• Grab This Book reviews Grave Expectations by Alice Bell. 
• Kevin Tipple reviews The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, edited by Michael Bracken.
• Kevin Tipple reviews Mickey Finn Vol. 1: 21st Century Noir, edited by Michael Bracken
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1938 Humphrey Campbell detective novel Then There Were Three by Geoffrey Homes.
  
• Vintage Pop Fictions revisits the 1949 hardboiled crime novel The Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1951 Rex Brandon adventure novel Jungle Allies by Marco Garon a.k.a. Denis Hughes. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1951 Gervase Fen mystery The Long Divorce by Edmund Crispin.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the August 1951 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1963 Paul Chavasse spy novel The Year of the Tiger by Martin Fallon a.k.a. Jack Higgins.
  
• Vintage Pop Fictions revisits the 1970 spy novel The XYY Man by Kenneth Royce. 
• Jessie Gaynor revisits the 1993 academic thriller The Secret History by Donna Tartt. 
  
• Alex Segura and Polly Stewart revisit the 1995 crime novel Miami Purity by Vicki Hendricks.
  

Con and event reports:

• Mary Picken looks ahead at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in Stirling, Scotland.
• Bruce Dorsey reports about the true crime play Sarah Maria Cornell: or, The Fall River Murder, which was performed at the Richmon Hill Theatre in New Jersey in the early nineteenth century.

 

Research: 

• Stephen G. Michaud shares an overview of some of the strangest crimes and the many serial killers of Texas.
• Keri Blakinger reports about a group of Dungeons & Dragons players on death row in Texas.
• Mack DeGeurin reports that the NYPD is planning to use drones to spy on backyard barbecues on the US Labour Day weekend.  
• Linda Codega reports that the Magic the Gathering cards stolen at the 2023 Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana, have been recovered.  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "This Is Where I Buried my Wives" by Debra H. Goldstein in Tough.
  
• "Harvey and the Redhead" by Debra H. Goldstein in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
  
• "Cherokee Knives" by Caleb Coy in Mystery Tribune.
• "Could You Fathom?" by Christopher David Rosales in Shotgun Honey.
• "Queen's Hawker" by Rena J. Worley in The Five-Two.
  

 

Trailer and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for The March King's Daughter.
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Bosch Legacy. 
• Watch a trailer for The Killer.
• Watch a trailer for Bodies.
  
• Watch a trailer for Cat Person. 
• Watch a trailer for Perpetrator.  
• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Our Flag Means Death.  
• Watch a trailer for The Pigeon Tunnel. 
• Watch Sherlock Holmes Baffled, the very first Sherlock Holmes film ever made from 1900.