Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 14, 2023
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Barnes & Noble share their favourite mysteries of 2023.
- Tom Mead talks about the golden age mystery revival.
- Jean Kwok asks several authors how they find the right balance in their literary thrillers.
- Tim Lane explains how he learned to love thrillers and their morally compromised characters.
- Lou Berney talks about the appeal of ordinary characters in crime fiction.
- Sam Rebelein explains how true crime cases become myths over time.
- Caitlin Starling talks about amnesia in thrillers.
- Tracy Hewitt Meyer talks about the American obsession with insane asylums.
- Jennifer Schuessler talks about the development of the paperback during WWII.
- Isa Arsén shares her appreciation for the lesbian pulp fiction of the postwar era.
- Michael R. Brown profiles pulp author Achmed Abdullah a.k.a. Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff.
- Vanessa Montalban explains how her Cuban heritage has influenced her writing,
- Leonora Nattrass talks about the inspiration for her historical crime novel Scarlet Town.
- Actor Richard Armitage, who appeared in The Hobbit and Spooks among many others, talks about writing his first crime novel Geneva.
- Philip Olterman reports that Swedish crime fiction writer Camilla Läckberg has been accused of employing ghostwriters.
Film and TV:
- Leslie Felperin calls The Price We Pay a gory and solid revenge thriller.
- Phil Hoad calls Dangerous Waters an entertaining, unsubtle and faintly ludicrous survival thriller.
- Phil Hoad calls Over the Bridge a gritty Nollywood drama about corruption in Lagos, Nigeria
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Long Shadow.
- Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Continental.
- Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on series 4 of the German crime drama Der Usedom Krimi a.k.a. Nordic Murders a.k.a. Baltic Murders.
- Leslie Felperin calls Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie not the best iteration of the popular children's series.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1973 gangster film Mean Streets for its fiftieth anniversary.
- Michael Kraus revisits the 1978 horror film Halloween.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1980 horror film Friday the Thirteenth.
- Vince Keenan revisits the 2003 police procedurals Dark Blue and Hollywood Homicide
- Zack Budryk revisits the 2013 crime drama Prisoners.
- Rich Pelley interviews Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who and also appeared in Alien 3, Withnail and I, Luther and many others.
- Claire Armitstead takes a look into the hidden world of Britain's 1500 tiny cinemas.
- German voice actor Thomas Danneberg, who provided the German voice for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta, John Cleese, Nick Nolte, Dennis Quaid, Rutger Hauer, Dan Aykroyd and many others, has died aged 81.
Comments on The Reckoning:
- Mark Lawson praises Steve Coogan's performance as Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning, but questions whether the true crime drama should have been made at all.
- Lucy Mangan also praises Steve Coogan's performance as Jimmy Savile in The Reckoning.
- Emine Saner interviews Susan, who was sexually assaulted by Jimmy Savile in 1972 and whose testimony The Reckoning is based.
Comments on season 2 of Our Flag Means Death:
Comments on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike:
- Gene Maddaus reports that the WGA has voted to ratify the agreement with the studios, officially ending one of Hollywood's longest strikes.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch takes a look at the WGA agreement, particularly the parts involving AI.
- James Whitbrook reports that negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the studios have broken down once again.
- Rich Roja chronicles the impact of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes on the town of Jackson in Georgia, where Stranger Things is filmed.
- Vikki Blake reports that the staff at the video game company CD Projekt Red and other Polish video game companies are unionising.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Jake Lamar talks about the four corners of subjectivity.
- Jeremy Zentner shares some tips for designing fictional spaceships.
- Amy Mae Baxter declares that literary magazines can be life-changing, but need more support.
- Lucy Knight reports that the British Society of Authors says that Spotify's new audio book streaming service could have a devastating effect on authors.
- James Tapper reports how AI generated spam books try to piggyback on other popular titles on Amazon.
- Malinda Lo notes that her books have been challenged or banned in sixteen US states.
- The Guardian reports that Indian writer Arundhati Roy may face prosecution in India over remarks made about Kashmir in 2010.
- Andrew Albanese reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has allowed the controversial Texas book rating law to take effect.
Interviews:
- Jeff Glor interviews Lou Berney.
- Molly Odintz interviews Jesse Q. Sutanto.
- Paul Burke interviews Doug Johnstone.
- Rick Pullen interviews Jeffery Deaver.
- Polly Stewart interviews Elle Cosimano.
- Sarah Weinman interviews Elizabeth Hand.
- Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy interview each other.
- Kevin Canfield interviews Lev A.C.Rosen.
- Ellen Hart interviews J.M. Redmann.
- Debbi Mack interviews Brian Lebeau.
- E.B. Davis interviews Allison Brook.
- Lisa Haselton interviews Austin S. Camacho.
- Shane Whaley interviews Alex Gerlis.
- Lincoln Michel interviews Dan Sinykin.
Reviews:
- Jen Lucas reviews Past Lying by Val McDermid
- Carolyn Scott reviews Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead
- Kevin Tipple reviews Shots Fired by C.J. Box.
- Kevin Tipple reviews Vanishing Edge by Claire Kells
- BOLO Books reviews The Death of Us by Lori Rader-Day.
- Bronwyn Miller reviews Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
- Jen Lucas reviews The Man Who Didn’t Burn by Ian Moore
- Joy Kluver reviews The Scorned by Alex Khan.
- Ellen Rosewall reviews Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter.
- She Treads Softly reviews One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni
- Garrick Webster reviews Lies After Death by K.J. Dando
- Jen Lucas reviews Below Ground by Michael Wood
- BOLO Books reviews Penance by Eliza Clark.
- Matt Pechey reviews Let Him In by William Friend
- John Valeri reviews Becoming The Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Ghost Illusion by Kat Martin
- Books, Bones and Buffy reviews The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Case Sensitive by A.K. Turner
- Grab This Book reviews You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace
- Mike Parker reviews Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan
- Mike Parker reviews Big Island, LA by Boston Teran
- C.T. Phipps reviews Neon Nights by Anna Mocikat.
- Xan Brooks reviews Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
- Kevin Tipple reviews The Drummers by Tricia Fields
- Kevin Tipple reviews A Reluctant Saint by Tricia Fields
- Gabino Iglesias reviews Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem.
- Sharon Richardson reviews Huge by Brent Butt
- Marion Deeds reviews Holly by Stephen King.
- Kevin Tipple reviews Guilt Strikes at Granger’s Store by Terry Shames
- Paul Burke reviews Scarlet Town by Leonora Nattrass
- Nut Press reviews Scarlet Town by Leonora Nattrass
- Kirkus reviews Death and the Sisters by Heather Redmond.
- Kirkus reviews The Spanish Diplomat's Secret by Nev March
- Paul Burke reviews The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead
- Mary Picken reviews Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick
- Beth Kanell reviews Murder at the Merton Library by Andrea Penrose.
- Publishers Weekly reviews Mr. Campion's Memory by Mike Ripley.
- Aunt Agatha's reviews The Socialites Guide to Death & Dating by S.K. Golden.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston.
- Mary Picken reviews The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston.
- Jen Lucas reviews The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston.
- Aunt Agatha's reviews Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux
- Aunt Agatha's reviews Murder Most Royal by S.J. Bennett.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Mischief Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein and tries a recipe from the book.
- Mary Picken reviews Hot Blood, Cold Blood: Tartan Noir meets Kolkata Crime, edited by Abir Mukherjee
- Sarah Weinman reviews This House of Grief by Helen Garner.
Classics reviews:
- Michael J. McCann revisits the 1934 mystery collection The Adventures of Ellery Queen by Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1937 Henri Bencolin mystery The Four False Weapons by John Dixon Carr.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1952 crime novella The Sleeping City by Marty Holland.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1956 Napoleon Bonaparte mystery Man Of Two Tribes by Arthur Upfield
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 noir novel A Woman Possessed by Whit Harrison a.k.a. Harry Whittington.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1981 mystery Every Second Thursday by Emma Page.
Con and event reports:
- Martin Walker reports about the 2023 PulpFest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Rosemary Kaye reports about the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Mike Baker reports how Stacy Chapin, mother of a murder victim, experienced Crime Con, a true crime convention in Orlando, Florida.
- Martin Edwards shares photos and memories of various Bouchercons.
Research:
- Anthony Prewin chronicles the murder of French au-pair girl turned prostitute Claudie Delbarre in Chelsea, London, in 1967, and the trial of her wealthy American killer.
- Jana Monroe reports about the case of George Trepal who poisoned his neighbours in Florida in 1991, taking inspiration from Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse.
- James T. Bartlett recounts the story of Lucille Walker and Alexander Mackay, a pair of lovers who committed a string of robberies in California in 1930.
- Alexi Duggins reports that the BBC true crime podcast Bible John: Creation of the Serial Killer has prompted the police in Glasgow, Scotland, to take a new look at the still unsolved 1960s murders.
- Diane Diamond explains how adult guardianship in the US is rife with fraud, abuse and exploitation.
- Lily Hay Newman reports that user data of users of the genetic testing company 23andMe has been stolen in a massive data breach targeting people Ashkenazi Jewish and Chinese backgrounds.
- The Guardian reports that a man has been charged with stealing the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the film The Wizard of Oz from a museum in 2008.
- Angela Giufrida reports that Amanda Knox who was suspected of having murdered her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007 is facing another trial in Italy for slandering and accusing another man of the murder.
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