Crime Fiction Links of the Week for December 23, 2023
Crime fiction in general:
- Mindy Quigley explains how cozy mysteries reflect the evolving morality of the modern age
- Eleanor Davis takes a look at the popularity of Christmas murder mysteries in the UK.
- John Marrs shares seven travel thrillers that will make you reconsider your vacation plans
- Miranda Bryant reports about the curious Finnish crime fiction subgenre reindeer noir.
- Paz Pardo shares five books featuring female detectives in fantastic worlds.
- Molly Odintz shares crime fiction featuring spirtualists, mediums, psychics and tarot readers.
- Molly Templeton wonders what makes a story comforting.
- Lee Goldberg talks about discovering the manuscript to Wind Spirits, an unpublished early novel by crime fiction writer Ralph Dennis.
- Sue Rann explains why she set her thriller Looking for Mr. Nobody in Amsterdam.
- The Guardian reports that Russia has put crime fiction writer Grigory Chkhartishvili a.k.a. Boris Arkunin on a list of terrorists and extremists for daring to criticise the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Lucy Knight reports that the murder mystery puzzle book Murdle by G.T. Karber is topping the UK bestseller list for Christmas.
- Science fiction and mystery writer and veterinarian Jim Hosek has died aged 59.
Best of 2023:
- Ayo Onatade shares her favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Paul Burke shares his favourite crime novels of 2023.
- J. Kingston Pierce shares his favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen shares her favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Erin Britton shares her favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Declan Burke shares his favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Fraser Massey shares his favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Kevin Burton Smith shares his favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Steven Nester shares his favourite crime novels of 2023.
- Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester share their favourite crime novels and mysteries of 2023.
- The Toronto Globe and Mail shares their favourite thrillers of 2023.
- Crime Reads shares its favourite traditional mysteries of 2023.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite historical crime novels of 2023.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite international crime novels of 2023.
- Crime Reads shares their favourite noir fiction of 2023.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite SFF crime novels of 2023.
- Crime Reads share their favourite crime fiction anthologies of 2023.
- Crime Reads shares their favourite true crime books of 2023.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares her favourite crime movies of 2023.
Film and TV:
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Happy Valley one of the best TV shows of 2023.
- Chris Jenkins calls the cozy crime drama Mrs.Sidhu Investigates an undercooked soggy mess.
- Saloni Gajjar calls season 2 of Dr. Death a compelling but disjointed true-crime tale
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on season 1 of Dark Winds.
- Tom Philip shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Fargo.
- Lucy Mangan calls the documentary 24 Hours in Police Custody a staggering journey into the heart of an armed siege
- Olivia Rutigliano shares ten crime movies that happen to take place at Christmas.
- Olivia Rutigliano interviews Tony Shalhoub and Andy Breckman, star and creator of Monk.
- Brian Davids interviews Simon Cellan Jones, director of The Family Plan.
- Sian Cain interviews Natasha Lyonne, star of Russian Doll and Poker Face.
- Stuart Heritage wonders if Julianne Moore will win an Oscar nomination for May December
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Comments on John Schneider calling for the execution of Joe and Hunter Biden:
- Ramon Antonio Vargas reports that actor and singer John Schneider, best known for his roles in Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville, has called for the public hanging of US-president Joe Biden and his son Hunter on Twitter.
- Shannon Powers also reports about John Schneider calling for the execution of the US-president.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Chuck Tingle talks about art in defiance of the endless cosmic nothing
- Jillian Cantor looks at the ways writers borrow from others and contemplates the uncomfortable proximity between stealing and honoring
- José Pablo Iriarte shares things writing short stories did and did not teach them about writing novels.
- Eli Cranor shares the writing process of various crime fiction authors.
- Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini, who write cozy mysteries as Cleo Coyle, shares ten things they learned in twenty years of writing mysteries.
- Danish writers Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo talk about their crime fiction writing partnership.
- Ella Creamer reports that according to a study done by the University of Valencia, Spain, reading print improves text comprehension far more than looking at digital text
- Safy Bugel reports that author Demetrious Polychron sueing Amazon and the Tolkien estate for copyright infringement over The Rings of Power TV-series backfired on him.
- Max Goldbart shares more information about the lawsuit of Demetrious Polychron against the Tolkien estate and Amazon.
- Anne Marble explains how fantasy author Lauren M. Davis accused fellow author Marvellous Michael Anson of copyright infringement, because both their books happen to feature characters whose powers derive from the sun.
- Will Sebbis finds evidence of plagiarism in the works of thriller author Mark Dawson.
- Abby Cox criticises that comparisons that chasing TikTok fame is turning publishing into "fast fashion".
- Lucy Knight reports that Mills & Boon is launching a new spicy romance line called Afterglow aimed TikTok reviewers.
- Vanessa Armstrong reports that Small Beer Press is halting new publications due to the publisher dealing with health issues.
- Rob Carroll announces that Dark Matter Magazine will end with issue 18.
- Jim Milliot reports that the Colorado based independent bookstore chain Tattered Cover has filed for bankruptcy.
- Locus shares some news about the employees of various US bookstore chains unionising.
- John Maher reports that employees at the Seattle based bookstore chain Powell's Books have voted to ratify a new union contract.
Comments on the Cait Corrain review bombing scandal:
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Interviews:
- David Axelrod interviews Sarah Paretsky.
- Conner Reed interviews Laurie R. King.
- Debbi Mack interviews S.J. Rozan.
- Jacqueline Seewald interviews Kathleen Marple Kalb.
- Chris McGinley interviews Bonnie Jo Campbell.
- Paul Burke interviews Terry Hayes.
- Kevin Canfield interviews Alexis Soloski.
- Lisa Haselton interviews Tony Brenna.
- Sandra Murphy interviews Lark O. Jensen.
- Bonnie MacBird and Frank Cho interview each other.
Reviews:
- Gwen Moffat reviews Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell.
- John Valeri reviews Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell.
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Shadow Dance by Martin Ott
- James Fleming reviews Night Time is the Right Time by Merritt Graves
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Last Passenger by Will Dean
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews The Wolf by Samuel Bjork, translated by Charlotte Barslund.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Butterfly Collector by Téa Cooper
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthia Murphy
- Mike Parker reviews Fall by Tracy Clark.
- Adam Colcough reviews Beirut Station by Paul Vidich.
- Mary Picken reviews Dead Sweet by KatrÃn JúlÃusdóttir, translated by Quentin Bates.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death Writes by Andrea Carter
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Secrets Typed in Blood by Stephen Spotswood
- Gwen Moffat reviews Shot With Crimson by Nicola Upson.
- Marlene Harris reviews To Kingdom Come by Will Thomas
- Sarah Erwin reviews The Red-Hot Blues Chanteuse by Ana Brazil
- Aunt Agatha's reviews The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong.
- Aunt Agatha's reviews The Secret of the Lady’s Maid by Darcie Wilde.
- P.D. Viner reviews The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen
- BOLO Books reviews Hop Scot by Catriona McPherson.
- Erin Britton reviews Murder at Maybridge Castle by Ada Moncrief
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson, translated by David Warriner
- BOLO Books reviews Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict
- Crossexamining Crime reviews The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning by P. J. Fitzsimmons
- Joseph B. Boyos reviews Stalking Around the Christmas Tree by Jacqueline Frost
- Lorie Lewis Ham reviews Bulletproof Barista by Cleo Coyle
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Queen Of Poisons by Robert Thorogood
- Brad Hawley reviews the graphic novel Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Classics reviews:
- Mary Picken revisits the 1931 crime novel Seed on the Wind by Rex Stout.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1933 mystery S.S. Murder by Q. Patrick
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1934 Malcolm Warren mystery Crime at Christmas by C.H.B. Kitchin,
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1939 Gideon Fell mystery The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1939 adventure story “Ki-Gor and the Stolen Empire” by John Peter Drummond.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1948 mystery Darmatic Murder by Elizabeth Anthony a.k.a. Barbara Rubien.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1958 Inspector Nightingale mystery The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 crime novel The Time of Terror by Lional White.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1971 suspense novel Letter of Intent by Ursula Curtiss.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1972 humorous thriller Red Christmas by Patrick Ruell a.k.a. Reginald Hill.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 Dakota men's adventure novel Chain Reaction by Gilbert Ralston
Con and event reports:
Research:
- Dean Jobb recounts how millionaire Griffith Jenkins Griffith, one of the richest men in Los Angeles, California, and the person after whom Griffith Park is named, attempted to shoot his wife in a hotel in Santa Monica, California, in 1903.
- Douglas Preston talks about Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, where people have been searching for a supposed buried treasure since the late eighteenth century.
- Chelsea Iversen talks about witch trials in Northern Norway in the seventeenth century.
- Isaac
Schulz reports that researchers have analysed Scythian leather found in
modern day Ukraine and discovered that it is made of human skin.
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