Crime Fiction Links of the Week for January 20, 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 True Detective: Night Country, Criminal Record, season 5 of Fargo, Echo, the cancellation of Our Flag Means Death, the debate about AI-generated writing and art and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week, 
• Laura Wilson shares a round-up of her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
  
• Molly Odintz shares her most anticipated crime novels of 2024.
  
• Glen Davis shares his favourite crime novels and thrillers of 2023. 
• Nishita Parekh shares recent crime novels by Asian American and Pacific Islander writers.
  
• Adele Parks shares six great crime novels about missing persons.
• Amy Avery shares nine great speculative whodunnits. 
  
• John Self reports about the rise of celebrities writing novels.
• Araminta Hall talks about writing thrillers in the post #MeToo era.
  
• Icelanding crime fiction writer Óskar Guðmundsson explains how his novel The Dancer came to be. 
• Armando Lucas Correa explains why he switched from writing historical fiction to thrillers. 
• Brian Murphy explains how he organises his bookshelves. 
  
• Molly Templeton talks about reading books at the right time.
• Cole Rush talks about book trades. 
• Jeffrey Davies wonders whether reimagining history through biofiction is ethical. 

Film and TV:

• Paul French shares his favourite international crime dramas of 2023.
• Michael Hogan ranks his favourite TV crime fighting duos. 
• David Cote calls The Woman In The Wall an intense psychological mystery and praises the performance of Ruth Wilson. 
• Lucy Mangan calls The Artful Dodger a Dickens sequel that is fast, furious and really great fun 
• Paul Levinson declares that the season 25 premiere of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit is better than ever.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls On the Line a one-person kidnapping mystery 
• Saloni Gajjar calls Griselda a gripping if formulaic crime drama. 
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Death and Other Details.
  
• Rich Pelley interviews Jodie Comer, star of Killing Eve and The End We Start From. 
  
• Joe Bleasdale interviews Jason Statham, star of The Beekeeper.
  
• Harriet Sherwood reports that Gwyneth Hughes, writer of Mr Bates vs The Post Office, was surprised by the strong reaction to the true crime drama.
• Cheryl Eddy shares ten essential giallo movies to watch.  
• Duane Swierczynski shares his love for crime movies set in Los Angeles, which make you want to hang out with the characters.
• Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 2004 screwball revenge comedy Intolerable Cruelty. 
• Jesse Pasternack revisits the 2016 crime comedy The Nice Guys. 
• Avery Kaplan lists ten Star Trek actors who appeared on Columbo.  

 

Comments on True Detective: Night Country: 

• Lucy Mangan declares that the performance of Jodie Foster makes True Detective: Night Country even better than before, 
• Christina Izzo calls True Detective: Night Country chillingly good TV
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first episode of True Detective: Night Country.
  
• Matt Grobar interviews Issa Lopez, showrunner of True Detective: Night Country.
  

 

Comments on season 5 of Fargo:

•  Tom Philip shares his thoughts on the season 5 finale of Fargo.
• Eric Deggans interviews Noah Hawley, creator of Fargo. 
  
• Saloni Gajjar interviews Richa Moorjani, one of the stars of Fargo.
  

 

Comments on Criminal Record: 

• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the first episode of Criminal Record.
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the second episode of Criminal Record.
  
• Tom Lamont interviews Peter Capaldi, star of Doctor Who and Criminal Record.
  

 

Comments on Echol:

• Dominic Patten declares that Echo is exactly what Marvel needs right now.  
• Leah Schnelbach wonders whether Echo can take the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in a new direction. 
• Noetta Harjo shares episode by episode reviews of Echo.
• Germain Lussier shares seven things he liked and three he didn't about Echo.
• Noetta Harjo shares her appreciation for the character of Maya Lopez from Echo.
  
• Brian Davids interviews Vincent D'Onofrio who plays Wilson Fisk a.k.a. Kingpin in Echo, Daredevil and Hawkeye.

 

Comments on the cancellation of Our Flag Means Death: 

• Joe Otterson reports that the much beloved pirate series Our Flag Means Death has been cancelled by HBO Max. 
• Ryan Leston reports about a campaign to save Our Flag Means Death from cancellation. 
• Cheryl Eddy reports that there is still a chance that the beloved pirate series Our Flag Means Death will find a home elsewhere after HBO Max cancelled it.  
  

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2024 Edgar Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2024 Lefty Awards have been announced.
• The nominations for the 2024 SAG Awards have been announced. 
• The nominations for the 2024 DGA Awards have been announced.
• The nominations for the 2024 PGA Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2024 Critics Choice Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2024 African-American Film Critics Association Awards have been announced. 
• The nominations for the 2024 Bafta Awards have been announced with barely any love for genre films and lots of love for dull movies.  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Peter Malone Elliott explains what Sam Shepard taught him about writing. 
• Ethan Sabatella talks about using Celtic mythology and folklore in sword and sorcery.
  
• Nicola Griffith shares tips for writing author bios.
• Otho Eskin talks about his publishing journey.
  
• Victoria Strauss warns writers about submitting their work to a Silent Manga Audition, since the terms mean they lose all their rights. 
• Aidan Moher weighs in on the issues with Nazis on Substack. 
• Ella Creamer reports that libraries in the UK suffer from a lack of recognition from the British government. 
  
• The British Library reports that they have managed to restore several services following a devastating cyber attack.
  

 

Comments on the AI controversy:

• Arwa Mahdawi wonders why ChatGPT appears to be getting "lazy". 
  
• Kate Knibbs reports that scammy AI-generated books, often rewriting real books, are flooding Amazon. 
• Kevin Geiger attempts to predict the impact of AI on Hollywood in 2024.

 

Interviews: 

• Ayo Onatade interviews Tess Gerritsen. 
  
• Robert Justice interviews Erin E. Adams.
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club interviews David Simmons. 
• Garrick Webster interviews Gregory Dowling. 
• Paul Burke interviews Paul Durston. 
• Deborah Kalb interviews Otho Eskin.
  
• Paul Burke interviews James Naughtie and Shane Whaley.
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Jason Kapcala.
   

Reviews:

• Lesa Holstine reviews Dream Town by Lee Goldberg
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Northwoods by Amy Pease. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh  
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Deep Freeze by Michael C. Grumley 
• Jeff Ayers reviews The Fury by Alex Michaelides  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Killing Jericho by William Hussey
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini  
• Judith Sullivan reviews The Glass Woman by Alice McIlroy 
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Missing by Savannah Brown
  
• Sara Townsend reviews First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Anna O by Matthew Blake
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Mister Lullaby by J.H. Markert
• BOLO Books reviews The Dancer by Óskar Guðmundsson, translated by Quentin Bates   
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody
  
• Mary Picken reviews To The Dogs by Louise Welsh 
• Jen Lucas reviews Halfway House by Helen Fitzgerald
  
• John Mauro reviews The Folly by Gemma Amor 
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick  
• Jen Lucas reviews Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle
  
• Marlene Harris reviews A Body on the Doorstep by Marty Wingate 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Trials of Marjorie Crowe by C.S. Robertson  
  
• Mary Picken reviews The Trials of Marjorie Crowe by C.S. Robertson  
  
• Jen Lucas reviews The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood 
• Mary Picken reviews Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Gondola of Doom by Olga Wojtas  
• Janet Webb reviews A Christmas Vanishing by Anne Perry
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews A Nutcracker Nightmare by Christina Romeril
  

 

Classics reviews:

• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1936 mystery The Mystery Of The Kneeling Woman by Moray Dalton 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1943 Doan and Carstairs detective novel Sally's in the Alley by Norbert Davis.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1946 mystery Miss Hamblett's Ghost by Alan Brock.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1949 mystery The King and the Corpse by Max Murray 
  
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1955 mystery The Crime, the Place and the Girl by Douglas and Dorothy Stapleton
  
• Russell James revisits the 1958 mystery Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 2008 Mr. Monk mystery Mr Monk and the Two Assistants by Lee Goldberg
  

 

Con and event reports:

•  Bill and Teresa Peschel report about a visit to a replica of Sherlock Holmes' living room at 221B Baker Street in Reading, Pennsylvania.
• Kelsey Weekman reports about a tour to see the filming locations of The Sopranos in New Jersey.
  
• Mike Glyer reports that the Texas Library Association has first disinvited Chuck Tingle from its 2024 conference in San Antonio, Texas, then reinvited him, only for Tingle to decline the invitation.
  

 

Research: 

• Cherylann Mollan looks back at the real life 1911 murder in Mussorie, India, which is believed to have inspired Agatha Christie's 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles. 
  
• Jeffrey D. Simon profiles William J. Flynn, chief of the US Secret Service during WWI.
• Marshall Poe talks about the 1968 My Lai massacre and how it happened.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Patty’s At It Again" by Mary Jo Robertiello in Mystery Tribune.
• "A Gun And A Girl" by Michael Zimecki in Mystery Tribune.
• "A Tough Break For Mary" by Andrew Riconda in Mystery Tribune.
• "Murder In Lisbon" by Simon S. Miller in Mystery Tribune. 
• "Summer Equinox In The Old Pioneer Burial Ground" by Albert Katz in Mystery Tribune.  
• "Confession" by Tom Funk in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "The Wind-Lashed House" by Brian Rieselman in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "The Frigid Hours" by Michael Fontana in Mystery Tribune.
  
• "Like Two Ornaments On Far Sides of A Tree" by Brigitte McCray in Mystery Tribune.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for season 2 of Tokyo Vice.
  
• Watch a trailer for Death and Other Details.
• Watch a trailer for Red Right Hand. 
• Watch a trailer for Zorro.