Crime Fiction Links of the Week for February 17, 2023
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares a roundup of her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Crime Reads shares debut crime novels coming out this month.
- Molly Odintz shares psychological thrillers coming out in February 2024.
- Mark Baker shares his favourite mysteries and crime novels of 2023.
- Erin Young shares six books which elevate the serial killer thriller.
- The Book Decoder shares ten gripping crime novels where romance takes a dark turn
- E.A. Aymar talks about the importance of humor in crime fiction.
- Molly Templeton discusses her issues with cozy fiction.
- Brandy Schillace talks about neurodiverse characters in crime fiction.
- Edwin Hill shares six crime novels with unusual structures.
- Tom Baragwanath explains how he accidentally became a crime fiction writer.
- Sara Ochs talks about the inspiration for her thriller The Resort.
- Laurie R. King talks about the enigma that is Sherlock Holmes.
- Natalie Zutter talks about book crushes.
Film and TV:
- Leslie Felperin calls Head Count a tricksy crime drama has certain flair
- Luke Y. Thompson declares that Land of Bad feels like a throwback to the war action films of the 1980s.
- Max Gao calls Will Trent the most underrated crime drama on TV right now.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls the Spanish crime drama The Drought Spain's answer to The Bridge.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Trigger Point.
- Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Death and Other Details.
- Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Criminal Record.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at season 3 of Astrid: Murder in Paris.
- Alasdair Stuart talks about Echo, Reacher and the new paladins.
- Lara Rosales shares her appreciation for the character of Athena Grant in 9-1-1.
- Kate Connolly interviews Liv Lisa Fries who plays Charlotte Ritter in Babylon Berlin.
- Steve Rose interviews Martin Scorsese, director of Killers of the Flower Moon and many others.
- Rich Pelley and readers of The Guardian interview David Tennant, star of Doctor Who, Good Omens, Broadchurch and many others.
- Olivia Rutigliano lists ten actors she wishes had their own detective shows.
- Odie Henderson revisits the 1974 blaxploitation film Three the Hard Way.
- Cheryl Eddy revisits the 1977 suspense thriller The Psychic.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1982 adventure film The Secret of Seagull Island
- The Guardian shares behind the scenes photographs from the set of the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Lincoln Michel shares the first and best writing advice he ever received.
- Martin Edwards talks about finishing a novel.
- Austin Conrad shares tips for sourcing cover art on a budget.
- Charlie Jane Anders shares tips for building your online "brand" without burning out.
- Jack Simpson that the popularity of Sarah J. Maas' books has led to higher than projected profits for her publisher Bloomsbury.
- Khaled Hosseini speaks out about book bans in the US.
- Chloe Mac Donnell reports that younger readers of the so-called Gen Z prefer physical books and libraries.
- Andrew Albanese shares an update on the lawsuit brought by several authors against OpenAI for copyright infringement.
- Robin Progrebin reports that the 130-year-old bookstore Vroman's in Pasadena, California, is for sale.
- Take a virtual tour of Vortex Books and Comics in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Interviews:
- Mary Louise interviews Alex Michaelides and Scott Simon interviews Sarah-Jane Collins.
- Andrew Limbong interviews George Pelecanos.
- Criminal Element interviews Thomas Mullen.
- Paul Burke interviews Paul Vidich and Charles Cumming.
- Robert Justice interviews Danielle Arceneaux
- Scott Simon interviews C.L. Miller.
- Aya de Leon interviews Breanne McIvor.
- Kit Frick and Kara Thomas interview each other.
- Paul Burke interviews Tom Baragwanath
- Tan Gim Ean interviews Johan Theorin.
- Debbi Mack interviews Melissa Yi.
- John Self interviews Sebastian Barry.
- Nicholas Wroe interviews Andrey Kurkov.
Reviews:
- In Search of the Classics Mystery Novel reviews Now You See Them by Elly Griffiths
- Grab This Book reviews In The Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan
- Jeff Ayers reviews The Smoke in Our Eyes by James Grady
- Mary Picken reviews For Our Sins by James Oswald
- Lesa Holstine reviews Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita
- Sandra Mangan reviews Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita
- Jen Lucas reviews The Shadow Network by Tony Kent
- Gwen Moffat reviews What We Did in The Storm by Tina Baker
- BOLO Books reviews The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes.
- Gwen Moffat reviews Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
- BOLO Books reviews The Teacher by Freida McFadden.
- Janet Webb reviews The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
- Suzi Feay reviews The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
- P.D. Viner reviews Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
- Mandie Griffiths reviews My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Queens of London by Heather Webb.
- Mary Picken reviews A Grave for a Thief by Douglas Skelton
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews A Grave for a Thief by Douglas Skelton
- Marlene Harris reviews A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Too Many Cooks by Rosemary Shrager
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter
- Lesa Holstine review Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder with Chocolate Tea by Karen Rose Smith and tries a recipe from the book
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany
- Alexandra Pierce reviews Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty
- Marion Deeds reviews The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
- Alex Brown reviews The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1933 Christopher Perrin mystery The Prime Minister’s Pencil by Cecil Waye a.k.a. John Rhode.
- Nicholas Whyte revisits the 1936 Hercule Poirot mystery Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1939 Ki-Gor adventure story “Ki-Gor and the Secret Legions of Simba” by John Peter Drummond.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1941 Dr. Priestley mystery They Watched By Night by John Rhode
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1943 Lieutenant Tuck mystery Meat for Murder by Lange Lewis
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1946 mystery Without Malice by Bruce Graeme
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 Inspector Littlejohn mystery Half-Mast for the Deemster by George Bellairs
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1968 mystery The Stylist by Guy Cullingford a.k.a. Constance Taylor
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 Black Samurai men's adventure novel The Deadly Pearl by Marc Olden.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1974 Chip Harrison mystery Make Out With Murder by Lawrence Block.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1983 Andrew Basnett mystery Something Wicked by Elizabeth Ferrars
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1984 Dalziel and Pascoe mystery Exit Lines by Reginald Hill.
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1988 Dan Rhodes mystery Cursed to Death by Bill Crider.
Con and event reports:
- Lee Goldberg shares his open letter to Bouchercon in Nashville, Tennessee, criticising inviting Otto Penzler to interview the guard of honour Anthony Horowitz.
- Deborah Levinson also criticises the invitation of Otto Penzler.
- Ayo Onatade reports that mystery writer G.T. Karber will be one of the guests at the 2024 CrimeFest in Bristol, UK.
Research:
- Heather Webb talks about Alice Diamond a.k.a. Diamond Annie and her all-female shoplifting gang, the Forty Elephants, who operated in early twentieth century London.
- Rebecca Rego Barry talks about an 1887 murder of an unidentified woman in New Jersey.
- Casey Sherman reports how gangsters Bugsy Siegel and Mikey Cohen were both infatuated with actress Betty Grable.
- Ronald Drabkin recounts how Japanese naval officers assassinated the Japanese prime minister Tsuyoshi Inukai and tried to assassinate Charlie Chaplin in 1932 to provoke a war between the US and Japan.
- Daniel Dylan Wray reports how actor Kyle MacLachlan investigated the town of Varnamstown in North Carolina, which allowed Pablo Escobar to use their harbour to smuggle drugs into the US in the 1980s.
- Keith Roysdon reports about the Appalachian folklore belief of death crowns.
Free online fiction:
- "Drinks at Sacchiarelli’s" by Charles Pineda in Shotgun Honey.
- "Pivot to the Money" by Colin Alexander in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Night Watcher" by Jonathan Ferrini in Mystery Tribune.
- "Animal" by Patrick B. Simpson in Mystery Tribune.
- "The Damned Thing" by Alan Caldwell in Mystery Tribune.
- "Orange Clays" by J.B. Stevens in Mystery Tribune.
- "Val Has a Math Problem" by Casey Stegman in Tough.
- "In the Prison Pen" by Herman Melville in The Guardian.
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