Crime Fiction Links of the Week for February 24, 2024
Crime fiction in general:
- Alison Flood shares her favourite thrillers of the month.
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares fifteen historical mysteries and thrillers to read in 2024.
- Tonya Mitchell shares ten new gothic novels.
- Paul French shares crime fiction set in Bordeaux, France.
- Maggie Blackburn talks about cozy mysteries set in beach and seaside settings.
- Ginger Bolton shares five cozy mysteries set at fairs and festivals.
- Gerri Lewis explains why mysteries with quirky characters who have interesting and unusual jobs are so popular.
- Gretchen Rue explains why bakers make such good sleuths.
- Leah Konen shares six thrillers where friends become frenemies.
- Suzie Miller wonders why lawyers often turn to crime writing and shares her favourite crime novels written by former lawyers.
- Tammy Greenwood shares four crime books juxtaposing the beauty and ugliness of ballet
- Eric Redman shares his appreciation for the Hawaiian set Lily Wu mysteries by Juanita Sheridan.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the Malone mysteries by Craig Rice.
- Vera Kurian talks about the inspiration for her latest crime novel A Step Past Darkness.
- James Oswald talks about the inspiration for his latest crime novel For Our Sins.
- Lucy Knight reports that British mystery author Richard Osman will start a new series called We Solve Murders, though he is not abandoning his popular Thursday Murder Club series.
Film and TV:
- Lucy Mangan calls The Way a thrilling near future drama unlike anything else on TV.
- Leslie Felperin calls The Moon Thieves a fiendishly watchable heist movie starring three members of a Hongkong boy band.
- Phil Hoad calls Cold Meat a two-handed survival thriller set deep into the icebound Rocky Mountains.
- Benjamin Lee calls Mea Culpa a schlocky and silly thriller.
- 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.
- Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the season 4 premiere of The Equalizer.
- Garrick Webster looks ahead at the Danish crime drama Prisoner.
- Lucy Mangan calls Can I Tell You a Secret? a superb documentary about the horror of cyberstalking
- Cath Clarke calls A Wolfpack Called Ernesto a disturbing documentary about children groomed by Mexican drug gangs
- Patrice McDonough shares her favourite filmic adaptations of historical mysteries.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1995 crime thriller The Usual Suspects.
- Ryan Gilbey interviews Cosmo Jarvis, star of the new Shogun.
- Alexi Duggins reports that soap operas could be made by AI within three to five years.
- Mark Cousins wonders why British filmmakers don't band together to save endangered cinemas like Hollywood filmmakers sometimes do.
- Actor Paul D'Amato, who appeared in The Deer Hunter, Slap Shot, Heaven's Gate, Heaven Can Wait and many others, has died aged 76.
- Actress Pamela Salem, who appeared in Never Say Never, The Great Train Robbery and Doctor Who, has died aged 80.
Comments on True Detective: Night Country:
- Haley Zapal calls True Detective: Night Country the first worthy follow-up to season 1 of True Detective.
- Christina Izzo shares her thoughts on the season finale of True Detective: Night Country.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the season finale of True Detective: Night Country.
- Paul Levinsonn shares his thoughts on the final three episodes of True Detective: Night Country.
- Kate Arthur interviews Issa López, creator of True Detective: Night Country.
- Roxana Hadadi interviews Issa López.
- Armando Tinoco reports that Nic Pizzolatto, creator and former showrunner of True Detective, has criticised True Detective: Night Country, prompting a response from star Kali Reiss.
- Paul MacInnes also reports about Nic Pizzolatto turning on True Detective: Night Country.
- Saloni Gajjar interviews Daniel Taylor, production designer of True Detective: Night Country,
- Paul Hirons reports that True Detective will get a fifth season.
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Comments on Wicked Little Letters:
- Peter Bradshaw calls Wicked Little Letters depressing, clunky and a waste of a stellar cast
- Donna Ferguson interviews Emily Cockayne about the real 1920s anonymous letter case behind Wicked Little Letters.
- Claire Armitstead interviews Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, stars of Wicked Little Letters.
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Kelly Link shares thirty-four writing prompts.
- Philip Athans points out that there actually is nothing wrong with prologues.
- Mina Hardy discusses the difference between unreliable narrators and unreliable secondary characters.
- Vera Kurian shares tips for creating an ensemble cast.
- Elizabeth Bonesteel shares her not so great experiences with traditional publishing.
- Victoria Strauss reports about outrage about a rights grab in the new terms of use at the audio book producer Findaway Voices
- Lauren Oyler reports about the many issues besetting Goodreads.
- Lois Beckett reports about the growing popularity of romance bookstores in North America.
Interviews:
- The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Nita Prose.
- Frank Zafiro interviews Meg Gardiner.
- Crime Time interviews Gregg Hurwitz.
- Paul Burke interviews Tony Kent.
- Debbi Mack interviews Leanne Kale Sparks.
- Alan Petersen interviews Lisa Regan.
- Criminal Element interviews Christina Estes.
- Steve Powell itnerviews Jahmal Mayfield.
Reviews:
- Craig Sisterson reviews The Last Word by Elly Griffiths.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Last Word by Gerri Lewis
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Last Word by Gerri Lewis
- Malcolm Forbes reviews Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra.
- Joy Kluver reviews What We Did In the Storm by Tina Baker.
- Mary Picken reviews What We Did In the Storm by Tina Baker.
- Marilyn Brooks reviews The Price You Pay by Nick Petrie.
- The Book Reporter reviews The Price You Pay by Jim Fusilli.
- BOLO Books reviews Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander.
- Sara Townsend reviews Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? by Nicci French
- BOLO Books reviews The Resort by Sara Ochs.
- Kevin Tipple reviews A Nice Place to Die by J. Woollcott
- Mary Picken reviews The Shadow Network by Tony Kent
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Mission Manhattan by James Ponti
- Mike Parker reviews The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen
- Jen Lucas reviews I Spy by Claire Kendal
- The Real Book Spy reviews Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz
- Tzer Island reviews Kingpin by Mike Lawson
- Jen Lucas reviews Death Flight by Sarah Sultoon.
- Crime Book Girl reviews Death Flight by Sarah Sultoon.
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Into The Dark by Fiona Cummins
- Jen Lucas reviews Out of Time by David Klass
- Mike Ripley reviews Budapest Hand by David Brierley
- Tzer Island reviews Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
- Kirkus reviews Union Station by David Downing.
- Mandie Griffiths reviews A Grave For A Thief by Douglas Skelton
- Beth Kanell reviews The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough
- Aunt Agatha's reviews Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough
- Lesa Holstine reviews Murder in Masquerade by Mary Winters
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Murder by the Seashore by Samara Yew
- Lesa Holstine reviews Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O’Connor
- Sharon Richardson reviews Murder and Mamon by Mia P Manansala
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns
- Marilyn Brooks reviews Last Seen in Havana by Teresa Dovalpage.
- Beth Kanell reviews The Woman Who Lowered the Boom by David Handler.
- Marlene Harris reviews The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
- Marlene Harris reviews The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
- BOLO Books review Deal with the Devils by Elaine Viets.
- Robert Mammone reviews the comic The One Hand #1 by Ram V and Laurence Campbell.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1929 Anthony Bathurst mystery The Murders Near Mapleton by Brian Flynn.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1945 Mrs. Bradley mystery The Rising of the Moon by Gladys Mitchell.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1947 Nigel Strangeways mystery Minute for Murder by Nicholas Blake
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1950 Gervase Fen mystery Frequent Hearses a.k.a. Sudden Vengeance by Edmund Crispin
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1951 mystery The Metropolitan Opera Murders by Helen Traubel and Harold Q. Masur.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1952 Cheviot Burmann mystery No Mercy For Margaret by Belton Cobb
- Adam Colclough revisits the 1961 mystery Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto, translated by Beth Cary.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1961 suspense novel Died on a Rainy Sunday by Joan Aicken.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1975 true crime book Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1984 Dalziel and Pascoe mystery Exit Lines by Reginald Hill.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1989 science fiction mystery Nightside City by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2011 historical mystery Bloodstone by Paul Doherty
Con and event reports:
- Ayo Onatade shares the guest list of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
- Lee Lofland shares the program for the 2024 Killer Con in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in a two part post.
- James Hibberd reports that a John Wick themed immersive attraction is planned in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Research:
- Ellery Weil profiles Jewish female crime bosses Fredericka “Marm” Mandelbaum, Bessie Starkman and Polly Adler
- Kim Donovan talks about the murder of her great-great aunt Mary Jane Bennett in 1901.
- Erik Ortiz reports about the case of Hasson Barcote who was sentenced to death by a mostly white jury in North Carolina in 2009 and is now trying to get his conviction overturned because of racial bias.
Free online fiction:
- "I Know What You’re Thinking" by Ian Martin in Mystery Tribune.
- "Dead Wrong" by Alan Moskowitz in Mystery Tribune.
- "Fake It Until You Make It" by Susan Hatters Friedman in Mystery Tribune.
- "Tonight" by Eric Beetner in Shotgun Honey.
- "Caught By the Last Star" by Nikki Knight in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
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