Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 2, 2024

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 True Detective: Night Country, Drive-Away Dolls, Criminal Record, Law and Order Special Victims Unit, The Completely Made-up Adventures of Dick Turpin, The Gentlemen, Shogun, The Jury: Murder Trial, Tenet revisited and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week,
• Crime Reads shares the best reviewed crime books of February 2024.
  
• Criminal Element share their most anticipated crime novels and mysteries for March 2024. 
• Megan Cooley Peterson shares eight recent true crime books.
  
• Paul French talks about crime fiction set in Inverness, Scotland. 
• Will and Ian Ferguson discusses the advantages and disadvantages of setting a murder mystery in a fictional town. 
• Jen McKinley talks about mysteries where the sleuth is wrongfully accused.
  
• Mary Kubica recounts how she wrote her debut thriller The Good Girl. 
• Naomi Kaye talks about the importance of drink choices in the mysteries of Agatha Christie.
  
• Jessica Bull muses which Jane Austen protagonists would make the best detectives. 
  
• Dave Richards reports that Alex Segura and Michael Moreci are bringing back Dick Tracy. 
  

Film and TV:

• Rebecca Nicholson calls Prisoner a brutal Danish crime drama grabs you by the scruff of the neck and won’t let go 
• Kayleigh Dray calls season 2 of The Tourist ridiculously entertaining. 
• Manuel Betancourt calls Elsbeth a kooky spin-off of The Good Wife and The Good Fight.
  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Trigger Point. 
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer. 
• Rebecca Liu explains why Anatomy of a Fall should win the 2024 Oscar for Best Picture. 
• Steve Rose explains why Killers of the Flower Moon should win the 2024 Oscar for Best Picture. 
• Cara Hunter shares her ten favourite maverick TV detectives. 
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1999 thriller Felicia's Journey.
  
• Zoe Williams interviews Jon Bernthal, star of The Punisher and The Walking Dead. 
  
• Rosy Cordero interviews Kara Killmer who plays Sylvie Brett in Chicago Fire about leaving the show after ten years. 
• Jon Land shares seven movies and TV shows featuring US park rangers.
  

 

Comments on True Detective: Night Country: 

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on True Detective: Night Country.
• Kendra Winchester shares book recommendation inspired by True Detective: Night Country.
  

 

Comments on Drive-Away Dolls: 

• Kimberly Pierce shares her thoughts on Drive-Away Dolls.
  
• Matt Schimkovitz wonders what Joel and Ethan Coen's solo movies Drive-Away Dolls and The Tragedy Of Macbeth tell us about the difference between a Coen brothers film and a film by a Coen brother.
  

 

Comments on Criminal Record: 

• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Criminal Record.
• Paul Hirons reports that Criminal Record is getting a second season according to star Cush Jumbo.
  

 

Comments on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit: 

• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. 
• Bel Alvarez explains how the character of Olivia Benson from Law and Order: Special Victims Unit helped her recover from a sexual assault she experienced.
  

 

Comments on The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin: 

• Jenna Scherer calls The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin the long-lost twin of Our Flag Means Death.  
• Lucy Mangan calls The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin a comedy that feels like daylight robbery

 

Comments on The Gentlemen: 

• Stuart Jeffries interviews the cast of The Gentlemen.
• Alex Moshakis interviews Ray Winstone, star of The Gentlemen, Sexy Beast, Damsel and many others. 
  

 

Comments on Shogun:

• Rebecca Nicholson calls Shōgun a mesmerising epic that goes big on the gore
• Meredith Hobbs Coons calls the two-part premiere of Shōgun brutal and skillfully woven
• Alison Herman calls Shōgun the most transportive TV epic since Game of Thrones
  
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Cosmo Jarvis, star of the new Shogun.  

 

Comments on The Jury: Murder Trial:  

• Sandra Mangan declares that the reality show The Jury: Murder Trial is surely the end of the UK legal system as we know it.
  
• Joel Golby calls The Jury: Murder Trial a legal experiment that might be the most terrifying TV show ever
• Rachel Cooke notes that The Jury: Murder Trial also exposes the casual misogyny of the British public.
  

 

Comments on Tenet: 

• Tim Grierson talks about persistent fans of the 2020 science fiction thriller Tenet. 
• Justin Carter notes that it is time for a reappreciation of Tenet.  

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2024 Barry Awards have been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2024 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced. 
• The longlist for the 2024 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced. 
  
• The winners of the 2024 SAG Awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. 
  
• The winners of the 2023 International Film Music Critics Association Awards have been announced.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Frank Theodat talks about the work ethic of pulp writers. 
• Jon Lindstrom discusses why writers keep returning to certain themes.
  
• Eleanor Parker-White explains how to write about medical phenomena and conditions without being offensive.
  
• Devin Murphy explains how building his own writing desk helped him to write better.
  
• Kate Sidley talks about writing in the aftermath of a home robbery.
• Joel Nedecky explains what drinking taught him about storytelling. 
• Thomas Mullen talks about the problems of writing about historical conspiracy theories in an era where conspiracy theories run rampant.
  
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch reports about an attempted rights grab by the audio book producer Findaway Voices.
  
• Victoria Strauss shares suggestions for changing your mindset in order to deal with scams targeting writers. 
• Anne Marble reports that some people are trying to profit of fanfiction by selling bound collection of fanfiction on Etsy - illegally and without the author's consent 
• Ella Creamer reports that book clubs are booming among young readers.
  
• Ella Creamer reports that lack of support for language, reading and communication skills will lead to a literacy crisis in the UK according to the recent study.
  
• Jonathan Thornton reports that Handheld Press is closing.
  
• Eva Wiseman talks about the trend of using books as interior design.

 

Interviews: 

• Garrick Webster interviews Iris Yamashita.
  
• Stephen J. Golds interviews Christopher Baer.
• Peter Blauner and Peg Tyre interview each other.
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Steve Weddle.
   

Reviews:

• Marlene Harris reviews Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita  
• Eliza Nellums reviews The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh
  
• Mary Picken reviews Death Flight by Sarah Sultoon.
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Unholy Murder by Lynda La Plante
  
• Jen Lucas reviews Jericho’s Dead by William Hussey
• Matt Pechey reviews What We Buried by Robert Rotenberg
  
• Oline H. Cogdill reviews When She Left by E.A. Aymar
• Men Reading Books reviews Leave No Trace by A.J. Landau
  
• Jim Motavalli reviews Nowhere Like Home by Sara Shepard.
  
• The Quick and the Read reviews Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham
• Oline H. Cogdill reviews Owning Up by George Pelecanos
  
• Joel Nedecky reviews A Good Rush of Blood by Matt Phillips 
• She Treads Softly reviews Under the Storm by Christoffer Carlsson
  
• Jen Lucas reviews Every Trick In The Book by Bernard O’Keeffe 
• Tzer Island reviews Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box 
  
• Mary Picken reviews Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney 
• Kirkus reviews Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath  
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath  
  
• Joel Nedecky reviews Sunset and Jericho by Sam Wiebe 
• The Unseen Library reviews Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom
  
• Publishers Weekly reviews The Smoke in Our Eyes by James Grady
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield
  
• Paul Burke reviews Dark Arena by Jack Beaumont 
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King  
• Sharon Richardson reviews The War Widow by Tara Moss 
• Janet Webb reviews The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
  
• Bruce DeSilva reviews The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen. 
• The Book Decoder reviews  A Death in Chelsea by H L Marsay
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews A Third Class Murder by Hugh Morrison 
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews A High Tide Murder by Emily George. 
• Publisher's Weekly reviews I Only Read Murder by Ian and Will Ferguson
  
• Righter of Words reviews The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C. L. Miller 
• Kate Ayers reviews The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace
• Marlene Harris reviews The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander. 
• Marlene Harris reviews Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews A Catered Quilting Bee by Isis Crawford.
• Lesa Holstine reviews Roses are Red, But Can Make You Dead by Heather Graham 
• Linda's Book Bag reviews Bird Spotting in a Small Town by Sophie Morton-Thomas
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Mrs. Morris and the Mermaid by Traci Wilton. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein  
• Martin Cahill reviews The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. 
  
• Kevin Tipple reviews Under Investigation by Jeffrey Marks 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths by Suzie Edge
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Nancy Henshaw revisits the 1922 pirate adventure novel Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1929 James Aloysius Peter Piper mystery The Body on the Floor by Nancy Barr Mavity  
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1932 mystery Murder by Jury by Ruth Burr Sanborn
  
• Dann McDormann revisits the 1934 Hercule Poirot mystery Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. 
  
• Mary Picken revisits the 1959 mystery Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto, translated by Louise Heal Kawaii
• Runalong the Shelves revisits the 1959 mystery Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto, translated by Louise Heal Kawaii
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1959 Superintendent Bradshaw mystery Strip Dead Naked by Norman Longmate. 
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1964 Dover and MacGregor mystery Dover One by Joyce Porter.
  
• Michael Gonzales revisits the 1967 crime memoir Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim. 
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1975 horror thriller The Auctioneer by Joan Samson.  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1975 war novel The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins.
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 1989 Dan Rhodes mystery Death on the Move by Bill Crider  
• Jen Lucas revisits the 2010 noir novel Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark.
• Sam Tyler revisits the 2010 noir novel Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark.
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 2012 thriller The Owl Cries by Hye-Young Pyun, translated by Sora Kim-Russell.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade reports about the exhibition "Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime Fiction" in Cambridge, UK. 
• Emma John shares her thoughts on the latest staging of The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster in London, UK.
  

 

Research: 

• Tracy King discusses how her father Mike was killed during an altercation in Birmingham in 1988 and how what really happened was very different from what she thought happened. 
• Sophie Wan talks about how to pull off the perfect heist.
  
• Lisa Black talks about the remarkable number of deaths that occurred around Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative SDI, incorrectly referred to as the Star Wars program. 
  

 

Free online fiction: 

•  “So What’s the Verdict, Doc?” by David Berger in Mystery Tribune.
• "I Put a Spell on You" by Thomas Trang in Shotgun Honey.
• "More Darkness" by John Jeffire in Tough. 
• "Down Below" by Brian Greene in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Baptism by Fire" by Andrew Monge in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "Feeling Montana" by Scott MacLeod in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "They All Must Go" by Sam Logan in Punk Noir Magazine.