Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 23, 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 Drive-Away Dolls, Monkey Man, Shogun, tributes to M. Emmet Walsh and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Alison Flood shares a round-up of her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
• Laura Wilson shares a round-up of her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
  
• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Molly Odintz shares her favourite psychological thrillers for March 2024.
  
• Nicci French talks about lifelong trauma in psychological thrillers. 
• Gigi Pandian talks about the revival of the golden age fair play puzzle mystery tradition. 
  
• Elizabeth Everett talks about the evolution of the private investigator in historical romance 
• Brianna Labuskes defends queer joy in historical ficion.  
• Hoya Jacobs shares eight dark mystery novels featuring science and scientists. 
• Eric Rickstad explains why he chose to write a novel about male violence and guns.
  
• Crime Fiction Lover reports that the game rental company Rent, Shuffle and Roll has just opened a Mystery Vault with mystery themed board games.
  

Film and TV:

• Lucy Mangan calls the crime drama Coma so brilliantly tense you’ll have to breathe into a paper bag
• Lucy Mangan calls The Gone a crime drama made compelling by the rich and warm characters. 
• Luke Y. Thompson calls Sleeping Dogs a predictable amnesia noir mystery.
  
• Murtada Elfadi calls the new Road House all bluster and no substance
• Graeme Virtue calls Twisted Metal a dystopian action film that's loud, obnoxious and hilarious
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Baltimore a vivid, intense biopic of heiress turned terrorist Rose Dugdale
  
• Catherine Bray calls Yodha an adrenaline-fuelled thriller from India featuring bone-crunching patriotism. 
• Chris Jenkins shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Astrid: Murder in Paris.
  
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer. 
• Meredith Hobbs Coons shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Shogun.  
• Rob Hart calls Warrior the best TV show not enough people are watching.
  
• Jack Seale calls The Real Serpent: Investigating a Serial Killer a true crime documentary with a maddeningly evasive subject. 
• Richard Luscombe shares his thoughts on the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV about sexual and psychological abuse at the children's TV channel Nickelodeon.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano shares her ten favourite fictional crime movies and TV shows within other crime movies and TV shows.  
• Andrew Pulver ranks the so-called Ealing comedies of the 1940s and 1950s, many of which are heist and crime movies as well.
  
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1985 noir film After Hours.
  
• Tim Lewis interviews Theo James, star of The Gentlemen.
  
• Robert Lloyd interviews William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek, Keldor in Masters of the Universe; Revolution, the titular character in T.J. Hooker, Danny Crane in Boston Legal and many others. 
• Aaron Crouch interviews William Shatner.  
• Steve Vertlieb celebrates the 93rd birthday of William Shatner
  
• Vicki Power interviews David Harewood, who played J'onn J'onzz a.k.a. the Martian Manhunter in Supergirl and also appeared in The Night Manager, Homeland, Doctor Who, Hustle and many others.  
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Steve Martin, star of Only Murders in the Building, Pennies from Heaven, The Man With the Two Brains and many others.
  
• Michael Segalov interviews Ava DuVernay, director of A Wrinkle in Time and When They See Us. 
• Hannah Ellison-Peters reports about a flood of pro-government and Islamophobic Bollywood films.
  
• Kayleigh Dray wonders why so many people are rewatching older TV shows, particularly sitcoms, rather than watching new shows.
   

Comments on Drive-Away Dolls: 

• Alex Wallace calls Drive-Away Dolls good fun. 
• Alasdair Stuart calls Drive-Away Dolls a delightful mad-cap adventure with its heart on its sleeve and a penis cast in the boot.
  

Comments on Monkey Man:

• Mae Abdulbaki calls Monkey Man a thrilling and brutal action film with a lot of depth and heart.
• Watch a video of producer Jordan Peele praising Monkey Man.

 

Comments on Shogun: 

• Meredith Hobbs Coons shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Shogun. 
  
• Sam Barsanti shares his appreciation for the character of John Blackstone in Shogun.

 

Tributes to M. Emmet Walsh: 

• Actor M. Emmet Walsh, who appeared in Blade Runner, Knives Out, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona and many others has died aged 88.  
• Pat Saperstein shares an obituary for M. Emmet Walsh. 
• Peter Bradshaw remembers M. Emmet Walsh.

 

Awards:

• The winners and runners-up of the 2023 Deutscher Krimipreis have been announced,
• The  McDermid Debut Award has been launched. 
• The winners of the 2024 Spur Awards have been announced.
  
• The nominations for the 2024 Bafta TV Awards have been announced. 
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Laura R. Samotin explains what fanfiction can teach writers of original fiction.
  
• Lincoln Michel shares his appreciation for the short story form.
  
• Kira Peikoff shares a brief list of pitfalls to avoid when writing a thriller.
• Mike Glyer reports that several authors have dropped out of the horror anthology New Demons, fellowing allegations against one of the co-editors.
  
• Publishers Weekly reports that Patrick Hielsen Hayden will be promoted to Editor-at-Large for the Tor Publishing Group. 
• Jessica Gould reports that several children's books were found in the trash of a primary school in Staten Island, New York, after being marked as not approved.
  
• The American Library Association reports a record number of book challenges and censorship attempts in 2023

 

Interviews: 

• Peter Handel interviews Ken Bruen.
  
• Paul Burke interviews Tess Gerritsen.
  
• Lesa Holstine interviews Edith Maxwell a.k.a. Maddie Day.
  
• Tim Lewis interviews Reverend Richard Coles.
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Tony Kent.
  
• John Valeri interviews Chris Bohjalian. 
• Robert Justice interviews Amina Akhtar, 
• Frank Zafiro interviews Gabriel Valjan. 
• Stephen J. Golds interviews Michael J. Malone.
  
• Stephen J. Golds interviews Emma Flint.
• Stephen J. Golds interviews Meagan Lucas.
• Kate Thompson and K.D. Alden itnerviews each other.
  
  

Reviews:

• Mandie Griffiths reviews Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan 
• Tzer Island reviews Galway Confidential by Ken Bruen
  
• Seattle Book Mama reviews The Hunter by Tana French.
• Crime Book Girl reviews Crow Moon by Suzy Aspley.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Ghost Island by Max Seeck
  
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Savage Ridge by Morgan Greene
  
• BOLO Books reviews Everyone is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf. 
• Jen Lucas reviews Every Move You Make by C.L. Taylor
  
• Kristin Downer reviews Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner 
  
• Mary Picken reviews A Stranger In The Family by Jane Casey
• Publishers Weekly reviews Such a Lovely Family by Aggie Blum Thompson
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
• Jen Lucas reviews Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood 
  
• Mary Picken reviews Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood 
• Ray Palen reviews Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood
  
• Ryan Steck reviews End of Story by A.J. Finn. 
• Marilyn Brooks reviews Like It Never Happened by Jeff Hoffmann.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Keep Your Friends Close by Leah Konen
• Jeff Popple reviews Listen For the Lie by Amy Tintera.
• Aubrey Nye Hamilton reviews The Big Lie by Gabriel Valjan
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Burn by Anna Hackett 
• Kevin Tipple reviews Blaze! Spanish Gold by Ben Boulden 
• The Book Decoder reviews The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White
• Luke Harding reviews The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk 
• Ben Boulden reviews Top Secret Kill by James P. Cody 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Split by Kit Frick 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews The Murmurs by Michael J Malone 
  
• Jen Luas reviews The Book of Secrets by Anna Mazzola
  
• BOLO Books reviews The Last Verse by Caroline Frost.
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Speculations in Sin by Jennifer Ashley. 
• Sandra Martin reviews In Sunshine or in Shadow by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles 
  
• Mary Picken reviews Rodolfo Walsh’s Last Case by Elsa Drucaroff, translated by Slava Faybysh
• Beth Kanell reviews Murder at la Villette by Cara Black.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Murder On A Cornish Isle by Jo Silva 
• Matt Pechey reviews Murder at the College Library by Con Lehane 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder at the Blarney Bash by Darci Hannah and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Road to Murder by Camilla Trinchieri
• Aunt Agatha's reviews A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian.
• Marlene Harris reviews A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian.
• Publishers Weekly reviews A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
• Garrick Webster reviews Bird Spotting in a Small Town by Sophie Morton-Thomas 
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis   
• Roseanna Pendlebury reviews Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis    
• James Davis Nicoll reviews Small Gods of Calamity by Sam Kyung Yoo 
  
• Kirkus reviews Death Comes Too Late by Charles Ardai.
• Wes Browne reviews Negative Tilt by Bobby Mathews.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Three Fires by Denise Mina 
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1935 mystery Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1936 mystery Murder in the Family by James Ronald 
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1936 mystery Murder in the Family by James Ronald 
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1941 mystery Murder a la Mode by Eleanore Kelly Sellars
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 Nigel Strangeways mystery The Dreadful Hollow by Nicholas Blake
  
• Aunt Agatha's revisits the 1963 suspense novel The Trouble Makers by Celia Fremlin.
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1963 sleaze crime novel Vice Row by Fletcher Bennett. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1969 crime novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm by Gordon Williams.
  
• Jonathan Kellerman and Polly Stewart revisit the 1976 crime novel Ask for Me Tomorrow by Margaret Millar
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1977 Gervase Fen mystery The Glimpses of the Moon by Edmund Crispin 
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1998 non-fiction collection Speaking of Murder: Interviews with the Masters of Mystery and Suspense, edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg.

 

Con and event reports:

• East Coast Crime announces the schedule for ShortCon, a short mystery fiction convention in Aelxandria, Virginia.
  
• Mike Glyer shares the guest list and schedule for the  2024 Vintage Paperback Collectors Show & Sale in Glendale, California.

 

Research: 

• Crime Reads interviews Jason De León, an anthropologist researching human smuggling and illegal immigration.
• Maggie Thrash talks about the so-called Satanic panic of the 1980s and draws comparisons to modern conspiracy theories.  
• Esther Brownsmith shares some background on the Book of Esther and the Jewish holiday Purim. 

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Dark Denim" by Chad Lutzke in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Too Many Pieces" by Russell Thayer in Mystery Tribune.
• "Getting Away" by Zane Castillo in Mystery Tribune.
• "Eyes the Deepest Blue" by Stephen J. Golds in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "The Last Piece of Fried Chicken" by Nathan Pettigrew in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "Razor Blades" by David Milner in Punk Noir Magazine. 
• "Valuables" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for The Fall Guy. 
• Watch a trailer for Damaged. 
• Watch a trailer for The Penguin.