Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 6, 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 Ripley, Sugar, Parish, Monkey Man, Renegade Nell, Civil War, The Regime, Shogun, trouble inside Disney's board of directors, tributes to Maryse Condé, Louis Gossett Jr. and Barbara Rush and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Molly Odintz shares her favourite psychological thrillers coming out in April. 
  
• Crossexamining Crime looks back on the many times the crime and mystery genre was declared dead.
  
• Sydney Leigh shares seven upcoming modern cozies.
  
• Freya Sampson lists eight of the most unlikely amateur sleuths in mystery fiction. 
• Nadia Khomani shates her five favourite psychological thrillers by women.
  
• Ron Corbett shares five thrilling tales of revenge. 
• Sarah Zachrich Jeng shares her favourite thrillers about toxic relationships.
  
• L.K. Bowen shares thrillers about marriages gone bad.
• Molly Odintz shares six mysteries about translators and interpreters.
  
• Harry Dolan shares five great murder mysteries set in college towns. 
• Ali Lowe shares her six favourite campus crime novels.
  
• Carter Wilson talks about why he wrote a thriller set in the 1980s. 
• Crossexamining Crime ranks 31 mysteries published in 1937. 
  
• Crossexamining Crime ranks the mysteries of Edmund Crispin.
• Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé has died aged 90. 
• Leila Slimani remembers Maryse Condé.

Film and TV:

• Rebecca Nicholson calls the missing person TV-series Tracker a daft Sherlock with more topless scenes 
  
• Leslie Felperin calls Til Death Do Us Part a strange, silly action movie
  
• Leslie Felperin calls We 12 a delightfully goofy Hong Kong action caper
• Olivia Rutigliano shares her thoughts on The Beekeeper, Argylle, Late Night With the Devil and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
  
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer.
  
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Manhunt. 
• Dan Persons shares his thoughts on The Curse. 
  
• Ellen E. Jones shares her thoughts on the true crime documentary Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer
• Jarrod Jones lists thirteen unusual revenge thrillers. 
• Hilton Reed shares twelve thrillers focussed on families in danger. 
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1954 crime movie On the Waterfront. 
• Maisie Williams revisits the 2010 crime drama Sherlock.
  
• Rachel Simon looks back on the shocking death of the character Will Gardner in the legal drama The Good Wife.
• Rachel Dickinson reports about Thistle Hill Weavers in Cherry Valley, New York, a small textile mill specialising in historically accurate fabrics for movies and TV shows.  
• Tom Ambrose reports about the decline of the British soap opera Coronation Street. 
   

Comments on Sugar: 

• Todd Lazarski calls Sugar a sun-washed neo-noir. 
• Shane Ryan declares that Sugar checks some noir boxes but falls short of greatness
  
• Lucy Mangan calls Sugar a disaster of a private detective drama.
  

 

Comments on Ripley: 

• Luke Buckmaster calls Ripley a super-stylish reinvention of the classic sociopath. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Ripley a scintillating and noirish adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's classic novel and calls the performance of Andrew Scott spellbinding.
• Matt Schimkovitz calls Ripley the best Talented Mr. Ripley adaptation yet 
• Olivia Rutigliano declares that Andrew Scott is unforgettable as a sociopathic Ripley in the eponymous series. 

 

Comments on Parish:

• Todd Lazarski calls Parish an overly familiar crime drama. 
• io9 interviews Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian and the titular character in Parish.
  

 

Comments on Renegade Nell: 

• Lucy Mangan calls Renegade Nell beyond brilliant and praises the performance of Louisa Harland. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on series 1 of Renegade Nell.
  
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on Renegade Nell. 
• Diana Keng also shares episode by episode reviews of Renegade Nell.

 

Comments on Monkey Man:

• Germain Lussier calls Monkey Man an unforgettable, can't-miss action movie marvel
• Peter Bradshaw calls Monkey Man an ultraviolent Mumbai revenge flick 
• Matthew Jackson calls Monkey Man an unfairly good directorial debut
  

 

Comments on Civil War: 

• Ellen E. Jones interviews Alex Garland, director of Civil War.
• Charlotte Gallagher interviews Kirsten Dunst, one of the stars of Civil War. 
  
• Germain Lussier shares a map of the United States as it is divided in Civil War.

 

Comments on The Regime: 

• Manuel Betancourt shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Regime. 
• Hattie Lindert declares that The Regime isn’t perfect, but its score just might be.
  

 

Comments on Shogun:

• Meredith Hobbs Coons shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Shogun. 
  
• Saloni Gajjar points out that the female characters are stealing the show in Shogun.

 

Comments on the struggle inside the Disney board of directors: 

• Edward Helmore reports about the struggle for control of Disney's board of directors. 
• Callum Jones reports that Bob Iger has won the struggle for control of the Disney board of director against Nelson Peltz.
  

 

Tributes to Louis Gossett Jr: 

• Actor Louis Gossett Jr, who appeared in Enemy Mine, An Officer and a Gentleman, Roots, The Punisher, The Powers of Matthew Starr, Toy Soldiers, The Deep, Watchmen, the Iron Eagle movies, Firewalker and many others, has died aged 87.
  
• Maya Yang shares an obituary for Louis Gossett Jr. 
• Michael Carlson shares an obituary for Louis Gossett Jr.
  
• Andrew Lawrence shares a tribute to Louis Gossett Jr. 
• Will Haywood, writer and cousin of Louis Gossett Jr, remembers him. 
• J. Kingston Pierce remembers Louis Gossett Jr.
  
• The Guardian shares photos of Louis Gossett Jr.'s lengthy career.

 

Tributes to Barbara Rush: 

• Actress Barbara Rush, best known for her appearances in When Worlds Collide, It Came From Outer Space, Batman, Peyton Place, Flamingo Road and many others, has died aged 97.  
• Anita Gates remembers Barbara Rush. 
• Ronald Bergan shares an obituary for Barbara Rush.

 

Awards:

• The winner of the 2024 Spotted Owl Award has been announced.
• The finalists for the 2024 Derringer Award have been announced.
  

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Ryan Chapman shares one hundred tips that may (or may not) improve your next novel
  
• Ash Clifton shares tips for writing a great setting.
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki wonders whether a writer's identity matters to the editor.
• James Beamon talks about editorial humor. 
• Kester Brewin explains why he added an AI transparency statement to his latest book and why other authors should do the same. 
  
• Adam Morgan talks about the collapse of Small Press Distribution and the consequences for small presses.

 

Interviews: 

• Nick Kolakowski interviews Don Winslow.
  
• Scott Simon interviews Don Winslow. 
• Lorraine Lopez interviews Teresa Dovalpage.
  
• Lucy Knight interviews Holly Jackson.
• Sarah Moorhead interviews Stuart Turton.  
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interviews Harriet Tyce. 
• S.J. Rozan and John Shen Yen Nee interview each other.
• Lisa Haselton interviews Dana King. 
• Lisa Haselton interviews Phyllis Gobbell.
  
• Stephen J. Golds interviews Joseph Knox.
• Stephen J. Golds interviews Andrew Miller.
  
• Stephen J. Golds interviews Justin Lee.
  
  

Reviews:

• Mandie Griffiths reviews Dark Rooms by Lynda La Plante
• Lesa Holstine reviews Home Fires by Claire Booth
  
• BOLO Books reviews Molten Death by Leslie Karst. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy
  
• Mary Picken reviews Crow Moon by Suzy Aspley
• Janet Webb reviews The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Hollow Tree by Philip Miller
  
• Mary Picken reviews Leave No Trace by Jo Callaghan 
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Fadeaway Joe by Hugh Lessig
  
• BOLO Books reviews What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Other Lola by Ripley Jones
  
• BOLO Books reviews She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica. 
• Blue Book Ballon reviews Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark  
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Mind of a Murderer by Michael Wood
  
• Jen Lucas reviews The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly.
• Jen Lucas reviews The House of Mirrors by Erin Kelly.
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Red Hollow by Natalie Marlow 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Skeleton Army by Alis Hawkins
  
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Sulphur Springs Cure by Jeffrey Round 
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Women Of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Murder Marks the Page by Karen Rose Smith, 
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Off the Air by Christina Estes. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson 
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Three Fudges and a Baby by Nancy Coco. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Deep Fried Death by Maddie Day and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Marlene Harris reviews A Cast of Falcons by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Rhythm and Clues by Olivia Blacke, 
• Paul Di Filippo reviews The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow  
  
• Mary Picken reviews  The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
• Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews  The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
• Lesa Holstine reviews Murder She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran 
  
• Dave Bradley reviews Razor Country by Nicholas Wagner
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1933 mystery Murder in Full Flight by Marcus Magill a.k.a. Joanna Elder Giles and Brian Hill.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1941 mystery The Man Who Could Not Shudder by John Dickson Carr 
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1947 Abercrombie Lewker and Althea Vanritter mystery Hammer Island by Showell Styles a.k.a. Glyn Carr
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1948 Inspector Heinrich mystery I Want to Go Home by Frances and Richard Lockridge  
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1949 mystery The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
  
• M. Porcius revisits the 1956 Michael Gray mystery The Murder of Eleanor Pope by Henry Kuttner 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1956 Inspector Blampignon mystery A Telegram from Le Touquet by John Bude  
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1971 mystery The Dancing Man by P.M. Hubbard.
  
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 humorous crime novel The Gravy Train Hit by Curtis Stevens
• Kellye Garrett and Polly Stewart revisit the 1994 Tamara Hayle mystery When Death Comes Stealing by Valerie Wilson Wesley.  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 2001 Martin Collins thriller The Colonel by Patrick A. Davis.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2010 Mervyn Stone mystery Geek Tragedy by Nev Fountain
   
  

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade shares the program for the 2024 CrimeFest in Bristol, UK. 
  
• Ayo Onatade shares the program for the 2024 Capital Crime Festival in London, UK.
  
• Ella Creamer reports that the literary festival Aye Write and its children-focussed sister festival Wee Write in Glasgow, Scotland, had to be cancelled due to lack of funding.  
• Ella Creamer reports that the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, has announced a relaunch, following boycott threats because of a controversial sponsor.
  

 

Research: 

• M.J. Rose talks about the most outrageous jewellery heists of the past century.
  
• Kaaron Warren talks about John Wayne Glover, Australia's so-called "granny killer", a serial active in the 1980s, and how his victims were dismissed as "grannies", merely because they were elderly.
  
• David Pierson reports about the murder of Lin Qi, the Chinese billionaire who held the TV rights to 3 Body Problem, by Xu Yao, a former executive in his company. 
• Annabelle Tometich recounts how her mother found herself arrested after shooting out someone's car window over a dispute over mangos. 
• Chris Godfrey interviews David Bonney, the last person in the UK jailed for daring to be gay while serving in the Royal Air Force. 
• E. Fabres recounts how he absconded with a Rodin sculpture from a museum of Santiago de Chile, Chile. 
• Kalyn Womack reports about the execution of Michael Dewayne Smith in Oklohoma and his unusual last words.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Upper Class Outlaw" by Noah Abner Bowen in Punk Noir Magazine.
• "Empty Chain" by Fred Shrum III in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "As It Ever Was" by Sheldon Birnie in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "Heads I Win, Tails You Die" by Sloan Richman in Mystery Tribune.
• "Bingo" by Robert Sumner in Mystery Tribune.
• "Home to Roost" by Zakariah Johnson in Tough.  
• "Had No Truck" by David Fowler in Shotgun Honey.
• "Sam's Boring Date" by Patrick Whitehurst in Guilty.
  

 

Trailers and videos:

• Watch a trailer for Boy Kills World.
• Watch a trailer for Daed Boy Detectives.