Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 22, 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 Criminal Minds Evolution, the new Presumed Innocent, Trigger Warning, The Bikeriders, Dark Matter, Civil War, Chinatown at fifty,, tributes to Donald Sutherland and Taylor Wily and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Molly Odintz lists her favourite historical crime novels of 2024 to date.
  
• Craig Sisterson lists thirteen crime writer from Australia and New Zealand to try.
• Paul French lists crime fiction set in Denver, Colorado. 
• Mary Horlock explains why islands are great settings for mysteries. 
• Martin Walker explains how climate change factors into his Dordogne mysteries.
  
• James Davis Nicoll lists five murder mysteries featuring SFF authors and fans 
• Alex Brown lists five underrated SFF mysteries. 
  
• Lynne and Valerie Constantine, who write as Liv Constantine, explain why they decided to write a sequel to their psychological thriller The Last Mrs. Parrish. 
• Sandy Ferber revisits the Man From U.N.C.L.E. tie-in novels. 
• Olivia Rutigliano shares a quiz to identify various femme fatales from classic crime novels. 
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Leslie Felperin calls Jade a pulpy action movie that harkens back to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s. 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Sleeping Dogs an over-the-top pulp-noir film.  
• Cindy White calls Thelma a sweet action comedy that spans the generational divide 
• Catherine Bray call A Gangster’s Kiss a sweary British crime comedy that goes to all the places you’d expect
  
• Cath Clarke calls The G an overcooked thriller and praises the performance of Dale Dickey. 
• Jack Seale calls Dead Calm: Killing in the Med? a gut-punch documentary about the deaths of more than 500 asylum seekers.
• Cath Clarke calls Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow a cosy animated eight-legged crime caper  
• Coco Khan interviews Suranne Jones, star of Vigil and Scott and Bailey and director of the documentary Investigating Witch Trials. 
  
• Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1969 biker movies The Sidehackers and Satan's Sadists
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1982 science fiction noir film Blade Runner. 
• Arturo Serrano revisits the 1985 dystopian noir movie Brazil
  
• Jarrod Jones revisits the 1998 multiverse crime drama Run, Lola, Run.  
• Keith Roysdon shares his appreciation for the Southern set crime B-movies of the 1970s. 
• Brian Grubb lists some shows on which he would love to see Jack Reacher appear. 
  
• The film critics of The Guardian share their saddest movie deaths.  
• Andrew Pulver reports that the world premiere of The Last Screenwriter, a movie allegedly entirely written by ChatGPT, in London, UK, has been cancelled, following a massive backlash.  

 

Comments on Criminal Minds Evolution:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on episode 3 of season 2 of Criminal Minds Evolution 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on episode 4 of season 2 of Criminal Minds Evolution..
  

 

Comments on the new Presumed Innocent:

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the first two episodes of the new Presumed Innocent and finds it excellent.
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the third episode of the new Presumed Innocent.
  

Comments on Trigger Warning:

• Benjamin Lee calls Trigger Warning a derivative yet watchable action film. 
• Courtney Howard calls Trigger Warning a mediocre neo-western.
  

 

Comments on The Bikeriders: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls The Bikeriders a potent ode to the violent lives of 1960s biker gangs
• Matt Schimkowitz calls The Bikeriders a wannabe outlaw film
  
• Ryan Gilbey interviews Jeff Nichols, director of The Bikeriders.
  

 

Comments on Dark Matter: 

• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Dark Matter.
• Brian D. Bradley shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Dark Matter.
  

 

Comments on Civil War:

• C.T. Phipps declares that Civil War has nothing really to say about any divisions in America today.
• Xan Brooks interviews Jesse Plemons, star of Civil War, Breaking Bad, USS Callister and many others. 

 

Comments on Chinatown at fifty: 

• Scott Tobias revisits the 1974 neo-noir movie Chinatown for its fiftieth anniversary. 
• Joshua M. Patton also revisits the Chinatown for its fiftieth anniversary.
  

 

Tributes to Donald Sutherland:

• Actor Donald Sutherland, star of The Dirty Dozen, Klute, Don't Look Now, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, The Great Train Robbery, The Hunger Games and many others, has died aged 88.
• Peter Bradshaw shares a tribute to Donald Sutherland.
• Mary Kate Carr remembers Donald Sutherland. 
• Cheryl Eddy remembers Donald Sutherland.
  
• Greg Whitmore shares photos from Donald Sutherland's lengthy career.

 

Tributes to Taylor Wily:

• Actor Taylor Wily, best known for playing Kamekona in Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I. and MacGuyver, has died aged 56. 
• Mary Kate Carr remembers Taylor Wily.
  

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2024 Gouden Strop and Schaduw Prijs have been announced.  
• The winner of the 2024 Goeken Prijs has also been announced.
  
• The shortlist for the 2024 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize has been announced.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Tim Waggoner shares some tips for keeping writing, even if you don't feel like it.
• D.V. Bishop explains how to keep an ongoing series fresh.   
• Isobel Shirlaw explains how she accidentally became a crime fiction writer.
• Charlie Jane Anders wishes there were more opportunities for writers to read their work. 
• Philip Athans explains how to reject rejections.
  
• Taylor Murray reports that the estate of the late Christopher Priest has donated two thousand books to a bookshop in Paisley, Scotland. 
• Paolo Zialcita reports that the beloved independent bookstore Tattered Cover in Denver, Colorado, has been sold to the chain Barnes & Noble. 
  

 

Interviews: 

• Nancie Clare interviews Rachel Howzell Hall. 
• Arunima Mazumdar interviews Alex Michaelides.
  
• Victoria Selman interviews J.M. Hewitt and Melanie Golding. 
• John B. Valeri interviews Riley Sager.  
• Jenny Bartoy interviews Henry Wise. 
• Marjorie Brennan interviews Jo Spain.
  
• Emiko Jean and Jamie Lee Sogn interview each other.
• Shane Whaley interviews Merle Nygate. 
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Rob Hart.
  
• Marshal Zeringue interviews Justine Pucella Winans.
  
  

Reviews:

• Kevin Tipple reviews Clete by James Lee Burke  
• Janet Webb reviews  Pitch Dark by Paul Doiron
• Jen Lucas reviews In A Place of Darkness by Stuart MacBride
  
• Matt Pechey reviews A Killing at the Creek by Nancy Allen 
• Paul Burke reviews Bay of Thieves by Megan Davis 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Suspect by Rob Rinder
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Hero She Craves by Anna Hackett
• Jen Lucas reviews Boys Who Hurt by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb 
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Jack & I by Laury A Egan
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Unwedding by Ally Condie
  
• Kevin Tipple reviews The Havana Run by Ace Atkins 
• Mike Parker reviews Don’t Let The Devil Ride by Ace Atkins
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer  
  
• Marion Deeds reviews Upgrade by Blake Crouch 
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Vengeance by Saima Mir   
• Jen Lucas reviews Redemption by Jack Jordan
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Death in the Details by Kate Tietjen
• Lesa Holstine reviews A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Queen Of Poisons by Robert Thorogood
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews A Clock Stopped Dead by J.M. Hall
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Twinkle of Trouble by Daryl Wood Gerber and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Come Shell or High Water by Molly McRae.
   
  

Classics reviews:

• Curtis Evans revisits the 1928 Hercule Poirot mystery The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1932 mystery The Maze by Philip Macdonald  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1934 mystery The Howling Beast by Noel Vindry, translated by John Pugmire
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1959 suspense novel Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin.
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1967 Charmian Daniels police procedural A Different Kind of Summer by Jennie Melville a.k.a. Gwendoline Butler.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1969 gothic romance Dark of the Moon by Dan Ross. 
• Victoria Silverwood revisits the 1969 science fiction mystery Deathstar Voyage by Ian Wallace.
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1974 suspense novel One O’ Clock at the Gotham by Rae Foley 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1975 mystery The Matter of Paradise by Brown Meggs,
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 1990 Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery Evil at the Root by Bill Crider 
• E.K. Sathue revisits the 1991 thriller American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1991 Brother Cadfael historical mystery The Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 1997 Detective John Corey mystery Plum Island by Nelson DeMille
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 2005 Detective Galileo mystery The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith and Elye J. Alexander.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Joy Kluver looks ahead at the upcoming Murder and Mayhem event at the West Barnes Library in New Malden, UK, featuring Biba Pearce and Graham Bartlett 
• Ayo Onatade shares a sneak peak at the Bloody Scotland crime fiction festival in Stirling, Scotland. 
• Martin Edwards discusses some library crime fiction events he did in the UK.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne, a surrealist audio drama by Foxbot Media, is looking for funding.

 

Research: 

• Hannah Citchlow discusses whether traumatic memories can be inherited from one's ancestors. 
• Matthew Clark talks about the impact of lab-grown diamonds 
• Keza MacDonald reports about some recent controversies in the video game sphere and notes that the toxic online misogyny of Gamergate is back, if it ever went away.  
• Robert Lloyd shares a brief history of Bedlam hospital.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Mob Mentality" by James Patrick Focarile in Shotgun Honey.
  
• "Turn Left, Alice" by Anika K. Clausen in Mystery Tribune.
• "Planes, Trains, and Attempted Suicide" by Eric Esquivel in Punk Noir Magazine 
  
• "Pilot Error" by David Milner in Punk Noir Magazine  
• "No Trucks" by Keith Roysdon in Punk Noir Magazine  
• "Confession" by Doug M. Dawson in Punk Noir Magazine
  
• "Breathe" by Michael Downing in Punk Noir Magazine 
• "Redhead" by William Kitcher in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "Murder at the Oasis" by David S. Pederson in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
  

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Lady in the Lake.
• Watch a trailer for The Penguin.