Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 29, 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 Dark Matter, Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials, tributes to Donald Sutherland and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week. 
• Molly Odintz shares her favourite debut crime novels coming out in June 2024.
  
• Molly Odintz shares the best psychological thrillers coming out in June. 
• Crime Reads shares the best reviewed crime novels of 2024.
  
• Dianne Freeman shares her favourite fictional French detectives. 
• Mary Keliikoa shares eight great workplace thrillers. 
• Olivia Rutigliano talks about highly educated detectives in crime fiction.
  
• Flynn Berry shares his favourite novels about amateur spies.
  
• Tasha Coryell wonders why so many women are attracted to bad men. 
• Daniel Sellers talks about twists in crime fiction. 
• Kent Wascom shares a neo-western reading list.
  
• Sam Siciliano talks about Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin.
• Molly Templeton talks about the joy of reading books you don't entirely understand. 
  
• SFWA remembers John Maddox Roberts. 
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Olivia Rutigliano lists the best incompetent detectives in film and TV.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls Freelance the kind of pulpy action-comedy Arnie used to make
  
• Leslie Felperin calls The Last Breath a solid shark-meets-shipwreck thriller 
• Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on the Danish crime drama The Sommerdahl Murders
• Victoria Lucas revisits the 1969 crime comedy The Maltese Bippy.
  
• Justin Carter revisits the 1989 Batman movie. 
• Zoe Williams interviews Stellan Skarsgård, star of Thor, The Avengers, What Remains, Nightwatch, Dune and many others.   
• Will Harris interviews Marc Singer, star of V, Beastmaster and Agent Recon.
• Melody McCune interviews Don Mike who plays Omar in Hotel Cocaine. 
• Max Gao interviews Jared Padalecki, star of Walker and Supernatural.
  
• Emine Saner interviews Anthony Michael Hall, star of Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Edward Scissorhands, The Dead Zone, Trigger Warning, Reacher and others.  
• Canadian director Erik Canuel, best known for Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Transplant, Ransom, Flashpoint and The Hunger, has died aged 63.
  
• Actor and surfer Tamayo Perry, best known for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Hawaii Five-O and Blue Crush, has died in a shark attack aged 49. 
• Actor Tony Lo Bianco, best known for his appearances in French Connection, God Told Me To and The Honeymoon Killers, has died aged 87.
• Actor Bill Cobbs, who appeared in The Bodyguard, New Jack City, Demolition Man, Night at the Museum, Cotton Club and many others, has died aged 90.  

 

Comments on Dark Matter: 

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

 

Comments on Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials:

• Lucy Mangan declares that the misogyny on display in the documentary Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials will make you want to smash furniture
  
• Coco Khan interviews Suranne Jones, star of Vigil and Scott and Bailey and director of the documentary Investigating Witch Trials.

 

Tributes to Donald Sutherland:

• Ronald Bergan shares an obituary for Donald Sutherland. 
• The Guardian shares tributes to Donald Sutherland from co-stars, directors and other film industry professionals.
  
• Mike Barnes and Duane Byrge remember Donald Sutherland.
• Cheryl Eddy lists ten memorable science fiction, fantasy and horror roles of Donald Sutherland.

 

Awards:

• The longlist for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize has been announced. 
• The finalists for the 2024 Shamus Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2024 Colorado Book Awards have been announced.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Caitlin Shetterly discusses different ways writers get in the mood to write.
  
• A.A. Chaudhuri talks about the importance of strong characterisation  
• Deborah Copaken explains how to prevent Meta from stealing your data to train their AI systems. 
  
• Ashley Belanger reports that the Internet Archive will be required to remove 500000 books following a lawsuit brought forwards by several publishing companies.
  
• David Barnett introduces some of his favourite independent bookstores in the UK.
• Aida Edemariam discusses the important role that British libraries fulfil for their communities.

 

Interviews: 

• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Michael Robotham and M.W. Craven
  
• Peter Handel interviews Peter Swanson.
• Ayo Onatade interviews Kia Abdullah.
  
• Garrick Webster interviews Tracy Buchanan 
• Nick Kolakowski interviews Rob Hart. 
• E.B. Davis interviews Molly MacRae.
• Lynette Rice interviews Blake Crouch.
• The Guardian interviews Daniel Handler a.k.a. Lemony Snicket.
  
  

Reviews:

• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Hangman Island by Kate Rhodes 
• Noelle Holton reviews The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven.
  
• Sharon Richardson reviews The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham 
• Claire Matturo reviews Clete by James Lee Burke.
• Kirkus reviews What Fire Brings by Rachel Howzell Hall. 
  
• Kirkus reviews All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart
  
• Janet Webb reviews Trust Her by Flynn Berry 
• Carolyn Scott reviews Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow by Mary Keliikoa 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Tell Me Who You Are by Louisa Luna
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews A Lonesome Place for Dying by Nolan Chase
  
• Matt Pechey reviews A Wolf in the Woods by Nancy Allen  
• Yvonne Klein reviews From Sweetgrass Bridge by Anthony Bidulka.
  
• Rod Miller reviews Middletide by Sarah Crouch.  
• Jen Lucas reviews Midnight by Amy McCulloch
  
• Matt Pechey reviews Big Medicine by Joseph Flynn 
• Oline H. Cogdill reviews One Deadly Eye by Randy Wayne White. 
• Oline H. Cogdill reviews Blood in the Cut by Alejandro Nodarse
  
• Heather Fitt reviews Redemption by Jack Jordan. 
• Jen Lucas reviews Hush Little Baby by Joanna Barnard  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Better Must Come by Desmond Hall
  
• Bruce DeSilva reviews Farewell Amethystine by Walter Mosley.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Curse Of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong  
• Marlene Harris reviews A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear 
• Fabienne Schwizer reviews A Poisoner’s Tale by Cathryn Kemp
  
• Swirl and Thread reviews The Bedlam Cadaver by Robert J. Lloyd
• Jen Lucas reviews The Abandoned by Sharon Thompson
  
• Tzer Island reviews Shanghai by Joseph Kanon
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Paris Affair by Maureen Marshall
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder by Dianne Freeman. 
• Aunt Agatha's reviews An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder by Dianne Freeman.
• Mandie Griffiths reviews The Appeal by Janice Hallett
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross
  
• Dean Jobb reviews Shadow Men: The Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America by James Polchin,
  
• Darrell Hartman reviews A Gentleman and a Thief  by Dean Jobb
  
• Martin Edwards reviews The Drummond Affair by Stephanie Matthews and Daniel Smith  
   
  

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1961 crime novel Term of Trial by James Barlow.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1962 suspense novel The Evil Wish by Jean Potts.
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1976 The Marksman men's adventure novel Bloody Sunday by Frank Scarpetta 
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1992 Robert Amiss mystery Clubbed to Death by Ruth Dudley Edwards
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Joy Kluver reports about the latest Murder and Mayhem crime fiction event at the West Barnes Library in New Malden, UK, featuring Biba Pearce and Graham Bartlett.
• Lesa Holstine reports about a mystery event featuring Connie Berry and Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus, Ohio.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

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

 

Research: 

• Gaspar Gonzales recalls the sensational murder trial of Candace Mossler and Melvin Lane Powers for the murder of Candace's husband Jacques Mossler.
• Dean Jobb recounts a memorable evening that Edward, Prince of Wales, spent with jewel thief Arthur Berry in 1924. 
• James Polchin talks about con artists who preyed on gay men in the early twentieth century.
  
• Annalee Newitz points out that the most troubling part of the hacking of the cheating site Ashley Madison in 2015 is that the entire site was a scam, where men flirted with chatbots pretending to be women. 
  
• Ellery Lloyd explains how the fascination with ancient Egypt influenced British country houses.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Locked Room Mystery" by Vincent Casaregola in Mystery Tribune. 
• "My Obsession" by Daniel G. Snethen in Punk Noir Magazine 
  
• "The Man in the Margins" by Ute Orgassa in Punk Noir Magazine
• "Brains" by Shane Joaquin Jimenez in Punk Noir Magazine 
• "The Go-to Girl" by Glen Bush in Punk Noir Magazine 
  
• "Local Knowledge" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. 
• "One Foot in Front of the Other" by John Teel in Shotgun Honey.
  

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Heretic. 
• Watch a trailer for Batman: Caped Crusader.