Crime Fiction Links of the Week for September 21, 2024
Crime fiction in general:
- Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Laura Wilson shares a round-up of her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Molly Odintz shares international crime novels coming out this September.
- Kelsey Rae Dimberg shares crime novels with multiple narrators.
- Olivia Rutigliano talks about visualising the detecttion process.
- Barbara Gayle Austin shares six great thrillers about hidden bodies.
- Julia Dahl shares her favourite crime novels inspired by the authors' home towns.
- P.J. Tracy explains why she changed the setting of her crime series.
- Sofie Kelly lists mysteries featuring librarian sleuths.
- Allison Brook shares her favourite cozy mysteries featuring weddings.
- Marcie Rendon talks about writing about the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women in crime fiction.
- Steph Post talks about the missing and absent women in nineteenth and early twentieth century adventure fiction and SFF.
- A.E. Gauntlett shares his appreciation for the Inspector Maigret mysteries by Georges Simenon.
- Lisa Q. Mathews recounts her time as an editor for the Nancy Drew YA mystery series.
- Garrick Webster shares ten of the best crime and mystery board games
- Crime fiction and thriller writer Nelson DeMille has died aged 81.
Film and TV:
- Joel Snape discusses how Rebel Ridge is reinventing the action movie
- Jarrod Jones asks people not to underestimate the surprisingly sharp Matlock reboot
- Devan Suber calls Murder In A Small Town a decidedly cozy police procedural
- Peter Bradshaw calls Greedy People a bizarrely Coenesque crime caper
- Lucy Mangan calls Nightsleeper an almost laughably abysmal thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Goldman Case a gripping French courtroom drama with a chaotic energy
- Catherine Bray calls The Island a noir-adhacent thriller set in the Greek Mediterranean.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Strange Darling a grisly but audacious serial-killer horror thriller outside the comfort zone
- Lara Rosales shares her appreciation for the character of Maddie Buckley from 9-1-1.
- Diana Keng lists five spin-off series which surpassed their parent shows.
- Nick Kolakowski shares his favourite crime and noir movies with supernatural elements.
- Keith Roysdon revisits the 1951 crime movie Storm Warning.
- Fiona Moore revisits the 1969 horror movie Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and the 1969 heist movie The Italian Job
- Steven T. Doyle recounts the difficulties to get the 1976 Sherlock Homes movie The Seven Percent Solution made.
- Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 1988 caper film A Fish Called Wanda.
- Empire interviews James Cameron, director of Aliens, The Terminator, Avatar, True Lies, Titanic and others.
- Screenwriter Jude Tindall, who worked on Father Brown, Shakespeare and Hathaway and the Sister Boniface Mysteries among others, has died.
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Comments on The Perfect Couple:
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel calls The Perfect Couple a decent mystery with an enjoyable cast.
- Hollie Richardson wonders whether the odd dance title sequence of The Perfect Couple is the worst TV title sequence currently.
- K.J. Yossman and Marc Malkin report that the cast of The Perfect Couple was not happy with the dance sequence and tried to veto it.
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Katie Ward shares the writing advice she received from the late Hilary Mantel.
- Charlie Jane Anders shares ten literary novels that made her a better science fiction writer.
- Maya Kaathryn Bonhoff shares tips for hiring an editor.
- Draft2Digital shares the results of a survey where they asked their users about licensing their books for AI training purposes.
- Victoria Strauss warns that the controversial publishing Shawline Publishing has rebranded as New Found Books, but continues to be problematic.
- Brittany Hobson reports about the crime fiction specialty bookstore Whodunnit in Winnipeg, Canada.
Interviews:
- Lee Child and Richard Osman interviews each other.
- Paul Burke interviws Abir Mukherjee.
- Elise Dumpleton interviews Julia Dahl.
- The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Gareth Rubin.
- Garrick Webster interviews Patricia Wolf.
- Tara Laskowski interviews Josh Pachter.
- The Cops and Writers Podcast interviews Marique Bartoldus.
Reviews:
- Mandie Griffiths reviews The Acapulco by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward
- Mary Picken reviews The Black Loch by Peter May
- Grab This Book reviews The Black Loch by Peter May
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Under The Surface by Diana Urban
- Lesa Holstine reviews Ashes Never Lie by Lee Goldberg
- Sharon Richardson reviews Ocean Drive by Sam Wiebe
- Jen Lucas reviews The Torments by Michael J. Malone
- Mary Picken reviews The Torments by Michael J. Malone
- Jen Lucas reviews Living Is A Problem by Doug Johnstone
- Lesa Holstine reviews I Dreamed of Falling by Julia Dahl
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Wordhunter by Stella Sands
- Jen Lucas reviews In Safe Hands by J.P. Carter
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Reunion by M. J. Arlidge and Steph Broadribb
- Grab This Book reviews The Reunion by M. J. Arlidge and Steph Broadribb
- Marlene Harris reviews Fury Brothers: Take by Anna Hackett
- Aunt Agatha's reviews Run by Matthew Becker.
- Judith Sullivan reviews A Drowning Tide by Sarah Lawton
- Alex Preston reviews Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Alaska Sanders Affair by Joël Dicker
- Kevin Tipple reviews The Mojito Coast by Richard Helms
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards
- Aunt Agatha's reviews Death by Misadventure by Tasha Alexander.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews A Killer Clue by Victoria Gilbert
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death Scene by Carol J. Perry and tries a recipe from the book.
- Janet Webb reviews We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
- Lesa Holstine reviews We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
Classics reviews:
- Polly Stewart and Rebecca Makkai revisit the 1903 crime novel The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1935 mystery The Great Hotel Murder by Vincent Starrett.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1940 mystery The Man in the Moonlight by Helen McCloy.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1949 Captain Heimrich police procedural Spin Your Web, Lady! by Richard and Frances Lockridge
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1961 suspense novel A Friend of Mary Rose by Elizabeth Fenwick
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1963 mystery The Make-Believe Man by Elizabeth Fenwick
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1967 Joe Bain mystery The Pleasant Grove Murders by John Holbrook Vance a.k.a. Jack Vance.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 2012 Mr Monk mystery Mr Monk is a Mess by Lee Goldberg
Con and event reports:
- Ali Karim shares some information about the 2025 Bouchercon in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Ali Karim reports about the launch event for One of Us Is Dead by Peter May in Nantwich, UK.
- Martin Edwards reports about the dedication of a memorial plaque for mystery writer E.C.R. Lorac on her former home in Aughton, Lancashire, UK.
Research:
- Brian Krebs talks about "The Com", an online forum for cybercriminals.
- Philip Oltermann discusses the life and career of Pierre Goldman, French would-be revolutionary and bank robber.
- Sam Levin reports that days before a scheduled execution in South Carolina, a witness came forward to state that the condemned man is innocent.
- Sam Levin reports that South Carolina executed the man anyway, in spite of evidence for his innocence.
- Ed Pilkington reports that Texas is about to execute a man for a crime that never occurred, based on discredited science.
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