Crime Fiction Links of the Week for October 5, 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 season 4 of Slow Horses, season 4 of Only Murders in the Building, Joan, Hold Your Breath, It's What's Inside, Joker: Folie á Deux, The Penguin, the Baby Reindeer defamation lawsuit, tributes to Maggie Smith and Kris Kristofferson and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.  
• Criminal Element share their most anticipated crime novels for October 2024. 
• Alison Flood shares her favourite recent crime novels. 
• Molly Odintz lists upcoming true crime books in translation.
  
• Charlie Jane Anders wonders where genres come from.  
• Ryan Britt lists seven James Bond novel better than any of the movies. 
  
• Erin Britton shares five spooky mysteries to enjoy for Halloween.
  
• A.E. Goldin explains how he came to write the historical mystery Murder in Constantinople 
• Keith Donohue talks about the inspiration behind his fantasy mystery The Girl in the Bog. 
• Rose Carlyle talks about the inspiration behind her latest crime novel No One Will Know.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano wonders if Robert Louis Stevenson based The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on the real life murder case of  Eugène Chantrelle who murdered his wife Elizabeth in 1877.
• Angela Watercutter and Gabriel Leão report about the impact that the banning of Twitter in Brazil had on many online fandoms, because many fan accounts are run by Brazilian users.
  

  

Film and TV: 

• Melissa Boles declares that High Potential is perfect for fans of Brooklyn-Nine-Nine.
• RaMell Ross calls Nickel Boys an intensely moving story of a racist reform school
• Rachel Aroesti calls Where's Wanda? thrilling, poignant and funny 
• Natalia Keogan calls It's What's Inside a funny horror whodunnit. 
  
• Leslie Felperin calls Die Before You Die a buried-alive survival thriller 
• LaToya Ferguson, who dislikes standard police procedurals, declares that season 2 of Found elevates the police procedural concept and has an intriguing premise. 
• Garrick Webster looks ahead at season 5 of the German crime drama Der Usedom Krimi, which is inexplicably known as Nordic Murders in the UK.
  
• Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on the latest season of Unsolved Mysteries. 
  
• Peter Bradshaw calls Children of the Cult a fierce documentary about sexual abuse survivors of the Bhagwan cult. 
• Lara Rosales shares her appreciation for the character of Olivia Benson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. 
• Rebecca Lewis interviews Pauley Perrette, best known for playing Abby Sciuto in NCIS.
  
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1954 crime drama An Inspector Calls.
  
• Actor Drake Hogestyn, best known for playing John Black in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, has died aged 70. 
• Actor John Amos, best known for his appearances in Die Hard 2, The Beastmaster, Good Times and Roots, has died aged 85.
• Actor John Ashton, best known for his appearances in Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run, has died aged 76. 

Comments on season 4 of Slow Horses: 

• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Slow Horses.
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Slow Horses.
  

 Comments on season 4 of Only Murders in the Building: 

• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Only Murders in the Building. 
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Only Murders in the Building.  
• Watch a trailer for the fictional Only Murders in the Building movie from season 4.
  

 

Comments on Joan: 

• Lucy Mangan calls Joan a wild true story of a rags-to-riches jewel thief 
• Caroline Siede declares that Sophie Turner finally enters her grown-up era with Joan. 
• Lacy Baugher Milas declares that despite Sophie Turner’s best efforts, Joan isn’t as much fun as it should be
  

 

Comments on Hold Your Breath:

• Benjamin Lee calls Hold Your Breath a scattered 1930s set horror thriller. 
• Natalia Keogan calls Hold Your Breath an eerie but inconsistent 1930s set thriller.

 

Comments on It's What's Inside: 

• Natalia Keogan calls It's What's Inside a funny horror whodunnit. 
• Germain Lussier calls It’s What’s Inside a wonderfully messed up science fiction mystery that’s one of the year’s best films

 

Comments on Joker: Folie à Deux: 

• Germain Lussier calls Joker: Folie à Deux an anti-sequel that pretends to be great, but never is
  
• Jason Gorber declares that in Joker: Folie à Deux, the joke is definitely on you 
• Jim Veyvoda interviews Todd Phillips, director of Joker and Joke: Folie a Deux. 
  

 

Comments on The Penguin: 

• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.

 

Comments on the defamation lawsuit over Baby Reindeer:

• William Hughes repports that a judge has refused to throw out the defamation lawsuit by Fiona Harvey against Netflix for the stalking drama Baby Reindeer.
• Sian Cain reports that the main issue that judge has cited is that Netflix billed Baby Reindeer as a true story, even though many parts of Fiona Harvey's story were fictionalised.
  

 

Tributes to Maggie Smith:

• Dame Maggie Smith, star of Gosford Park, the Harry Potter movies, Downton Abbey, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Sister Act, Hook, Room With a View, Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, Murder by Death and many others, has died aged 89.
  
• Peter Bradshaw remembers Maggie Smith.
• Nicholas Hytner remembers Maggie Smith. 
• Mark Lawson remembers Maggie Smith. 
• Michael Palin remembers Maggie Smith
• Mike Newell remembers Maggie Smith. 
• Gareth Neame, producer of Downton Abbey, remembers Maggie Smith.
  
• Ol Parker remembers Maggie Smith. 
• Mary Kate Carr remembers Maggie Smith.
  
• Michael Coveney shares an obituary for Maggie Smith. 
• William Hughes shares tributes to Maggie Smith by several Harry Potter actors.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano remembers Maggie Smith's roles in crime movies and murder mysteries.
  
• Peter Bradshaw ranks his twenty favourite of Maggie Smith's many movies.
  
• The Guardian shares photos from Maggie Smith's lengthy career.
  

 

Tributes to Kris Kristofferson:

• Singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kirstofferson, who appeared in Convoy, A Star Is Born, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Blade, Planet of the Apes and many others, has died aged 88.  
• Peter Bradshaw remembers Kris Kristofferson.
  
• Matt Schimkowitz shares an obituary for Kris Kristofferson.
  
• The Guardian shares photos from Kirs Kristofferson's lengthy career.

 

Awards:

• The winner of the 2024 Glass Bell Award has been announced. 

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Joy Kluver talks about the importance of giving characters backstory.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about the different types of writers' block.
  
• Steph Post talks about the magic of bookbinding. 
• Palak Jayswal reports that Brandon Sanderson is planning to open a bookstore in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

 

Interviews: 

• John Raab and D.P. Lyle interview Jeffrey Deaver and Isabella Maldonado  
• John Raab interviews Tasha Alexander. 
• Suspense Magazine interviews Anthony Horowitz. 
• Martin Doyle interviews Janice Hallett.
  
• Criminal Element interviews Gregg Hurwitz 
• Tracey Neithercott interviews Iris Yamashita.
  
• Paul Burke interviews Kate Rhodes. 
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interviews T.M. Logan.
  
• Nancie Clare interviews Andrew Bridgeman
  
• Lesa Holstine interviews Terry Shames.
• Cops and Writers interviews Mark Bruce.
  

 

Reviews:

• Carole Tyrell reviews Prey by Vanda Symon 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Death At The Sign Of The Rook by Kate Atkinson
• Peter Handel reviews Death in a Lonely Place by Stig Abell. 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Fearless by M.W. Craven  
• Ron Verzuh reviews Crooked by Dietrich Kalteis.
  
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews Exposure by Ramona Emerson
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews The Shadow Network by Tony Kent
  
• John Valeri reviews Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger 
• Max Gray reviews Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Displeasure Island by Alice Bell 
• She Treads Softly reviews A Place Called Hope by Morgan Greene
  
• Tzer Island reviews The Solstice by Matt Brolly
  
• Sandra Mangan reviews Will End in Fire by Nicole Bokat 
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson by Terry Shames 
• Jen Lucas reviews A Beautiful Corpse by Christi Daugherty 
• Seattle Book Mama reviews Den of Iniquity by J.A. Jance
  
• Scott Cumming reviews Slush Fund by Tom Leins.
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Holmes and Moriarty by Gareth Rubin
  
• Mary Picken reviews A Divine Fury by D.V. Bishop
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews The Cold Light of Day by Anna Lee Huber. 
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Betrayal at Blackthorn Park by Julia Kelly.
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Murder in an Italian Cafe by Michael Falco. 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Death of a Gingerbread Man by Lee Hollis and tries a recipe from the book.
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Mrs. Claus and the Nightmare Before New Year’s by Liz Ireland: 
• Anthony Quinn reviews The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place by Kate Summerscale
   
  

Classics reviews:

•  Victoria Gilbert revisits the 1913 suspense novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes
• Kirkus revisits the 1929 Peter Piper mystery The Tule Marsh Murder byNancy Barr Mavity.
  
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1946 Nero Wolfe mysteryThe Silent Speaker by Rex Stout  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1954 Sir Abercrombie Lewker mystery Death under Snowdon by Glyn Carr. 
• B.V. Lawson revisits the 1982 Superintendent Ben Spence mystery Spence at Marlby Manor by Michael Allen. 

 

Con and event reports:

• Martin Edwards reports about the Richmond Walking and Books Festival in Richmond, Yorkshire.  
• Martin Edwards shares his experiences at the Manx Literary Festival in Douglas, Isle of Man.
  

 

Research: 

• The Guardian reports that a man in Montana has been sentenced to six months in prison for cloning a giant hybrid sheep for hunting purposes. 
• Joe Moore and Jon Land recount how the FBI took down a Klu Klux Klan cell in Florida in 2015.
• Jake Adelstein reports that the Yakuza relocated their operations to Cambodia after Japan cracked down on organised crime. 
• Daniel Boffey reports that Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods and would-be father-in-law of Princess Diana, bribed officers of the Metropolitan Police to cover up his ongoing harassment of female staff members.

 

Free online fiction: 

• "The Ordeals: Trial by Friar" by L.T. Williams in Shotgun Honey. 
• "Enter the Raven" by Teel James Glenn in Tough.
  
• "Game On" by Jon Park in Punk Noir Magazine 
  
• "Duty Calls" by Glenn Francis Faelnar in Punk Noir Magazine
  

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Like A Dragon: Yakuza
• Watch a trailer for Woman of the Hour. 
• Watch a trailer for Juror #2.