Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 2, 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 Only Murders in the Building, season 2 of The Diplomat, Juror #2,  Before, The Penguin, tributes to Teri Garr and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.  
• Alison Flood shares her favourite crime novels and thrillers of the month. 
• Crime Reads shares the best reviewed crime novels of October 2024.
  
• Paul French talks about crime fiction set in the Australian Outback.
• Olivia Blacke talks about genre-bending books.
  
• Jacqueline Bubitz talks about the rise of the true crime podcaster. 
• Olivia Rutigliano explains that Victorian detectives were popular not just on the page, but also on stage.
  

  

Film and TV: 

• Martin Edwards finds Ludwig perfectly enjoyable light entertainment, once he managed to suspend his disbelief.  
• Elizabeth Held declares that the TV show Elsbeth takes many cues from cozy mysteries.
  
• Jim Vorel calls Don't Move! a lean thriller
• Leslie Felperin calls Freedom a frothy true crime film about a gentleman bandit. 
• Jarrod Jones declares that Cloud drifts between disturbing grifter thriller and standard action yarn
  
• Phil Hoad calls Dark Feathers a preposterous erotic thriller about a hitwoman. 
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer. 
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1978 slasher horror movie Halloween. 
• Sandy Ferber revisits the 1980 slasher horror movies Friday the 13th and Prom Night. 
  
• Tipping My Fedora revisits the 1985 neo-noir movie To Live and Die in L.A. 
• Patrick J. Sauer revisits the 1990 heist movie Quick Chance.
  
• Kenneth Lowe revisits the 1995 horror crime series American Gothic. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2010 Hercule Poirot mystery Hallowe’en Party
  
• Tomris Laffly revisits the 2014 neo-noir film Nightcrawler.
  
• Katie Rife discusses how horror and crime movies like Longlegs and Red Rooms use the cursed aesthetics of true crime
• Olivia Rutigliano wonders which horror movie villains would make the best detectives. 
• Tim Robey lists ten movies which flopped upon release and then went on to become classics.  
  
• Brent Lang reports that according to a recent study, teenagers would prefer to see less sex in movies and TV shows.  
• Kim Willsher reports that the sexual assault trial of actor Gerard Depardieu in Paris, France, has been postponed, because Depardieu is allegedly too ill to attend.

 Comments on season 4 of Only Murders in the Building: 

• Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the season 4 finale of Only Murders in the Building. 
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the season 4 finale of Only Murders in the Building.  
• Rosy Cordero reports that Téa Leoni will join the cast of Only Murders in the Building for season 4.
  

 

Comments on season 2 of The Diplomat: 

• Saloni Gajjar declares that The Diplomat delivers more pulpy thrillers in season 2. 
• Keith Roysdon wonders whether it's possible to enjoy a show like The Diplomat in politically volatile times. 
• Jack Seale declares that season 2 of The Diplomat effortlessly joins the list of the best TV shows of 2024. 
• Jay Snow declares that season 2 of The Diplomat suffers from a lack of time.
  

 

Comments on Juror #2: 

• Ryan Gilbey calls Juror #2 a courtroom thriller that pits justice against self-preservation 
• Jesse Hassenger calls Juror #2 the most entertaining movie Clint Eastwood has made in years. 
• Catherine Shoard wonders whether the extremely limited release Juror #2 received in the US means that Warner Bros is trying to bury the movie.
  

 

Comments on The Penguin: 

• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Penguin.
• Ben Child explains why The Penguin is TV’s biggest surprise of the year
  
• Drew Taylor interviews Matt Reeves, executive producer of The Penguin.

 

Comments on Before: 

• Joel Golby calls Before a creepy drama that is perfect for Halloween. 
• Lucy Mangan calls Before a brilliant horror film. 
• Saloni Gajjar calls Before a glacially paced psychological thriller and another prestige misfire led by a big Hollywood name 
• Cheryl Eddy calls Before a chilling drama.

 

Tributes to Teri Garr:

• Actress Teri Garr, best known for her roles in Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Sting II, The Conversation and After Hours, has died aged 79. 
• Emma Keates remembers Teri Garr.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Mike Glyer shares the results of the SFWA special elections.
  
• Scott H. Amdrews points out that the practice of not paying editors is limiting the range of editorial voices in SFF.
  
• Ella Creamer reports that Booker Prize winner Bernadine Evaristo has set up a writer's retreat in her cottage in Ramsgate, UK.
• A group of hundreds of authors including Irish writer Sally Rooney has called for a boycott of Israeli publishers and cultural institutions because of the war in Gaza.
• Another group of 1200 authors and other creatives, including thriller author Lee Child and Nobel Prize winners Herta Müller and Elfriede Jelinek resoundedly renounces the boycott of Israeli publishers and cultural institutions, pointing out that artists and writers are often opposed to the policies of their government.

 

Awards:

• The shortlists for the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards have been announced.

 

Interviews: 

• Shane Whaley interviews Nick Harkaway. 
• Jenny Bartoy interviews Paula Hawkins.
  
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interview Louise Minchin. 
• Ayo Onatade interviews Alison Bruce.
  
• Paul Burke interviews I.S. Berry. 
• Carol Goodman Kaufman interviews Sharon Healy-Yamg. 
• Andrew Monge interviews Casey Stegman.
  

 

Reviews:

• Kirkus reviews Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin. 
• She Treads Softly reviews In Too Deep by Lee and Andrew Child 
  
• BOLO Books reviews The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny.  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Crow Moon by Suzy Aspley 
  
• Jen Lucas reviews Black Storms by Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush
  
• Mary Picken reviews Dark as Night by Lilja Sigurðóttir, translated by Lorenza Garcia  
• Lori Lewis Ham reviews The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
  
• Red Wine & Books reviews The Life and Death of Rose Doucette by Harry Hunsicker  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Remember Me Tomorrow by Farah Heron 
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Claim by Anna Hackett
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel by Nick Harkaway  
• Ray Palen reviews The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni 
• Jen Lucas reviews Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Gaslight by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Sara Shepard 
• Publishers Weekly reviews The Arizona Triangle by Sydney Graves
  
• BOLO Books reviews Geneva by Richard Armitage. 
• Jen Lucas reviews City of Spies by Mara Timon 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Riddle Of The Ravens by J.S. Savage 
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly 
• Marlene Harris reviews Murder of a Suffragette by Marty Wingate 
• Bookshelf Fantasies reviews Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Murder on the Page by Daryl Wood Gerber. 
• Cynthia Chow reviews Death at the Dinner Party by Ellie Alexander
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews In the Blink of a Pie by Catherine Bruns.
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews The Little Lost Library by Ellery Adams. 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews The Haven by L.J. Ross
  
• Marilyn Brooks reviews The Serial Killer's Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard.
• Crossexamining Crime reviews The Examiner by Janice Hallett  
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke.  
• Grave Tapping reviews Eight Very Bad Nights, edited by Tod Goldberg 

 

Classics reviews:

• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1931 mystery Death of an Editor by Vernon Loder
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1936 Hercule Poirot mysrery Cards On The Table by Agatha Christie 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1937 Hercule Poirot mystery Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie 
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1945 Sir Henry Merivale mystery The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson a.k.a. John Dickson Carr. 
  
• James Reasoner revisits the 1951 Jim Bennett hardboiled detective novel Dark Dream by Robert Martin. 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1959 mystery The Fifth Caller by Helen Nielsen  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1964 mystery Better Dead by John and Emery Bonett
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1970 Max Curfew action thriller Good Men Do Nothing by John Brunner
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1973 Nick Carter Killmaster men's adventure novel The Peking Dossier by Linda Stewart.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1977 mystery The Pretty Pink Shroud by Elizabeth Ferrars
  
• James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1978 Mongo the Magnificent mystery City of Whispering Stone 
  by George C. Chesbro 
• Randy Money revisits the 1981 occult detective collection Lonely Vigils by Manly Wade Wellman.  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1984 Loren Swift detective novel Foul Shot by Doug Hornig. 
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 1998 Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery Death by Accident by Bill Crider
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• The 2024 WMG Publishing Holiday Spectacular is looking for funding.

 

Con and event reports:

• Tobias Carroll reports that literary publishers are increasingly embracing the type of midnight release party once pioneered by highly anticipated YA and SFF books.

 

Research: 

• Jennifer Graeser Dornbush answers frequently asked questions about forensic science. 
• James T. Bartlett lists several murders that happened in Los Angeles, California, on Halloween over the decades.
  
• Nilanjana Roy writes about the wave of femicides that has been sweeping India in the twenty-first century.
• Georgia Jeffries talks about the murder of her aunt Aldine Younger in 1933 in Pontiac, Illinois, and how her murderer was never convicted.
  
• Tom Clevin shares the history of the outlaw hideout known as Brown's Hole in the Rocky Mountains. 
• Elizabeth McCafferty talks about a haunted house in San Diego, California, that became steadily more extreme over the years until abuse and injuries were common 
• Felix Francis talks about the evolving finances of horse racing. 
• Chandelis Duster reports that witch and curse marks have been discovered on the walls of a manor house in Gainsborough, UK. 
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "She Might Be A Medium" by Darrell J. Wiens in Mystery Tribune.
• "Ghosting" by Travis Roberson in Mystery Tribune.
• "Floating Past the Graveyard!" by Pamela Ebel in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
• "The Mystery of the Mirror" by Shari Held in Kings River Life.
  
• "Clown-O-Phobia" by Bobbi A. Chukran in Kings River Life.
  

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Black Doves.
  
• Watch a teaser for The Madness.