Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 16, 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 the best crime books of 2024, Shetland, Cross, the latest adaptation of The Day of the Jackal, Red One, Say Nothing, Magpie, The Penguin, tributes to Tony Todd and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.  
• Laura Wilson shares her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
  
• Paul French talks about crime novels set in Sheffield, UK. 
• Jesse DeRoy shares his favourite books about crafty criminals and con artists.
• Celeste Connally shares seven historical mysteries where political intrigue fuels the plot
• George Mehok lists thrillers that turned out to be remarkably prophetic.  
• Marie Tierney shares seven thrillers and horror novel in which children and teenagers take charge of difficult situations.
  
• Robyn Gigl explains how fiction can make cis people empathise with trans people. 
• Lindsay Johns profiles Chester Himes. 
• Peter Lovesey looks back on writing the Peter Diamond series.
  
• Steven Tingle explains how growing up on a golf course turned him into a mystery writer.
  

  

Best of 2024:

• Kirkus shares their favourite mysteries and crime novels of 2024. 
• Waterstones shares their favourite crime novels and thrillers of 2024. 
• Amazon share their favourite mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers of 2024. 

 

Film and TV: 

• Saloni Gajjar calls Interior Chinatown campy and charming. 
  
• Saloni Gajjar declares that star Kaitlin Olson remains the lynchpin of High Potential halfways through season 1.  
• Germain Lussier lists eight things he loved and four he didn't about season 6 of Cobra Kai. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on series 1 of Ellis. 
  
• Tania Chen shares her thoughts on Longlegs.  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Until I Kill You.
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts about episode 4 of Cleddau. 
• Rebecca Nicholson calls Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube an extraordinary documentary about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. 
• Paste Magazine shares their 100 favourite noir films. 
• Celeste Connally shares her favourite female TV detectives. 
• Lori B. Duff explains what lawyers think of legal dramas on film and TV and which ones are the most realistic.
  
• Glenn Garner reports that actor and comedian Tim Dillon, who played a prison guard in Joker: Folie à Deux, calls the movie the worst thing he's ever seen, 
• Craig D. Lindsey praises the late Quincy Jones' soundtracks for various crime movies of the 1970s.
  

 

Comments on Shetland: 

• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first episode of series 9 of Shetland.
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the second episode of series 9 of Shetland.

 

Comments on Cross: 

• Manuel Betancourt calls Cross an unwieldy thriller series
  
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on season 1 of Cross.
• Diana Keng shares episode by episode reviews of Cross.
  

 

Comments on The Day of the Jackal: 

• Lacy Baugher Milas declares that Eddie Redmayne’s nuanced performance is the best part of the latest adaptation of The Day of the Jackal
• Chris Jenkins shares his thoughts on the latest adaptation of The Day of the Jackal.
  

 

Comments on Magpie: 

•  Catherine Bray calls Magpie a tense, compelling portrait of a toxic relationship
• Jim Vorel calls Magpie a dull psychological thriller yearning for a sharper edge
• Brian Davids interviews Daisy Ridley, star of Magpie. 
  

 

Comments on Say Nothing: 

• Lucy Mangan calls Say Nothing a compelling but fatally flawed account of the Northern Ireland conflict
  
• Tim Lowery calls Say Nothing a high-octane, elegiac account of the Northern Ireland conflict. 
• Séamas O’Reilly interviews the cast and creators of Say Nothing.
  

 

Comments on Red One:

• Jesse Hassenger calls Red One a Christmas caper which has a few moments of inspiration, but is mostly a slog.  
• Jarrod Jones declares that Red One stuffs its stocking with hot air and little else
  
• Jacob Oller calls Red One a knock-off Marvel movie
  

 

Comments on The Penguin: 

• Joshua M. Patton shares his thoughts on the season finale of The Penguin.
  
• William Hughes shares his thoughts on the season finale of The Penguin.
• Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on the season finale of The Penguin.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido shares his thoughts on the season finale of The Penguin.
• Saloni Gajjar interviews Lauren LaFranc, showrunner of The Penguin. 
• Tamera Jones and Steve Weintraub interviews Colin Farrell, star of The Penguin.
  
• Mary Kate Carr reports that according to star Colin Farrell, the Penguin will appear in the next Batman movie.

 

Tributes to Tony Todd:

• Actor Tony Todd, best known for his appearances in Candyman, The Crow, the Final Destination movies, Platoon, multiple Star Trek series, Masters of the Universe Revelation/Revolution and many others, has died aged 69. 
• Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Tony Todd.
  
• Glenn Garner shares the tribute of Virgina Madsen to her Candyman co-star Tony Todd.
• William Hughes remembers Tony Todd.
• Justin Carter remembers Tony Todd. 
• James Whitbrook praises Tony Todd's performance as an older Jake Sisko in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode "The Visitor".
  
• For Eternia remembers Tony Todd and particularly his performance as Scare Glow in Masters of the Universe Revelation and Revolution.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Keza MacDonald asks if AI can replace translators. 
• Lucy Knight reports that several Hachette employees have quit in protest over the launch of the conservative Basic Liberty imprint.
  
• Gregory Steiner explains how Dashiell Hammett sued Warner Bros over the rights to Sam Spade in 1940 and thus influenced modern copyright law.

 

Awards:

• The shortlists for the 2024 Crime Fiction Lover Awards have been announced.
• The winner of the 2024 Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year has been announced.
  
• The first round finalists for the 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards in the Mystery and Thriller category have been announced. 
• The shortlists for the 2024 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year have been announced. 
  

 

Interviews: 

• Paul Burke interviews Dominic Nolan.
• The Red Hot Chilli Writers interviews Erin E. Adams. 
• Marshal Zeringe interviews G.M. Malliet. 
• Suspense Magazine interviews Olivia Blacke.
• Lisa Haselton interviews Lee Lindauer. 
  
• Alan Petersen interviews Noelle West Ihli. 
• Jenny Bartoy interviews Jacquie Pham.
  

 

Reviews:

•  Blue Book Balloon reviews Ice Town by Will Dean 
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima
  
• BOLO Books reviews Burn This Night by Alex Kenna.
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews What Doesn’t Kill Us by Ajay Close
  
• Paperback Warrior reviews One Man's Treasure by Terrance Layhew.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Two Good Men by S. E. Redfearn
  
• Mary Picken reviews To Die For by David Baldacci  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Bitter End by Alexa Donne
  
• Mary Picken reviews Victim by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger, translated by Megan Turney  
• Jen Lucas reviews The Neighbour’s Secret by Sharon Bolton 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews The Mushroom Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu 
• Paul Burke reviews The Bells of Westminster by Leonora Nattrass 
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Old Scores by Will Thomas 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews A Thief’s Blood by Douglas Skelton
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Art in the Blood by Bonnie MacBird 
• Jen Lucas reviews Death Rocks by L.J. Ross
  
• Blue Book Balloon reviews The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe
• Alex Clark reviews The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews In the Event of Murder by Cynthia Kuhn  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews Death and Fromage by Ian Moore
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala. 
  
• Robin Agnew reviews Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Christmas Eve Murders by Noelle Albright 
  
• Jen Lucas reviews The Twelve Murders of Christmas by Sarah Dunnakey
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay
• Kevin Tipple reviews Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories, edited by Don Bruns. 
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024, edited by S.A. Cosby and Steph Cha. 
  
• Martin Edwards reviews The Golden Era of Sherlock Holmes and His Contemporaries by Michael Cohen 
• Chris Power reviews V13: Chronicle of a Trial by Emmanuel Carrère, translated by John Lambert
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1949 John Bent mystery The Leaden Bubble by H. C. Branson
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1958 Dr. Priestley mystery Licensed for Murder by John Rhode.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1959 heist novel Assault on a Queen by Jack Finney.
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1974 Shaft blaxploitation novel Shaft’s Carnival Of Killers by Ernest Tidyman
• Joe Kenney revisits the 1979 The Destroyer men's adventure novel Bay City Blast by Warren Murphy
  
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1990 historical crime novel Whiskey River by Loren D. Estleman
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 2000 Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery A Ghost of a Chance by Bill Crider
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• Asian Pirate Musical, which is playing in London,UK, is looking for funding to produce a full cast recording of their show.

 

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade reports that Mick Herron will chair the 2025 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
• Ayo Onatade reports that the 2025 CrimeFest in Bristol, UK, will feature a special event to honour the late John Le Carrè, featuring his sons Nick Harkaway and Simon Cornwell. 
  
• The 2026 Left Coast Crime convention in San Francisco, California, have announced their special guests.
• Sally C. Harris reports about a course at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, which uses crime novels to teach critical thinking.
  

 

Research: 

• Dean Jobb profiles Jazz Age con man Gaston Means
  
• Timothy Silver talks about a police raid on a campground in Clearwater, North Carolina, in 1972, which ended with the fatal shooting of a young camper. 
• Austin Duffy talks about the still unsolved murder of British soldier Captain Robert Nairac in Northern Ireland in 1977 and that his body still hasn't been found.

 

Free online fiction: 

• "God’s Own Gator" by Cynthia Webb in Mystery Tribune.
• "Victims of Habit" by Bryce Heckman in Mystery Tribune.
• "Two Birds, One Stone" by Roger Johns in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast. 
• "Sisters" by Matthew Snyderman in Punk Noir Magazine 
  
• "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" by Carolyn Tillery in Punk Noir Magazine
• "Crossing Jessie" by Cindy Rosmus in Punk Noir Magazine 
• "Once Upon A Highway" by Offer Kuban in Punk Noir Magazine 
• "Hide and Seek" by Tom De Val in Punk Noir Magazine  
• "Abductor" by J.P. Relph in Punk Noir Magazine 
  

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Get Millie Black.
  
• Watch a trailer for Return to Paradise. 
• Watch a trailer for Paradise.
  
• Watch a trailer for Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning.
• Watch a trailer for The Madness.
• Watch a trailer for the latest adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo.