Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 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 the best crime books of 2024, Get Millie Black, the new Matlock, The Madness, tributes to Barbara Taylor Bradford and Jim Abrahams and much more.
 

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares five new crime novels coming out this week.  
• Alison Flood shares her favourite crime novels and thrillers of the month. 
• Lauren A Forry explains why space is the perfect setting for a locked room mystery. 
  
• W.R. Gorman shares her favourite criminals in fantasy fiction.  
  
• Ryan Britt shares the five most chilling Sherlock Holmes stories that are not The Hound of the Baskervilles.
• Stephen Mertz, writer of westerns, war and men's adventure novels, has died aged 77.
  

  

Best of 2024:

• NPR share their favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2024.
  
• The Globe and Mail shares its favourite mysteries of 2024.
• Bookpage share their favourite mystery and suspense novels of 2024.
  

 

Tributes to Barbara Taylor Bradford:

• Writer Barbara Taylor Bradford has died aged 91. 
• Liz Thompson shares an obituary for Barbara Taylor Bradford.
• Jenny Colgan shares a tribute to Barbara Taylor Bradford. 

 

 Film and TV: 

• Hector DeJean asks if The Penguin is the bloody, nihilistic crime saga we need right now.
  
• Leslie Felperin calls The Silent Hour an intriguing cat-and-mouse thriller with deaf protagonists 
• Terry Terrones calls The Agency a gripping and intentional spy thriller  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Shetland.
  
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Cross.
  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on season 2 of Showtrial. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Say Nothing.
  
• Lucy Mangan calls Surveilled a terrifying documentary. 
• Kenneth Lowe discusses what he calls "Dad action movies" and why the Jason Bourne trilogy qualifies. 
• Terrence Towles Canote revisits the 1966 crime drama Hawk and notes that it was the first contemporary set TV show with a Native Anerican protagonist.
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1967 crime TV movie Person Unknown  
• Peter Segall revisits the 1988 true crime documentary The Thin Blue Line.
  
• Anthony Lund reports why the heist movie Wolfs will not get a sequel, even though it was already in pre-production.
• Actor Michael Villella, who played the killer in Slumber Party Massacre, has died aged 84.  
• Actor Earl Holliman, best known for his appearances in Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone, Police Woman, Giant, The Rainmaker and many others, has died aged 96. 
  

 

Comments on Get Millie Black: 

• Whitney Friedlander calls Get Millie Black is HBO’s latest hyper-specific whodunit 
  
• Danette Chavez interviews Marlon James, creator of Get Millie Black.
  

 

Comments on the new Matlock: 

•  Rebecca Nicholson praises Kathy Bates' performance in the new Matlock.
• Zoe Williams interviews Kathy Bates, star of Misery and the new Matlock.

 

Comments on The Madness:

• Lucy Mangan calls The Madness a slick, smart conspiracy thriller 
• Christina Izzo praises the performance of Colman Domingo in The Madness. 
• Selome Hailu interviews Colman Domingo, star of The Madness.
  

  

Tributes to Jim Abrahams:

• Writer and director Jim Abrahams, co-creator of Airplane!, Hot Shots, The Naked Gun, Kentucky Fried Movie, Ruthless People, Top Secret and many others, has died aged 80.
• Benjamin Lee remembers Jim Abrahams.
• Mary Kate Carr remembers Jim Abrahams.

 

 Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• T.R. Napper shares five pieces of bad writing advice from masters of the form.
• Jess Armstrong talks about the perils of researching historical mysteries.
  
• Matilda Battersby reports about Spines, a start-up that aims to "disrupt"book publishing via AI, but is basically a vanity press.  
• Ella Creamer shares criticisms by various writers and publishers of Spines' business model. 
  
• Abby Kirby explains how she brought fanfiction into the classroom. 
• Kelly Jensen reports that the book Living Dead Girl by Sarah J. Maas has been banned from schools in a all of Utah. 
• Andrew Albanese reports about a lawsuit filed by authors Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson about the banning of their children's book And Tango Makes Three in Escambia County, Florida.

 

Awards:

• The finalists for the 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced.
• The winners of the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2024 HWA Crown Awards have been announced.
  

 

Interviews: 

• Olivia Rutigliano interviews Alan Bradley.
  
• Nick Kolakowski interviews James Sallis.
• John Valeri interviews Michael Connelly. 
• Peter Handel interviews Shelley Burr. 
• Suspense Magazine interviews Jacqueline Bublitz 
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Dan Flanigan. 
• Paula Gail Benson interviews Jennifer K. Morita. 
• Lisa Haselton interviews Mark L. Dressler 
• Garrick Webster interviews Craig Terlson.
  
• Paul Burke interviews G.J. Williams, A.J. Aberford and Alec Marsh 
  

 

Reviews:

• Jen Lucas reviews City of Destruction by Vaseem Khan
  
• Erin Britton reviews Black Storms by Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Arizona Triangle by Sydney Graves
  
• Jen Lucas reviews Panic by L.J. Ross
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Dashboard Elvis Is Dead by David F. Ross
  
• Marion Deeds reviews Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews A Thief’s Blood by Douglas Skelton 
  
• Vicki Kondelik reviews Murder at Glenloch Hill by Clara McKenna.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder In Highbury by Vanessa Kelly
  
• Vicki Kondelik reviews Death Takes the Lead by Rosemary Simpson. 
• Carla Schantz reviews Summit’s Edge by Sara Driscoll. 
• Sara Townsend reviews The Examiner by Janice Hallett. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder On The Page by Daryl Wood Gerber and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi  
  
• Carla Schantz reviews Madrigals and Mayhem by Elizabeth Penney. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Guilt And Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Carla Schantz reviews Deadly Crush by Maddie Day.
• Carla Schantz reviews Blame the Beignets by Ginger Bolton.
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Indian Rope Trick And Other Violent Entertainments by Tom Mead 
• Martin Edwards reviews The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective by Sara Lodge 
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1946 Dr. Gideon Fell mystery He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1948 holiday mystery Dramatic Murder by Elizabeth Anthony
  
• Lesa Holstine revisits the 2001 Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery A Romantic Way to Die by Bill Crider..
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Heloise Wood reports about the "A Christie for Christmas" Agatha Christie holiday event in London, UK.
  
• Joy Kluver reports about an author event featuring Janice Hallett and Jo Wallace at the West Barnes Library in Merton, UK.
• Lesa Holstine reports about an author event featuring Rhys Bowen at The Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona. 
  
• Jules Burt shares a video of the London Paperback and Pulp Fair in London, UK.
• Elisabeth Rosner reports about a murder mystery party hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris in Lenox, Massachussetts. 
  

 

Research: 

• Nathan Smith talks about the mysterious death of Hollywood producer Thomas H. Ince shortly after spending time aboard the yacht of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst. 
  
• Jim Buuermann discusses how technology is changing the nature of policing. 
• Chamian Cruz reports about a pilot program in Georgia that uses jailbots to monitor prisoners.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

•  "The Jumper" by John M. Floyd in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
• "No More Mister Nice Guy" by Eric Richer in Punk Noir Magazine 
• "Sweet Red Cherries" by C.W. Blackwell in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
• "Discontinued Benefits" by Russell Thayer in Punk Noir Magazine
  
• "A Time Between" by Kevin Galvin in Future Tense Fiction.  

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Missing You.
• Watch a trailer for Apple Cider Vinegar.