Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 9, 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 Cleddau, the latest adaptation of The Day of the Jackal, The Penguin, tributes to June Spencer and Phil Rickman and much more:

Crime fiction in general:  

• Crime Reads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.  
• Publishers Weekly share their favourite mysteries and crime novels of 2024.
• Crime Reads shares twelve new crime novels by LGBTQ writers to enjoy this fall and winter.
  
• Karen White, Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig talk about the enduring appeal of the female sleuth. 
• J.T. Ellison shares her favourite crime novels about women finding their inner strength. 
• Maria Kelson shares her favourite crime novels about mothers who go to extremes.
• Margaret Mizushima shares ten mysteries and crime novels set in the wilderness. 
  
• Paul French shares crime novels set in Birmingham, Alabama. 
• Chris McKinney explains why Honolulu, Hawaii, is a great setting for crime fiction.
  
• Garrick Webster shares his favourite mystery and crime fiction series set in ancient Rome. 
• Gretchen Rue explains why cozy mysteries are not just for fall. 
  
• Naomi Kaye discusses Agatha Christie's use of names. 
• Paperback Warrior profiles pulp crime fiction author Steve Fisher.
  
• Gregory Steiner explains how Dashiell Hammett sued Warner Bros over the rights to Sam Spade in 1940 and thus influenced modern copyright law.
  
• Christina Lynch explains why she decided to write a mystery from the POV of a horse solving a crime. 
• Mystery and fantasy author Phil Rickman has died aged 74. 
  
• Martin Edwards remembers Phil Rickman. 
  

  

Film and TV: 

• Tim Lowery calls Say Nothing a high-octane, elegiac account of the Northern Ireland conflict.
  
• Rachel Aroesti calls season 2 of The Old Man so silly it’s basically unwatchable
  
• Lucy Mangan praises the performance of Anna Maxwell Martin in the true crime drama Until I Kill You 
• Peter Bradshaw calls Red One a bland holiday action comedy. 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel shares his thoughts on Mr Monk's Last Case.
  
• Leila Latif shares her thoughts on the German historical thriller The Palace.
  
• Mike McCahill shares his thoughts on the Singham Again
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer.
  
• Rebecca Nicholson calls Lucan a wild documentary about the British artistocrat Lord Lucan who murdered the nanny of his children in 1974 and subsequently disappeared.
  
• Lucy Mangan calls Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery a frustrating documentary that feels like a digital Agatha Christie tale 
• Germain Lussier interviews Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg, creators of Cobra Kai. 
  
• Sophie Brookover interviews Roo Maurice, hair and make-up designer for The Diplomat.
• Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1991 crime movie Point Break.
  
• Dalya Alberge reports that Roy Burdis, producer of the 1990 true crime film The Krays regrets glamourising the Kray brothers in that film. 
• Paul Hirons reports that Ludwig has been renewed for a second season. 
• Michael Gonzales looks back at the late Quincy Jones' work as a film composer for several crime films. 
• Actor Jonathan Haze, best known for his appearances in Little Shop of Horror, The Day the World Ended, Not of This Earth, Monster from the Ocean Floor, The Terror, X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes, Nobody Smiling, 77 Sunset Strip, Dragnet and many others, has died aged 95.  
• Actor Alan Rachins, best known for his roles in L.A. Law and Rizzoli and Isles, has died aged 72.
  

 

Comments on Cleddau: 

• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the second episode of the Welsh crime drama Cleddau.
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the third episode of the Welsh crime drama Cleddau.

 

Comments on The Day of the Jackal: 

• Rebecca Nicholson calls the latest adaptation of The Day of the Jackal hold-your-breath exciting
  
• Brian Tallerico calls the latest adaptation of The Day Of The Jackal a bloated misfire
• Joel Golby praises the performance of Eddy Redmayne in the latest adaptation of The Day of the Jackal.
  

 

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.

 

Tributes to June Spencer:

• British actress June Spencer, longtime star of the radio soap opera The Archers, has died aged 105
• Charlotte Higgins remembers June Spencer.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Charlie Jane Anders tells writers not to beat themselves up over arbitrary wordcount goals. 
• Moira Butterfield tells creators that it's okay to have bad ideas.
  
• Sue Burke talks about the problem of AI-generated submissions flooding SFF magazines.
• Ella Creamer reports that the Dutch publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning wants to use AI to translate a limited number of books into English in what is a terrible idea.  
• Ella Creamer reports that a report by the British National Literacy Trust has discovered a shocking drop in the number of children reading for pleasure. 
• Jay Waagmeester reports that Florida has removed more library books in 2023 than any other state.
  
• Andrew Albanese reports that anti-book-ban activists have won a legal victory in Alaska.

 

Awards:

• The recipient of the 2024 Killer Nashville John Seigenthaler Legends Award has been announced.
• Ayo Onatade reports that the CWA Daggers have a new sponsor.
  

 

Interviews: 

• Nick Kolakowski interviews Rob Hart and Alex Segura.
  
• Ayo Onatade interviews Alison Bruce.
• Baynard Woods interviews Dominic Nolan. 
• Olivia Rutigliano interviews M.L. Rio. 
• E.B. Davis interviews Heather Weidner
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Stephen Eoannou 
• John Valeri interviews Ang Pompano.
  

 

Reviews:

• BOLO Books reviews Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols,
• Mary Picken reviews Ice Town by Will Dean  
• Jen Lucas reviews Ice Town by Will Dean  
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny 
• Paul Burke reviews Sleeping Dogs by Russ Thomas 
• Sharon Richardson reviews  Bronco Buster by A.J. Devlin
  
• Mike Parker reviews Rogue by Paul Finch
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Exposure by Ramona Emerson 
• Mary Picken reviews Fire by John Boyne 
• Runalong the Shelves reviews The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia 
  
• Runalong the Shelves reviews Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Village Killer by Ross Greenwood 
• Jen Lucas reviews Victim by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger, translated by Megan Turney
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Two Times Murder by Adam Oyebanji  
• Dave Bradley reviews You Can’t Hurt Me by Emma Cook
  
• Janet Webb reviews Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Buried Memories by Simon R. Green  
• Marlene Harris reviews A Tainted Heart Bleeds by Sophie Barnes 
  
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs. 
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Death and the Old Master by G.M. Malliet. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Gardener’s Plot by Deborah J. Benoit 
• Jen Lucas reviews Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson, translated by David Warriner
  
• Jen Lucas reviews The Christmas Stocking Murders by Denzil Meyrick
  
• Michelle Carpenter reviews Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson 
  
• Adam Colclaugh reviews Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi 
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Author’s Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White 
• John Valeri reviews The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz 
• Justine Jordan reviews The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe 
  
• Paul Haggerty reviews Between a Flock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews
• Aunt Agatha's reviews Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch. 
• Lesa Holstine reviews Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch. 
  
• Henriette Korthals Alte reviews V13: Chronicle of a Trial by Emmanuel Carrère, translated by John Lambert
• Martin Edwards reviews Trial of Christiana Edmunds by Kate Clarke 
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Dana King revisits the 1949 Philip Marlowe hardboiled detective novel The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler.
• Happiness is a Book revisits the 1950 mystery The Neat Little Corpse by Max Murray
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1969 Johnny Hawk adventure story "Fast Riders" by Edward Y. Breese
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1977 psychological thriller The Spider-Orchid by Celia Fremlin 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1978 Quinn and Piper mystery Life Cycle by Harry Carmichael.
  

 

Crowdfunding:

• Writer and editor Lezli Robyn needs help with medical expenses.
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood report about the 2024 Nancy Drew Convention in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  
• Victoria Selman reports about a book event at a Waterstones store in Colchester, UK, featuring  Nicci French a.k.a. husband and wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French
  

 

Research: 

• Clare Whitfield takes a look at woman criminals in the early twentieth century.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Your Hometown Station: A Vermont Radio Mystery" by Nikki Knight in Tough. 
• " Predators and Prey" by N.M. Cedeno in Tough.
  
• "The Devil’s Man" by T. Fox Dunham in Guilty. 
  
• "Mr. Alibi" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.