Crime Fiction Links of the Week for February 1, 2025
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week,
- CrimeReads shares debut crime novels coming out in January 2025.
- Molly Odintz shares twenty historical crime novels coming out in 2025.
- Annelise Ryan talks about murder mysteries as escapism.
- Jakob Kerr shares his favourite twists in crime fiction.
- Taylor Hutton shares five crime novels with tantalising anti-heroes.
- Katie Garner shares five gripping thrillers featuring parents searching for missing children
- Megan Lally shares six YA thrillers featuring speed and transportation.
- Jay Nircovo talks about the challenges of writing a true crime memoir.
- Laurie L. Dove talks about the background of her novel Mask of the Deer Woman
- M.E. Proctor explains how his novel Love You Till Tuesday came to be.
- Ellen Yardley explains why Eleanor Roosevelt makes a great fictional detective
- Molly Templeton talks about reading and writing about reading and writing
Comments on the sexual abuse allegations against Neil Gaiman:
- Drew Broussard interviews Lila Shapiro who wrote a detailed article about the allegations against Neil Gaiman and interviews several of his victims.
- Rachel Johnson who first reported about the allegations against Neil Gaiman claims that the complete cancellation of Gaiman was not what she wanted.
- Jake Kanter reports that Neil Gaiman has been dropped by his agent in response to the allegations of sexual misconduct.
- Justin Carter reports that Dark Horse Comics cut ties with Neil Gaiman and will not publish the remaining issue of the Anansi Boys comic adaption.
- Ella Creamer also reports about Dark Horse Comics cutting ties with Neil Gaiman.
- Rhianna Pratchett, daughter of the late Good Omens co-creator Terry Pratchett, has announced that Neil Gaiman will not receive any of the proceeds from a Good Omens graphic novel that is currently being crowdfunded.
- Jennifer Maas reports that The Sandman TV show will end after season 2 in response to the allegations against Neil Gaiman.
- Nadia Khomami reports that a stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, which was to be performed in Leeds, UK, has been cancelled as well.
Film and TV:
- Danette Chavez talks about the resurgence of the paranoia thriller.
- Jim Vorel calls Gazer an imprecise, voyeuristic thriller with a wavering attention span
- Diana Keng shares episode by episode reviews of season 2 of The Night Agent.
- Crossexamining Crime shares their thoughts on Mr Monk’s Last Case
- Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on series 3 of the Norwegian crime drama Wisting.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the Italian crime drama Public Disorder.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the thriller Blink Twice.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Dexter: Original Sin.
- Melody McCune shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Harley Quinn.
- Adrian Horton calls The Alabama Solution a galvanising documentary about the Alabama prison system.
- Leila Latif calls Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis a fantastic documentary.
- Jim Vorel declares that the documentary Zodiac Killer Project interrogates the true crime genre, but ignores its own complicity
- Lara Rosales shares her appreciation for the character of Officer Kim Burgess in Chicago PD.
- Melody McCune interviews Jesse Collin who plays Dodge in The Recruit.
- Jason Sacks revisits the 1970 war movie Patton and M*A*S*H
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2007 thriller Mr. Brooks.
Tributes to David Lynch:
- Dan Persons shares his appreciation for the work of David Lynch.
- Mike Miley shares his appreciation for David Lynch's weather reports.
- James Bacon reports about a visit to the Twin Peaks filming locations in Fall City, Snoqualmie and North Bend, Washington.
- Rachel Handler interviews the owner of the Palmer house from Twin Peaks, whose home has become a pilgrimage site and now shrine for fans of Twin Peaks and David Lynch.
- Chris Nichols reports about an impromptu memorial to David Lynch that sprung up at his favourite restaurant Bob's Big Boy in Los Angeles, California,
- Pette Hammond reports that David Lynch will posthumously receive the Writers Guild Laurel Award for Screenwriting
Tributes to Marianne Faithfull:
- Singer, actress and model Marianne Faithfull has died aged 78.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Marianne Faithfull.
- Alexis Petridis remembers Marianne Faithfull.
- Elena Goodinson shares photos from Marianne Faithfull's lengthy career.
Comments on Paradise:
- Lucy Mangan calls Paradise a whodunnit with wit and heart and praises the performance of Sterling K. Brown
- Amy Amatangelo calls Paradise a pulpy, action-packed delight.
- Saloni Gajjar calls Paradise a head-scratching, twisty thriller.
- Alasdair Stuart shares a spoilerish review of Paradise.
- Whitney Friedlander interviews Dan Fogelman, creator of Paradise.
Comments on the new Kiss of the Spider Woman:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Carter Wilson talks about the joy of writing a standalone book.
- Gemma Tizzard talks about researching historical fiction.
- Greg Wands and Elizabeth McCullough Keenan talk about creating the perfect antagonist.
- Mary Childs talks about trying and failing to design a cover for her book.
- Constance Grady notes that the alleged reading gap between men and women isn't actually all that big.
- James Folta notes that men have bigger problems than not reading novels.
- Shelf Awareness reports that the US Department of Education has called the wide-spread book bans in US schools and school libraries a hoax.
- Authors Against Book Bans responds to the US Department of Education.
- Locus reports about the US Department of Education dismissing book bans.
- Lucy Knight reports that Simon & Schuster will no longer ask authors to obtain blurbs for their books
- Jim Milliot reports that the publisher Bloomsbury UK has reached a last-minute contract agreement with Amazon
- Ella Creamer and Sarah Butler report that British bookseller W.H. Smith is considering selling its high street stores, which would be a massive blow for British bookselling.
- Justin Ray interviews Nikki High, owner of the bookstore Octavia’s Bookshelf in Pasadena, California.
- Lucy Knight reports that the US Authors Guild is planning to certify books as written without the aid of AI.
- Laura Snapes reports that Sir Elton John has critcised the UK's proposed watering down of copyright law to enable copyrighted works to be used for AI training without compensation
Awards:
Interviews:
Reviews:
- Kevin Tipple reviews Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb
- Marlene Harris reviews The Hero She Loves by Anna Hackett
- Jeff Ayers reviews Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Trouble Island by Sharon Short
- Lesa Holstine reviews Chain Reaction by James Byrne
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan
- Jen Lucas reviews Black Tag by Simon Mayo
- Lucy Popescu reviews Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Into Thin Air by Ørjan Karlsson, translated by Ian Giles
- Mary Picken reviews Into Thin Air by Ørjan Karlsson, translated by Ian Giles
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Into Thin Air by Ørjan Karlsson, translated by Ian Giles
- Jen Lucas reviews Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
- Mary Picken reviews Notes on a Drowning by Anna Sharpe
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Hotel Lucky Seven by Kotaro Isaka
- Adam Colclough reviews The Lollipop Man by Daniel Sellers
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Mailman by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
- Mike Parker reviews Tommy the Bruce by James Yorkston
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Rivals by Jane Pek
- Jen Lucas reviews Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Wrong Daughter by Dandy Smith
- Lesa Holstine reviews Head Cases by John McMahon
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Helle’s Hound by Oskar Jensen
- Marlene Harris reviews The Devil’s Due by Bonnie MacBird
- Mandie Griffiths reviews A Serpent In The Garden by Howard Linskey
- Paperback Warrior reviews East Indiaman by Griff Hosker.
- Mary Picken reviews The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay
- Robin Agnew reviews An Excellent Thing in a Woman by Allison Montclair.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Nightingale & Co by Charlotte Printz, translated by Marina Sofia.
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu
- Janet Webb reviews A Lethal Walk in Lakeland by Nicholas George
- Robin Agnew reviews Loose Lips by Kemper Donovan
- Carla Schantz reviews She Doesn’t Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke.
Classics reviews:
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1936 The Spider pulp adventure novel Green Globes Of Death by Grant Stockbridge a.k.a. Norvell Page.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1945 mystery Nine Days’ Murder by Allan Mackinnon
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1951 Inspector Julian Rivers mystery It’s Her Own Funeral by Carol Carnac
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1951 mystery A Shroud for Grandmama by Douglas Ashe.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 mystery Late for the Funeral by Douglas and Dorothy Stapleton
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1956 mystery Murder As A Fine Art by Carol Carnac
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1957 Inspector Littlejohn mystery Death Sends for the Doctor by George Bellairs
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1960 sleaze mystery Girl on the Beach by Max Day a.k.a. Bruce Cassiday.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1962 crime novel Chain of Darkness by Kenneth Cook.
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1972 crime novel A Bullet For The Bride by Jon Messman
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1986 Ashton Ford occult detective novel Ashes to Ashes by Don Pendleton.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 2013 Mr. Monk mystery Mr Monk Gets Even by Lee Goldberg
Con and event reports:
Research:
- Courtney Lund O'Neil, whose mother was a key witness in the trial against serial killer John Wayne Gacy, talks about how this experience affected her mother.
- Anna Moore profiles Paula Doyle, an Irish woman who was raped by an aquaintance and fought to send him to prison
- Stacy Horn talks about gang wars and racial conflicts in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1960s.
- Ed Pilkington shares the graphic depictions of torture that the US prisoner Abu Zubaydah underwent in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Howard Linskey wonders whether William Shakespeare was a spy.
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