Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 29, 2025
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week,
- Crossexamining Crime shares even more of their favourite mysteries from the 1940s in a multi-part post.
- C.B. Everett discusses the claim of crime fiction writer Jim Thompson that there is only one plot – things are not as they seem
- Paul French takes a look at crime fiction set in Papua New Guinea.
- S.K. Golden lists mystery fiction featuring multi-level marketing schemes
- Kelly Jensen lists the most popular literary genre in every US state.
- Lynne McEwan explains how her career as a news photographer influenced her crime writing.
- Molly Odintz reports that more than one hundred crime fiction writer participate in a charity auction to support the Transgender Law Center
Film and TV:
- Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer.
- Joshua M. Patton shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Rookie.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Law & Order.
- Katie Rife declares that documentary filmmaker Errol Morris has watered down his latest true crime documentary Chaos: The Manson Murders for Netflix.
- Lucy Mangan calls Brianna: A Mother’s Story an exploitative true crime documentary that should not have been made
- Keith Roysdon shares a brief history of 1970s disaster movies.
- Paul Hirons ranks his favourite Harlan Coben adaptations.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares her favourite bank robbery masks in crime movies.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1974 crime drama Who Killed Lamb?
- Terry Terrones compares the 1980 detective series Magnum P.I. with the 2018 reboot.
- Kenneth Lowe revisits the 1985 action film Yes, Madam!
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2003 cozy crime series Rosemary and Thyme.
- Olivia Rutigliano revisits the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight and wonders about a plot hole.
- Olivia Rutigliano and John Buffalo Mailer pair James Bond actors with Martinis.
- Andrew Pulver reports that Amazon has hired Harry Potter producer David Heyman and Spider-Man producer Amy Pascal to oversee the James Bond franchise.
- Jake Kanter reports that film studios are actually making money of AI-generated fake movie trailers on YouTube.
- Stuart Heritage reports that in spite of critically acclaimed shows, very few people are watching Apple+ TV.
- Todd Spangler reports that Disney shareholders overwhelming rejected a proposal that Disney cease to participate an LGBTQ equality rating program.
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Comments on Daredevil: Born Again:
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on “With Interest” and “Excessive Force”, the latest episodes of Daredevil: Born Again.
- Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on “With Interest” and “Excessive Force”, the latest episodes of Daredevil: Born Again.
- Justin Carter shares his thoughts on “With Interest” and “Excessive Force”, the latest episodes of Daredevil: Born Again.
- Gavia Baker-Whitellaw discusses how Daredevil: Born Again tackles the problematic real world legacy of the Punisher.
- Camestros Felapton shares his thoughts on Daredevil: Born Again.
Comments on season 3 of Yellowjackets:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Ron Currie talks about writing through dark times.
- The UK Society of Authors shares advice what authors can do, if their books were illegally used by Meta to train their AI large language model.
- The US Authors Guild also shares advice what authors can do, if their books were illegally used by Meta to train their AI large language model.
- Richard Osman responds to Meta illegally using millions of pirated books to train their AI large language model.
- Victoria Strauss reports that several authors have complaint about the publisher Clear Fork Press.
- Lanre Bakare reports that publishing in the UK is now less accessible for black authors than in 2020.
- Angelique Chrisafis reports that French booksellers and writers are concerned about the publisher and distributor Hachette Livre and its conservative Catholic owner.
- Ella Creamer reports that a US federal judge has blocked a book ban law in Iowa.
- Ed Nawotka reports that Canadian booksellers have joined forces to ask Prime Minister Mark Carney exempt books from the 25% counter-tariffs scheduled to take effect on April 2 on goods imported from the U.S.
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia explains how the trade war between the US and Canada could impact the book business.
- The Guardian reports
that the US has closed Canadian access to a library straddling the
border between Vermont and Quebec and requires Canadian patrons to go
through a border crossing supposedly to combat drug trafficking.
- Philip Oltermann reports that French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison in Algeria.
Awards:
Interviews:
Reviews:
- Peter Handel reviews Galway's Edge by Ken Bruen.
- Janet Webb reviews Battle Mountain by C. J. Box
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Get Off by Christa Faust
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Pure Evil by Lynda La Plante
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Someone is Lying by Heidi Perks
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves
- Jen Lucas reviews When Shadows Fall by Neil Lancaster
- Jen Lucas reviews The Rest Is Death by James Oswald
- Jen Lucas reviews The Devil’s Code by Michael Wood
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Down and Out in the River City by W.M. Stage
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews White King by Juan Gómez-Jurado, translated by Nick Caistor.
- Mary Picken reviews Son by Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger
- Paul Burke reviews Son by Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger
- Adam Colclough reviews Coram House by Bailey Seybolt
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha
- Mary Picken reviews The Friday Girl by R.D. McLean
- Paperback Warrior reviews The Couples Trip by Ulf Kvensler
- Mike Parker reviews Friends Helping Friends by Patrick Hoffman
- Lesa Holstine reviews Lethal Prey by John Sandford
- Lesa Holstine reviews Paranoia by James Patterson and James O. Born
- Mary Picken reviews Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
- Lucy Atkins reviews The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
- Vicki Kondelik reviews Homicide in the Indian Hills by Erica Ruth Neubauer.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard
- Marlene Harris reviews The Library Game by Gigi Pandian
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Cold Dose Of Murder by Emily George and tries a recipe from the book.
- Robin Agnew reviews Hound of the Bonnevilles by Nikki Knight.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Cat Got Your Killer by Sofie Ryan
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1929 mystery The House on Tollard Ridge by John Rhode.
- Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1932 legal thriller Murder by Jury by Ruth Burr Sanborn
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1937 Sir Henry Merrivale mystery The Ten Teacups by Carter Dickson
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1955 mystery Now I Lay Me Down to Die by Elizabeth Tebbetts-Taylor
- Steven Nester revisits the 1962 Johnny Amsterdam detective novel I Like It Cool by Michael Lawrence
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1966 adventure novel The Iron Tiger by Harry Patterson a.k.a. Jack Higgins.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1982 true crime book Earth to Earth by John Cornwell
- Joe Kenney revisits the 1983 men's adventure novel The Red Berets by Tom Biracree
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2007 wild west mystery On The Wrong Track by Steve Hockensmith
Research:
- Peter Beaumont reports that the White House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to a journalist
- James Whitfield Thomson talks about his search for the reasons for his sister Eileen's suicide.
- Sarah
Kuta reports that recent research suggests that ancient Greek and Roman
sculptures were perfumed with sweet-smelling fragrances such as rose
and beeswax
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