Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 1, 2017

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 return of Ripper Street, Don Winslow's The Force and much more.

Crime fiction in general:

• Laura Wilson offers a round-up of the best recent crime novels. 
• Margaret Kinberg discusses her favourite dramatic confrontations and unmaskings.
• Sarah Hilary shares her top ten guilty secrets in fiction. 
• Charles Harris talks about fake news, knife crime and his latest novel, The Breaking of Liam Glass. 
• Jonathan F. Putnam explains how history influenced his mystery The Murder of Elijah Lovejoy.
• Phil Miller explains how Ian Rankin almost became a suspect in a crime, as he researched one of his novels.
• Carrie Sessarego shares her appreciation for the 1959 novel My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier.
• Daniel Magennis shares his appreciation for the 1999 crime novel Irish Stew by Jean-Pierre Bastid.
• Caz Frear asks whether crime fiction tropes are friend or foe.
• Andrew Martin points out that crime fiction has very little to do with the reality of police work.
  

Film and TV:

• Leslie Gilbert Elham reviews the first episode of season 3 of Grantchester.
• Chris Jenkins reviews episode 2 of season 5 of Ripper Street. 
• Adam Wagner reviews the episode "The Atlanta Bombing" of the true crime documentary series Beyond Reasonable Doubt. 
• Joe Berkowitz shares what director Edgar Wright learned from real criminals to make his crime movie Baby Driver more authentic.
• Swedish actor Michael Nyquist ,who has appeared in the swedish adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and John Wick among others, has died aged 56.  

Awards:

• Greg Fleming discusses the shortlist for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards. 

Writing, publishing and promotion:

• Susan M. Boyer talks about the benefits of writing your avatar.
• Bob Mayer talks about original ideas and why they are the heart of your story.
• Joe Berkowitz shares James Patterson's secrets for writing an unputdownable story. 
• Kali Amanda Browne talks about writing what scares you.
• Martin Cavannagh explains what irony is and how to use it.
• Hank Garner explains why he abandoned the program Scrivener.
• Brian J.W. Lee shares ten tips for dealing with bad reviews.
  

Interviews:

• John Valeri interviews William Shaw.
• Victoria Goldman interviews Charles Harris.
• Victoria Goldman also interviews Amer Anwar.
• Jenny Lee interviews Anthony J. Quinn.
  

Reviews:

• Marian McLeod reviews The Long Drop by Denise Mina. 
• Cleo Bannister reviews See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt.
• Vanessa Orr reviews A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell. 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Grilling the Subject by Daryl Wood Gerber and cooks a recipe from the book. 
• Amber Keller reviews The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka.
• Angie Barry reviews Shark Island by Chris Jameson. 
• Northern Crime reviews The Other Twin by Lucy V. Hay.
• Victoria Goldman also reviews The Other Twin by Lucy V. Hay. 
• Claire Knight reviews Two Sisters by Kerry Wilkinson.
• Jacob Collins reviews The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker. 
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Boy Who Saw by Simon Toyne.
• Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Child by Fiona Barton.
• Jason Sheehan reviews The Force by Don Winslow.
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Legacy by Bill Mesce Jr.
• Scott Adlerberg reviews American Static by Tom Pitts.
  

Crowdfunding:

• Several writers have united to raise money for the residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
  

Con reports:

• Alexa Grave reports about the 2017 In Your Write Mind workshop at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
  

Research:

• Detecting riots through Twitter. 
• Who is guilty when a brain-controlled computer kills?

Free online fiction:

• "A Woman Walks In" by Kat Clay in Crimson Streets.
• "Unsafe" by Ron Riekki at Akashic Books.
  

Odds and ends: 

• Watch a trailer for Baby Driver.
• Watch a trailer for The Silent Man.