Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 4, 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 Alias Grace, Snatch, Blade Runner 2049, The Deuce, the Ngaio Marsh Awards, Noireland, tributes to Donald Bain and much more.
Crime fiction in general:
Film and TV:
Comments on Alias Grace:
Comments on the TV remake of Snatch:
Comments on Blade Runner 2049:
Comments on the season finale of The Deuce:
Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
Interviews:
Reviews:
Con reports:
Research:
Free online fiction:
Odds and ends:
Crime fiction in general:
- Publishers Weekly shares its list of the best mysteries and thrillers of 2017.
- Carrie Smith shares five new police procedurals for this winter.
- Paul D. Brazill shares the best underground crime fiction.
- Kevin Core profiles Lee Child.
- Margot Kinberg discusses the first look at a crime scene and how it is handled in fiction.
- Jamie Bernthal revisits the 1935 novel The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell.
- Mystery author Donald Bain, best known for the Murder She Wrote tie-in novels, has died aged 82.
- John Valeri shares a tribute to Donald Bain.
Film and TV:
- Piu Eatwell talks about the Black Dahlia, film noir and the femme fatale.
- Susan Amper reviews the documentary Buried Alive about Edgar Allan Poe.
- Actor Brad Bufanda, best remembered for his role in Veronica Mars, died of suicide aged 34.
Comments on Alias Grace:
- Katrina Onstad reports about the upcoming miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood's historical crime novel Alias Grace.
- Zoe Williams calls Alias Grace a timely portrait of the brutality of powerlessness.
- David Bianculi calls Alias Grace uncannily relevant.
- Julia Raeside calls Alias Grace a poignant adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
- Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya calls Alias Grace more than a murder mystery.
- Kelly Connolly calls Alias Grace a historical crime drama infused with the spirit of The Handmaid's Tale.
- Melanie McFarland calls Alias Grace a fitting companion piece to The Handmaid's Tale.
- Dave Nemetz calls Alias Grace an elegant murder tale.
- Della Harrington praises the performance of actress Sarah Gadon in Alias Grace.
- Danielle Turchiano interviews Sarah Gadon, the star of Alias Grace.
- Elena Nicolaou takes a look at the real 19th century murder case that Alias Grace is based upon.
Comments on the TV remake of Snatch:
- Stuart Heritage calls the TV version of Guy Ritchie's 2000 crime comedy Snatch an obnoxious remake.
- Fiona Sturges calls the remake of Snatch not a diamond in the rough, but a turd in the punchbowl.
Comments on Blade Runner 2049:
- Lauren Jernigan declares with respect to Blade Runner 2049 that bad representation is not representation at all.
- Art L. Powell explains why Christians need to see Blade Runner 2049.
- Germain Lussier reports that there were plans to cut Blade Runner 2049 into two films.
Comments on the season finale of The Deuce:
- Paul MacInnes shares a recap of the latest episode of The Deuce.
- Thomas Pluck shares his thoughts on the season finale of The Deuce.
- Erik Adams also shares his thoughts on the season finale of The Deuce.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced.
- Craig Sisterson discusses the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award winners.
- Janet Rudolph discusses the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award winners.
- Samuel White profiles Finn Bell, one of the winners of the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
- Ali Karim shares some videos of the CWA Dagger Awards ceremony.
- Voting has opened for the first round of the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards for mystery and thriller novels as well as many other genres.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Donna Huston Murray explains how she decided to tackle the subject of domestic violence in her latest cozy mystery.
- Clea Simon describes her journey to writing cozy mysteries and why she decided to write a grittier mystery.
- Lawrence Goldstone talks about writing and researching historical thrillers.
- Chris Winkle shares some lessons to be learned from flat writing.
- The Puppet Show shares some tips for researching a story setting.
- Chad Gills shares seven secrets of writing from the some of the best writers in the world.
- Lance S.A. Nielsen shares his top ten writing tips.
- Chris Mandeville shares a list of useful tips and tools for NaNoWriMo.
- Dan Belmont wonders whether to cheat at NaNoWriMo.
- Chuck Wendig shares a recipe for NaNoWriMo success.
- James Prescott explains how to unlock a tsunami of words.
- Ryan J. Pelton advises writers to forget all advice and just write.
- Julianne Q. Johnson explains how to write an effective blurb.
- Heather Rose Jones talks about her new promotional activities.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch discusses the worrying practice of copyright squatting.
- Maggie Stiefvater talks about the hazards of book piracy.
Interviews:
- Crime Fiction Lover interviews Ann Cleeves.
- Craig Sisterson interviews Fiona Sussman.
- John Valeri interviews Linwood Barclay.
- John Valeri interviews David Freed.
- John Valeri interviews Todd Merer.
- Steven Rainey interviews Adrian McKinty.
- Daniel Magennis interviews Adrian McKinty.
- Bronagh McAteer interviews Sam Carrington.
- Tracy Fenton interviews Steve Cavanagh.
- Catherine Turnbull interviews Chris Brookmyre.
- Crime Con Informant interviews Payne Lindsey.
Reviews:
- Marina Sofia reviews First Person by Richard Flanagan.
- Jen Lucas reviews Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride.
- Don Massenzio also reviews Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride.
- Thomas Pluck reviews World Enough by Clea Simon.
- Crime Fiction Lover reviews Heaven's Crooked Finger by Hank Early.
- Purity Brown reviews The Midnight Line by Lee Child.
- Vanessa Orr reviews The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey.
- Robin Agnew reviews Weycombe by G.M. Malliet.
- Catherine Turnbull reviews Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson.
- Joseph Scarpato Jr. reviews Unquiet Spirits by Bonnie MacBird.
- Damp Pebbles reviews The Binding Song by Elodie Harper.
- Ariell Cacciola reviews Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Extraditionist by Todd Merer.
- John Valeri reviews Buzz Killer by Tom Straw.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews Joe Ledger: Unstoppable, edited by Jonathan Maberry and Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke and tries a recipe from the book.
- Colleen Mondor reviews The Leaf Reader by Emily Arsenault.
- Farid Ul-Haq reviews Addict by Matt Doyle.
Con reports:
- Tracy Mearns reports about the Noireland Crime Fiction Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and shares some photos.
- Bronagh McAteer also reports about the Noireland Crime Fiction Festival and shares some photos.
- The Puppet Show shares some tips for surviving a crime writing festival.
- Howard Jacobson wonders whether we need literary festivals.
Research:
- The manuscript of Edward Fairfax's account of a 17th century witchcraft trial in North Yorkshire is up for sale.
- The unusual career of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Free online fiction:
- "White Cats" by Fortunato Salazar at Akashic Books.
- "Pax In Virtute" by David Bruns in Crimson Streets.
Odds and ends:
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