Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 3, 2018
Crime fiction in general:
- Alison Flood recommends several recent thrillers.
- Rebecca Whitney attempts to explain why so many women love mysteries, thrillers and crime novels.
- Michael Niemann shares his five favourite crime novels set in Africa.
- Greg Fleming reports that Stella Duffy has been selected to complete Ngaio Marsh's unfinished 1940 novel Money in the Morgue.
- Writer Jennifer Egan has been named president of PEN America.
Film and TV:
- Brian Camp takes a look at the blaxploitation cinema of the 1970s.
- John Grant revisits the 1953 noir movie Jennifer.
- Zoe Williams says that season 2 of Jessica Jones comes at exactly the right time, given the #MeToo debate.
- Rebecca Nicholson calls Save Me a complex mystery.
- Jamie Bernthal shares his thoughts on the movie Game Night.
- Farid Ul-Haq shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Alienist.
- James Donaghy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
- Ardi Alspach shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Waco.
- Lucy Mangan calls The Assassination of Gianni Versace a flawed guilty pleasure.
- Sam Wollaston shares his thoughts on Piers Morgan's interview with serial killer Lorenzo Gilyard.
- Peter White reports that the BBC is planning to make a fantasy crime series called The Watch, based on some of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
- British director Lewis Gilbert, who directed three James Bond films among many others, had died aged 97.
Comments on Red Sparrow:
- Inkoo Kang declares that Red Sparrow is not nearly as feminist as it thinks it is.
- Jonathan Dean declares that Red Sparrow mainly seems to be designed to showcase Jennifer Lawrence's body.
- Amy Nicholson shares her thoughts on Red Sparrow.
- Guy Lodge reports how Jennifer Lawrence uses Red Sparrow to change her image.
Comments on Strike: Career of Evil:
- Huw Fullerton looks ahead at Career of Evil, the latest installment in the Strike crime series, based on J.K. Rowling's mysteries written as Robert Galbraith.
- Sam Wollaston is more interested in the characters' personal lives than in the case to be solved in Strike: Career of Evil.
- Stacia Briggs praises the chemistry between stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger in Strike: Career of Evil.
- Morgan Jeffery shares his thoughts on Strike: Career of Evil.
- Susanna Lazarus explains what happened in Strike so far.
- Thomas Barrie profiles Tom Burke who plays Cormoran Strike in the Strike series.
- Huw Fullerton explains how the scenes featuring Cormoran Strike's missing leg were filmed, even though actor Tom Burke is not disabled.
- Justin Harp reports that J.K. Rowling is planning to write at least ten more Cormoran Strike mysteries.
Discussion of sexual harrassment in children's and YA publishing:
- Janci Patterson talks about sexual harrassment, apologies and forgiveness.
- Dan Wells responds to the sexual harrassment debate.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2018 Berlin film festival have been announced.
- The winners of the 2018 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival have been announced.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Rhiannon Navin explains what inspired her novel Only Child.
- Kameron Hurley talks about goals and motivation.
- Lauren Sapala explains what even experienced writers can learn from the newbie writer mindset.
- Helen Lowe talks about the magic of beginnings.
- Damonza explains what makes a good author bio.
- SciFi & Scary talks about the pros and cons of small press publishing.
- C.J. Archer explains how to reach readers on Kobo.
Interviews:
- Ewen MacAskill interviews James Deegan.
- John Valeri interviews John Hart.
- Victoria Goldman interviews Holly Cave.
- Victoria Goldman interviews Tim Baker.
Reviews:
- Janet Webb reviews A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber.
- Sandra Mangan reviews That Old Black Magic by Cathi Unsworth.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Whisper of Bones by Ellen Hart.
- John Valeri reviews Bone Music by Christopher Rice.
- Katherine Sunderland reviews Rattle and The Collector by Fiona Cummins.
- Jenny Maloney reviews The Hush by John Hart.
- Janet Webb reviews Darkest Night by Tara Thomas.
- Marina Sofia reviews I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara.
- Garrick Webster reviews Sunburn by Laura Lippman.
- Marina Sofia reviews Keeper by Johana Gustawsson, translated by Maxim Jakubowski.
- Mike Parker reviews The Vanishing Season by Joanna Schaffhausen.
- Angie Barry reviews The Dead Road by Seth Patrick.
- M. John Harrison reviews The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey.
- Anthony Cummins also reviews The Western Wind by Samatha Harvey.
- Sukhdev Sandhu reviews The Fountain in the Forest by Tony White.
- Victoria Goldman reviews Dark Pines by Will Dean.
- Victoria Goldman reviews Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan.
- The Quiet Knitter reviews Evidence of Death by Peter Ritchie.
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Conviction by Julia Dahl.
- Lance Charnes reviews Illegal Holdings by Michael Niemann.
- Sue Seabury reviews Knave's Gambit by Deforest Day.
- John Langan reviews The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke and tries a recipe from the book.
- William Atkins reviews The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú.
Con reports:
- The BBC reports briefly about the Granite Noir crime festival in Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Danica Ollerova reports about the Granite Noir crime festival.
- Kieran Beattie reports about the Granite Noir crime festival.
- Alison Campsie reports about an exhibition of historical crime scene photos at the Granite Noir crime festival.
- The Evening Express also reports about the exhibition of historical crime scene photos at the Granite Noir crime festival.
Research:
Free online fiction:
- "The Butcher of Pensacola" by James Glass at Akashic Books.
- "The Photographer's Closet" by Tannar Miller in Crimson Streets.
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