Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 10, 2018
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 Red Sparrow, Homeland, the 2018 Academy Awards and much more.
Crime fiction in general:
Film and TV:
Comments on Red Sparrow:
Awards:
Comments on the 2018 Academy Awards:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
Interviews:
Reviews:
Crowdfunding:
Con reports:
Free online fiction:
Odds and ends:
Crime fiction in general:
- Patricia Abbott looks back on fifty years of reading crime fiction.
- Garrick Webster lists the best crime novels set in cold climates not written by Scandinavian authors.
- Garick Webster offers a guide to the Harry Hole novels by Jo Nesbo.
- Sarah Weinman takes a look at the women mystery writers who paved the way for Agatha Christie.
- Anna Mundow shares her appreciation for Agatha Christie and her works.
- Bill Morris wonders whether it is time to stop loathing Mickey Spillane.
- Brad Meltzer talks about his visit to the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and how it inspired his new thriller The Escape Artist.
- Lili Loofbourow talks about the male glance and why it is so pervasive.
- Kristian Wilson reports that racial diversity in romance publishing actually got worse in 2017.
Film and TV:
- Garrick Webster takes a look at the Danish crime drama Below the Surface.
- Garrick Webster also takes a look at the Belgian crime drama 13 Commandments.
- Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
- James Donaghy shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Homeland.
- Sarah Hughes wonders why McMafia, Collateral and several other British prestige dramas just don't work.
- Dorian Lynskey revisits the TV crime drama The Wire on its tenth anniversary.
- Peter Foy revisits the TV crime drama Breaking Bad on it tenth anniversary.
- Samuel Brace reports that actor Tom Hardy will be playing Al Capone in the upcoming movie Fonzo.
Comments on Red Sparrow:
- Ian Cardona takes a look at the similarities between Red Sparrow and Marvel's Black Widow.
- Ian Cardona also explains what the planned Black Widow movie can learn from Red Sparrow.
- Renaldo Matadeen explains Red Sparrow's twist ending.
Awards:
- Michael Connelly has been awarded the 2018 CWA Diamond Dagger.
- Crimefest Bristol explains why it has withdrawn its sponsorship from the new Staunch Prize for thrillers without violence against women.
- The finalists for the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced.
Comments on the 2018 Academy Awards:
- The winners of the 2018 Academy Awards have been announced with lots of love for SFF movies.
- Dan Sarto asks whether CGI characters deserve Academy Awards and if so, who should get them?
- Charles Pulliam-Moore complains that the Academy did not have the guts to give Get Out the Oscar for Pest Picture.
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2018 Academy Award winners.
- Germain Lussier shares a list of twelve science fiction films that deserved to win best picture just like The Shape of Water.
- Gwen Ihnat shares a list of those missing from the In Memoriam segment during the 2018 Academy Awards.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Jeff VanderMeer shares eight writing tips.
- Lauren Sapala talks about the dangers of perfectionism for writers.
- Kris Gage shares the number one reason to make people like your writing.
- Sarah Conklin shares six reasons why reading is essential for writers.
- Linda Gould talks about characters and imaginary friends.
- Patty Jansen asks if you can make a living selling short fiction.
- Patty Jansen also tackles the claim that author mailing lists will eventually stop working.
Interviews:
- Stephen Jewell interviews Daniel Mallory a.k.a. A.J. Finn.
- Craig Sisterson interviews C.J. Carver.
- Joy Kluver interviews Claire Dyer.
Reviews:
- Purity Brown reviews Deep Blue Trouble by Steph Broadribb.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Hold My Hand by M.J. Ford.
- Kristin Centorcelli reviews The Day She Disappeared by Christobel Kent.
- Sandra Mangan reviews 29 Seconds by T.M Logan.
- Catherine Turnbull reviews The Smiling Man by Joseph Knox.
- Marina Sofia reviews Holy Ceremony by Harri Nykänen, translated by Kristian London.
- Purity Brown reviews The Bone Keeper by Luca Veste.
- John Valeri reviews The Third Victim by Philip Margolin.
- Carrie O'Grady reviews The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Plum Tea Crazy by Laura Childs and tries a recipe from the book.
- Ernest Lilley reviews The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard.
- Mike Parker reviews Holmes Entangled by Gordon McAlpine.
- Andrew Liptak reviews The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch.
- Ardi Alspach reviews The Hunger by Alma Katsu.
- Gabino Iglesias reviews The Feed by Nick Clark Windo.
Crowdfunding:
- On Bodies, a new anthology by 3 Cups Press, is looking for funding.
- Batman - Gotham City Chronicles, a miniature boardgame, is looking for funding.
- Pregnant Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Miles was critically injured in a traffic accident in Brooklyn, New York, and lost her four-year-old daughter Abigail. The family needs some help with medical expenses.
- Lauren and Charles Lew were injured in the same accident in Brooklyn, New York, and lost their son Joshua. They also need help with medical expenses.
- The
family of Avery Scheit, a 17-year-old cosplayer who died following a
massive asthma attack and heart attack at Emerald City Comic Con in
Seattle, Washington, needs some help with medical and other expenses.
Con reports:
- Joy Kluver reports about the latest First Monday Crime event in London, UK and shares some photos.
- Peter Rozovsky reports about an event with Steve Cavanagh, Lee Child and Adrian McKinty at the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and shares some photos.
- Lori Rader-Day and Dana Kaye discuss the crime fiction conference Murder and Mayhem in Chicago.
- Janet Rudolph looks ahead at Crimefest 2018 in Bristol, UK.
Free online fiction:
- "Over the Edge" by Tom Howard in Flash Bang Mysteries.
- "Listen Up" by Peter DiChellis in Flash Bang Mysteries.
Odds and ends:
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