The University of Otago's Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies announced two new fellowships that will be open to writers of Irish or Scottish birth, residence or affiliation. The inaugural CISS Scottish Writers Fellowship will be held jointly by Scottish crime writer Craig Robertson (the bestselling author of The Photographer and Murderabilia) and American-Scottish novelist and screenwriter Alexandra Sokoloff (author of the bestselling Huntress/FBI series). Robertson and Sokoloff will take up their Fellowship in September 2020.
The Guardian profiled Georges Simenon, creator of the Inspector Maigret series, and why the killer ("the most boring part") didn't matter to Georges Simenon. This is particularly evident in Maigret and the Man on the Bench where identifying the culprit is "of scant concern to a writer preoccupied with deeper secrets."
Jeannette Cooperman pondered "What Trends in Crime Fiction Tell Us About Ourselves" for The Common Reader.
The Venetian Vase blog featured the sixth installment in Jason Carter’s series exploring the connections between James Ellroy and the true crime history of Wisconsin.
Crimereads offered up reading recommendations for this month, including the first, "5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read in February," followed by "February's Best International Crime Fiction," and including "Six Nonfiction Books You Should Read This February."
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times reported on "Five authors of Korean thrillers you should be reading."
Susan Cook made the case for "How Charles Dickens Presaged the Rise of True Crime Podcasts."
Elizabeth Foxwell noted on her Bunburyist blog that the Library of America is featuring an early Continental Op short story. "The Tenth Clew" (1924), by Dashiell Hammett. The Op finds that his client, who told him that his life had been threatened, has been murdered. He wonders about the young woman who intended to marry the dead man.
Mary Kubica, bestselling author of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, Don't You Cry, Every Last Lie, and When the Lights Go Out, took the Page 69 test for her latest thriller, The Other Mrs.
In a life-imitates-art meme that's been the buzz of the Interwebs recently, "Did a 1981 Dean Koontz novel predict the Wuhan coronavirus?"
How do you stop a burglary at a bookstore?
This week's crime poem at the 5-2 is "Darulaman Murder Mystery" by Steven Croft.
In the Q&A roundup, Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez series, stopped by the online Annie's Book Stop of Worcester to discuss her new book, The Long Call; Mark Billingham chatted with The Scottish Sun about writing 20 books in 20 years and his latest Tom Thorne crime novel, Their Little Secret; Shots Magazine had a Q&A with Sam Lloyd, author of the new thriller, The Memory Wood; and thriller author Harlan Coben explained to Variety what it's like having your novels adapted for television.
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