It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new roundup of crime drama news:
THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES
A trailer was released for The Marsh King's Daughter, based on Karen Dionne's 2017 novel of the same name. The film stars Daisy Ridley playing Helena Pelletier, a woman who has long buried her past experience with her father, Jacob Holbrook, the notorious "Marsh King" (Ben Mendelsohn)—who kidnapped and held her mother and herself captive in the woods for twelve years in total isolation. When he reappears in her life decades later, presenting a very real threat, Helena must confront him in order to protect her family.
A trailer also dropped for Cat Person, based on Kristen Roupenian's viral 2017 short story. The adaptation follows a college student named Margot (played by Emilia Jones) as she meets an older man named Robert (Nicholas Braun). The two get together, things go badly, and the seemingly nice Robert quickly reveals he has a much uglier side. The film also stars Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, Liza Koshy, Michael Gandolfini, and Isabella Rossellini. Cat Person debuts in theatres on October 26.
TELEVISION/STREAMING
The BBC announced a new, four-part crime drama, In The Jetty, starring Jenna Coleman. Coleman plays rookie detective Ember Manning who must work out how a fire in a Lancashire holiday home connects to a podcast journalist investigating a missing persons cold case and an illicit "love" triangle between a man in his twenties and two underage girls. But as Ember gets close to the truth, it threatens to destroy her life—forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about her past, present and the town she’s always called home.
The BBC also commissioned Virdee, a new detective series based on AA Dhand’s best-selling crime novels and starring Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who). The series introduces Detective Harry Virdee (Dhawan), a Bradford cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying Saima, who is Muslim. Harry struggles with the abandonment, constantly attempting to reunite with his family. With his personal life in chaos, he must hunt down a killer targeting the Asian community. When the murderer kidnaps a local MP’s daughter in Bradford and holds the entire city to ransom, Harry realizes that he is going to need the help of his brother-in-law Riaz, a drug kingpin who runs the largest cartel in the county. Pulled together in an alliance that could ruin them both, Harry must make a choice: save himself and his family or save his city.
Disney+ has set the cast for the UK psychological drama, Playdate, adapted from Alex Dahl’s bestselling novel of the same name. The series, directed by Eva Husson, stars Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger, Ambika Mod, Jim Sturgess, Bronagh Waugh, and Michael Workeye. The story centers on Elisa, whose world is turned upside down when her young daughter Lucia is kidnapped at a sleepover. Who is the mystery woman who took Lucia, and what secrets does she know about Elisa?
A new teaser-trailer was released for Bosch: Legacy Season 2, based on the novels by Michael Connelly, which returns to Amazon Freevee on October 20. The drama series’ second season finds Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) working alongside Honey "Money" Chandler (Mimi Rogers) to track down a masked assailant who kidnapped his daughter, Maddie (Madison Lintz), before time runs out. But as the FBI scrutinizes the murder of businessman Carl Rogers (from Season 1) , Bosch and Chandler are placed under suspicion. Season 2 will see the return of Detective Robert "Crate" Moore (Gregory Scott Cummins), and Detective "Barrel" Johnson (Troy Evans), who join Bosch, Chandler, Maurice "Mo" Bassi (Stephen A. Chang), and Detective Reina Vasquez (Denise Sanchez) in the search to find Maddie.
PODCASTS/VIDEO/RADIO/AUDIO
Karin Slaughter stopped by Good Morning America to discuss her new Will Trent thriller, After That Night.
The Crime Cafe podcast featured Debbi Mack's interview with Verónica Gutiérrez, a former community organizer, civil rights attorney, and corporate executive turned crime writer. Her latest book is As You Look.
On Crime Time FM, Paul Burke reviewed the latest titles in crime fiction and one wild card pick; and authors Amanda Cassidy and Caro Ramsey discussed their new novels.
Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast republished an episode from 2021 that was originally released in two parts but is now all together as one. It features the mystery short story "Harvey and the Redhead" written by Debra H. Goldstein and read by actors Ariel Linn and Sean Hopper.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Book Club featured Nancy Bush and her latest crime novel, The Camp.
On Read or Dead, Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discussed catching up on 2023 releases on their TBR ("To Be Read") piles.
The Pick Your Poison podcast delved into why people are intentionally poisoning themselves with frog poison.
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