We’ve made it to another Thursday. I hope you and your family are safe and healthy and finding ways to deal with this new normal.

Maybe this week’s edition of 3-2-1 Thursday will help take your mind off things. As promised, here’s the most crime fiction news per word on the web.

 

Here are 3 crime fiction links, 2 quotes, and 1 question for this week:

 

3 LINKS

• NPR talks to David Simon about adapting Phillip Roth’s alternative history THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA.

 

• If you’ve exhausted the classics or haven’t read up in genre lately, here is a good list of 10 recent detectives you might try out.

 

• Book Riot highlights 9 books (fiction and non-fiction) that feature female spies in the lead role. I can second the rec for Atkinson and Fesperman. The rest are new to me.

 

2 QUOTES

A couple quotes from (fictional) private detectives:

• “Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.” Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep)

 

• “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” Sherlock Holmes”

 

1 QUESTION

• In these strange times, I’m reaching for comfort and routine. What book in your favorite genre do you recommend re-reading?
  

 

Until next Thursday, happy reading,

Mike

Author the Max Strong thriller series