Crime Fiction Links of the Week for February 22, 2025

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 season 3 of Reacher, season 3 of Yellowjackets, Cleaner, Zero Day, Old Guy, A Thousand Blows, Daredevil Born Again, Twin Peaks, the future of James Bond, EastEnders at forty and much more.
 

Crime fiction in general: 

• CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week,  
• Alison Flood shares her favourite crime novels and thrillers of the month. 
• Mark Baker shares his favourite mysteries and crime novels of 2024.
  
• Paul French talks about crime fiction set in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• Wes Browne shares his favourite fictional loveable scoundrels.
  
• Deon Meyer talks about subgenres and genre boundaries.
  

 

Film and TV: 

• Saloni Gajjar calls Grosse Pointe Garden Society a fun, frothy mystery 
• Deborah Shrewsbury shares her thoughts on series 6 of Unforgotten.
  
• Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on Nightsleeper. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the gaelic language crime drama An t-Eilean
  
• Chris Jenkins shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Astrid: Murder In Paris.
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer. 
• Paul Levinson shares his thoughts on the season 1 finale of Dexter: Original Sin.
  
• Caroline Siede profiles blaxploitation star Pam Grier. 
• Mallory O'Meara profiles silent era action star Helen Gibson. 
• Germain Lussier interviews Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, creators of Cobra Kai. 
  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1945 noir film The Brighton Strangler.
  
• William Lampkin reports about a planned 1978 Doc Savage movie that was never made. 
• Martin Belam talks about how various animal species have been misrepresented in movies. 
  
• Sian Cain reports that the Australian soap opera Neighbours has been cancelled for a second time after Amazon dropped out.
• Actor and voice actor Julian Holloway, who appeared in Doctor Who, Star Wras: The Clone Wars, The Sweeney, James Bond Jr., the Carry On series and many others, has died aged 80.   
• Anthony Hayward shares an obituary for Julian Holloway. 
• French actress Genevieve Page, best known for her roles in Foreign Intrigue, El Cid, The Private Lives of Sherlock Holmes and Belle du Jour, has died aged 98. 
  

 

Comments on season 3 of Reacher: 

• Brian Tallerico declares that Reacher returns with a trio of effective, ass-kicking episodes
• Terry Terrones calls season 3 of Reacher stealthy and thrilling 
  
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on season 3 of Reacher.
• Diana Keng shares episode by episode reviews of season 3 of Reacher.
  
• Diana Keng shares her appreciation for the character of  Frances Neagley in Reacher.

 

Comments on Cleaner:

• Matt Schimkowitz calls Cleaner a tired skyscraper thriller. 
  
• Jesse Hassenger calls Cleaner not quite enough of a real action movie

 

 Comments on Zero Day: 

• Lucy Mangan calls Zero Day a cyberhacking thriller that is an astonishing amount of fun 
• Tim Lowery calls Zero Day a political thriller that is very timely (and equally messy).

 

 Comments on Old Guy:  

• Brianna Zigler calls Old Guy an action-comedy that skimps on the action and comedy
• Jim Vorel calls Old Guy an underwritten action outline
  

 

Comments on Daredevil Born Again: 

• Ben Travis interviews Dario Scardapane, showrunner of Daredevil Born Again. 
• Oliver Franklin-Wallis interviews Charlie Cox who plays Matt Murdoch a.k.a. Daredevil in Daredevil Born Again.
• Nick Romano interviews actors Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio and Deborah Ann Woll as well as the creative team behind Daredevil: Born Again. 
  
• Watch a trailer for . Daredevil: Born Again

 

 Comments on A Thousand Blows:

• Christina Izzo declares that the historical boxing drama A Thousand Blows packs a promising punch
• Lacy Baugher Milas calls A Thousand Blows a gritty Victorian boxing drama. 
• Lucy Mangan calls A Thousand Blows an irresistible boxing drama 
• Andy Welch interviews Stephen Graham who plays Sugar Goodson in A Thousand Blows.
  

 

Comments on season 3 of Yellowjackets:

•  Rebecca Nicholson declares that season 3 of Yellowjackets just remembered to be funny.
• Jen Lennon declares that after a shaky season 2, Yellowjackets returns with two intriguing, relatively grounded episodes
• Gillian Bennett declares that the first episodes of season 3 of Yellowjackets seem to get the show back on track. 
• Melody McCune shares her thoughts on episodes 1 and 2 of season 3 of Yellowjackets. 
• Natalie Zutter shares her thoughts on the season 3 premiere of Yellowjackets.

 

Comments on the Future of James Bond: 

• Mark Sweeney reports that Austrian property developer Josef Kleindienst is challenging various trademarks associated with James Bond. 
• Rob Davies and Andrew Pulver report that the James Bond producers, the Broccoli family, have  given Amazon full creative control of 007
• James Whitbrok also reports that Amazon gained creative control over James Bond in a shocking new deal   
• Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin try to explain why Amazon took control of James Bond    
  
• Germain Lussier reports that Amazon head Jeff Bezos is already soliciting ideas for the next James Bond
  

 

Comments on Twin Peaks: 

• Cheryl Eddy shares ten life lessons from Twin Peaks.
  
• Kali Wallace revisits the 1992 horror crime film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

 

 EastEnders at Forty:

• Michael Hogan celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the British soap opera EastEnders. 
• Stuart Heritage reports about the fortieth anniversary episode of EastEnders, which became positively science fictional at times.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Jenn Bredman talks about the pitfalls and problems of incorporating current events in your fiction. 
• Dhanika Pineda talks about fan-fiction that is pulled to publish.
  
• Matilda Battersby reports that Jeannette Winterson has criticised the UK government's AI plans.
  
• Barbara Casassus reports that French creative fear that their interests are being ignored by proposed new AI legislation. 
• Christopher Norris declares that writers need a new moral right in response to the threat of AI. 
• Ed Pilkington reports that books dealing with gender issues or discrimination have been suspended from the libraries of schools operated by the US military for children of military personnel in response to an executive order by Donald Trump. 
• Ella Creamer reports that actress Julianne Moore is shocked that her children's book Freckleface Strawberry about a little girl who comes to accept her freckles is among the books suspended from the libraries of schools operated by the US military. 
• Ella Creamer reports that hundreds of books have been seized from stores in Kashmir as the Indian police crack down on dissent and Muslim organisations.
  
• Ella Creamer reports about couples who met in bookstores.

 

Awards:

• The finalist for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2025 BAFTA film awards have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2025 Writers Guild Awards have been announced,
• The finalists for the 2024 International Film Music Critics Association Awards have been announced. 

 

Interviews: 

• Mary Louise Kelly interviews Jo Nesbo
• Alan Petersen interviews Gregg Hurwitz. 
• Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjkee interview Simon Mayo.
• Harry Siegel and Brian Berger interview Jonathan Lethem.
• Garrick Webster interviews Simon McCleave
  
• J. Kingston Pierce interviews Mark Coggins.
• Terry McDonnell interviews Kevin Wade. 
• Paul Burke interviews Graeme Macrae Burnet 
• Frank Zafiro interviews D.M. Barr. 
• Debbi Mack interviews Michael Kaufman. 
• Garrick Webster interviews Kerry J. Donovan
• Kate Brody interviews Emily J. Smith, 
• Lisa Haselton interviews D.W. Layton.
  

 

Reviews:

• John Valeri reviews Alter Ego by Alex Segura  
• Jen Lucas reviews Little Red Death by A.K. Benedict
  
• Mary Picken reviews Making A Killing by Cara Hunter
  
• Jen Lucas reviews Darke Deeds by Lisa Sell
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Dark As Night by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Lorenza García
  
• Liz Bourke reviews Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite 
  
• Mary Picken reviews Line of Sight by Claire Askew 
• Gwen Moffat reviews Say Nothing by Erin Kinsley 
  
• Mary Picken reviews Dirty Money by Charlotte Philby 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Lollipop Man by Daniel Sellers 
• Jen Lucas reviews Marshal of Snowdonia by Simon McCleave 
• Mike Parker reviews The Best Enemy by Sergio Olguín
  
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews Picks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow 
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Picks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow 
• Sandra Mangan reviews Sweat by Emma Healey
  
• Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Weekend Guests by Liza North  
• Garrick Webster reviews Small Fires by Ronnie Turner
  
• Mark Yon reviews The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths.  
  
• Robin Agnew reviews A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough.
• Janet Webb reviews An Excellent Thing in a Woman by Allison Montclair
  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Serpent Under by Bonnie MacBird 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews The Devil’s Playground by Craig Russell 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson 
• Crossexamining Crime reviews Twilight Falls by Juneau Black
• Lesa Holstine reviews The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea by C.L. Miller
• Crossexamining Crime reviews Death Came Secondhand by Gertrude Lynley
  
• Crossexamining Crime reviews Death on a Tiny Scale by Julie Broussely  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews There's No Murder Like Show Murder by M.S. Greene
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Blame The Beignets by Ginger Bolton and tries a recipe from the book.
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews The Herringbone Harbor Mystery by Sally Goldenbaum and tries a recipe from the book.
• Cathy Akers-Jordan reviews A Dark and Stormy Murder by Julia Buckley. 
  
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Schooled in Murder by Victoria Gilbert
• John Valeri reviews Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson
• Lesa Holstine reviews How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson
   
  

 Classics reviews:

• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1929 James Aloysius Peter Piper mystery The Tule Marsh Mystery by Nancy Barr Mavity 
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1930 crime novel Gold Mask by Edogawa Rampo, translated by William Varteresian. 
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1934 Dr. Gideon Fell mystery The Blind Barber by John Dickson Carr  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel  revisits the 1952 mystery How Doth The Little Crocodile? by Peter Antony  
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1957 gothic novel The Pretty Ones by Dorothy Eden.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1958 noir novel Vice Trap by Elliott Gilbert
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1978 men's adventure novel Forgive the Executioner by Andrew Lane.
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2006 Hugh Corbett historical mystery The Waxman Murders by Paul Doherty 
  

 

Con and event reports:

• Ayo Onatade, Mike Stotter and Ali Karim share their experiences at the 2025 Michael Joseph PenguinRandomHouse Crime Party in London, UK.
  

 

Research: 

• Eva Wiseman reports that women in the UK are still being sent to prison for mental health issues, which would be much better handled elsewhere. 
• Peter Alson shares his experiences working at a bookmaker's office. 
• Sam Levin reports that the first firing squad execution in fifteen years will probably happen in South Carolina next month.  
  
• Colin Dickey talks about the history of ley lines.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Lucky Number" by Jessica Slee in Shotgun Honey. 
• "23 Words on a Note" by Stephen J. Golds in Punk Noir Magazine 
  
• "Comic Caper" by Karl Koweski in Punk Noir Magazine
• "The Rose" by James Curtis in Punk Noir Magazine 
  

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Dope Thief.
• Watch a trailer for The Residence.