Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 3, 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 the best crime novels of 2025 to date, Dark Winds, Daredevil: Born Again, the final season of You, The Essex Millionaire Murder, Suspect: The Shooting of  Jean Charles de Memzes and much more.
 

Crime fiction in general: 

• CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week,   
• CrimeReads shares the best reviewed crime novels of April 2025.
  
• Molly Odintz hosts a round table of 2025 Edgar Award finalists, in which they discuss the state of the mystery novel in two parts.
  
• Tom Spencer wonders why mystery and detective novels are considered middlebrow.
• Abbi Waxman explains why pairs of detectives work so well
• Sam Lumley talks about the importance of cars, particularly the sleuth's car, in crime fiction.
  
• Rachel Paris shares eight crime novels which take you into the world of the super rich.
  
• Liann Zhang explains why the world of influencers is the perfect setting for a mystery 
• Ella Creamer wonders whether the world really needs more male novelists.   
• Ali Karim shares an overview over the works of Japanese mystery writer Seichō Matsumoto 
  
• Olivia Rutigliano takes a look at Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures in spiritualism

 

Best of 2025:

• Irene Forshaw shares her favourite crime novels of 2025 to date.
• Jamie Canaves shares her favourite crime novels of 2025 to date. 
• Joan Smith and Mark Sanderson share their favourite crime novels of 2025 to date.  

 

Film and TV: 

• Peter Bradshaw calls Havoc a gonzo gun mayhem action movie that misses the point
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on I, Jack Wright 
• Diana Keng shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Leverage: Redemption.
  
• Lara Rosales shares her thoughts on the latest episode of The Equalizer. 
• Martin Edwards revisits the 1957 noir film Crime of Passion. 
• Paul Hirons revisits the 1985 British crime drama Dempsey and Makepeace.
  
• Paul Hirons wonders about the popularity of reboots.
• Lara Rosales shares her appreciation for the character of Emily Prentiss in Criminal Minds.
  
• Olivia Rutigliano wonders who should play the next James Bond.
  
• Jason Bailey profiles James Gandolfini, best known for playing Tony Soprano in The Sopranos.
  

 

Comments on the final season of You: 

• Saloni Gajjar interviews Madeline Brewer, best known for her appearances in The Handmaid's Tale and You. 
• Rachel Aroesti interviews Charlotte Ritchie, one of the stars of You.
  
  

 Comments on Dark Winds:

• Saloni Gajjar declares that Dark Winds' stellar third season ends on a note of cautious optimism
• Saloni Gajjar interviews Zahn McClarnon, best known for his roles in Dark Winds, Reservation Dogs, Fargo and Westworld.
  

Comments on Daredevil: Born Again:

• Aaron Jones shares his thoughts on Daredevil: Born Again.
• Hector DeJean shares his thoughts on Daredevil: Born Again.

 

Comments on The Essex Millionaire Murders:

• Lucy Mangan calls The Essex Millionaire Murders absolutely grim and astonishing true-crime TV 
• Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on The Essex Millionaire Murders
  

 

Comments on Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes:

• Jack Seale calls Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes a dreadfully suspenseful four-parter about the killing of an innocent Brazilian man 
  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Jenna Satterthwaite talks about when inspiration strikes. 
• Kate Elliott discusses the doubts that assail many writers and artists.
  
• Georgina Clarke talks about incorporating research into writing 
  
• Lindsey Byrd explains how important real places are for her fantasy writing.  
• Tim Susman explains how to write a comic script 
• Lucy Knight reports that the BBC has created mystery writing classes taught by an AI replica of Agatha Christie.
  
• Scott Montgomery celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of classic crime fiction reprint publisher Stark House Press. 
• Denise Beck-Clark explains how she almost fell for a common scam targeting writers.
• Ella Creamer reports that the small press Conduit Books wants to focus on books by male writers, a demographic they consider underrepresented.
  
• Benjamin Mullin reports that Ziff Davis, publisher of  PCMag, Mashable and many others is sueing OpenAI for copyright infringement.
• Ella Creamer reports that according to a recent survey, many parents don't enjoy reading to their children.

 

Awards:

• The winners of the 2025 Edgar Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2025 Agatha Awards have been announced.
  
• The longlisted for the 2025 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award has been announced and voting is open.
• The finalists for the 2025 CrimeFest Awards have been announced.
  
• The finalists for the 2025 CWA Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing have been announced. 
• The winners of the 2025 Derringer Awards have been announced.
  
• The winners of the 2025 LA Times Book Prize have been announced.
  

 

Interviews: 

• Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Kelly Mullen 
• Tyler Aufhammer interviews Anne Hillerman
  
• Ayesha Rascoe interviews Louise Hegarty. 
• Molly Odintz interviews Margot Douaihy
  
• Alan Petersen interviews  Marcie R. Rendon
• Paul Burke interviews Jeremy Vine 
• Garrick Webster interviews Emma Stonex 
• Lisa Haselton interviews Kay Sparling.
  
• Debbi Mack interviews Deven Greene. 
• E.B. Davis interviews S.A. Lazlo.
  
• John Valeri interviews Anne Soon Choi 

 

Reviews:

• Jen Lucas reviews The Girl In Cell A by Vaseem Khan
• Mandie Griffiths reviews The House of Mirrors by Erin Kelly
  
• Peter Handel reviews Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch. 
• Sandra Mangan reviews The Grapevine by Kate Kemp 
• Jen Lucas reviews Amnesia by L.J. Ross
• Joe Morgan reviews Because She Looked Away by Alison Bruce   
  
• Marlene Harris reviews Shadow of the Solstice by Anne Hillerman 
• Jeff Ayers reviews Into the Gray Zone by Brad Taylor
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Midnight Streets by Phil Lecomber.
• Mary Picken reviews Dangerous by Essie Fox.
  
• Raven Crime Reads reviews Dangerous by Essie Fox.
  
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Estella’s Revenge by Barbara Havelocke 
• Janet Webb reviews The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson Wheeler
  
• Marlene Harris reviews A Gentleman’s Murder by Christopher Huang 
• Marlene Harris reviews Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Dead In The Frame by Stephen Spotswood 
  
• Lesa Holstine reviews Booked for Revenge by Karen Rose Smith
  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Dog Sitter Detective by Antony Johnston  
• Gwen Moffat reviews A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter  
• Erin Britton reviews More than Murder by Jayne Chard
  
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Bait And Swiss by Korina Moss and tries a recipe from the book.
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Underscore by Andrew Cartmel  
  
• Mary Picken reviews The Midnight Carousel by Fiza Saeed McLynn
• Blue Book Balloon reviews Sleeper Beach by Nick Harkaway 
• Doreen Sheridan reviews Little Mysteries by Sara Gran 
• Mandie Griffiths reviews Murder In Harrogate, edited by Vaseem Khan.
  
• Kevin Tipple reviews The Amber Waves of Autumn: Noir Stories, edited by David M. Olsen.
  

 

Classics reviews:

• Martin Edwards revisits the 1932 Dr. Priestley mystery Peril at Cranbury Hall by John Rhode.
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1942 Basil Willing mystery Cue for Murder by Helen McCloy
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1944 suspense novel They See in Darkness by Ethel Lina White
  
• Crossexamining Crime revisits the 1953 Inspector Bradfield mystery Silence After Dinner by Clifford Witting
  
• Jamie Agnew revisits the 1958 mystery Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett.
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1976 thriller A Taste of Terror by Martha Albrand. 
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 1991 YA mystery Winterkill by Nicole Davidson.
  
• Paperback Warrior revisits the 2000 noir novel Line of Sight by Jack Kelly.
  

 

Con and event reports:

•  Mark Lawson interviews Ken Ludwig about adapting Agatha Christie to the stage..
  

 

Research: 

• Rick Mofina explains how the execution process in Texas works.
• Nadia Khomani reports that British writer Barbara Pym apparently worked for the MI5, examining letters for coded messages.
  

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Where You Make It" by Matt Starr in Shotgun Honey.
• "High Marks" by Frank Vatel in Punk Noir Magazine.
  
  

 Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Duster.
• Watch a trailer for The Better Sister.
  
• Watch a trailer for season 10 of Grantchester.