Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 14, 2025
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week,
- Karen Dukess explains why the crime fiction world is embracing the cozy mystery.
- Otho Eskin shares five novel about the end of democracy.
- Kaira Rouda explains why psychological thrillers about marriage are so enduringly popular.
- Peter Swanson shares seven crime novels and one play about marital murder.
- Laurie R. King talks about historical mysteries and the joy of true characters too wild to make up
- Susan Juby explains why she writes about a former Buddhist nun working as a butler.
- Mel Pennant talks about her British Jamaican sleuth Miss Hortense.
- S. M. Govett explains how she became a crime fiction writer.
- C.M. Kushins profiles Elmore Leonard.
- Paperback Warrior profiles crime fiction writer Harry Whittington.
- Crime fiction and western writer Wayne D. Dundee has died.
Tributes to Frederick Forsyth:
- Frederick Forsyth, author of spy thrillers and historical fiction, has died aged 86.
- Mike Ripley shares an obituary for Frederick Forsyth.
- Clay Risen shares an obituary for Frederick Forsyth.
- Brian Murphy shares an obituary for Frederick Forsyth.
- Lee Child remembers Frederick Forsyth.
- Neil Nyren remembers Frederick Forsyth.
- The Los Angeles Times remembers Frederick Forsyth.
Film and TV:
- Paul Hirons calls The Survivors a twisty Australian crime drama with a coastal noir edge
- Rebecca Nicholson calls season 2 of The Gold a thrilling tale of stolen millions
- Phil Hoad calls The Prosecutor a mash-up of legal drama and action flick
- Peter Bradshaw calls Deep Cover an entertaining odd-trio crime caper
- Paul Hirons calls The Black Forest Murders an engrossing crime drama from Germany
- Tim Lowery declares that Smoke has plenty of style but that its narrative momentum burns out
- Phil Hoad calls Protein a moreish, messy debut thriller about an iron-pumping cannibal who sparks a turf war between drug gangs
- Paul Hirons calls The Better Sister a glossy, twisty thriller about loyalty and lies
- Peter Bradshaw calls Echo Valley a suspense thriller that stretches credulity
- Leslie Felperin calls High Rollers a charmless casino raid of staggering stupidity
- Katie Rife calls Dangerous Animals a thrilling trip to the sea.
- Lucy Mangan calls the true crime documentary Confessions of a Parent Killer a grisly tale of a murderer who lived with her mum and dad’s corpses
- Jack Seale calls Surviving Syria’s Prisons a chilling documentary.
- Lacy Baugher Mias interviews Stephen Moyer, star of Art Detectives
- Katherine Reay lists crime movies about art forgery and heists.
- Jon Harvey revisits the 1975 shark movie Jaws.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 1980 crime drama The Gentle Touch.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 2022 historical crime drama The Pale Blue Eye.
- Maya Yang reports that multiple women have accused actor and musician Jared Leto of inappropriate sexual behaviour and harassment.
- Andrew Pulver reports that actress Kate Beckinsale is sueing the producers of the thriller Canary Black over ‘unsafe conditions’
- Thomas Doherty shares likely candidates for a potential Best Stunt Performance Oscar from 98 years of Oscar history.
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2025 Shamus Awards have been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2025 Bloody Scotland Debut Prize has been announced.
- The winners of the 2025 Det Danske Kriminalakademi Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2025 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2025 Colorado Book Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2025 Tony Awards have been announced.
Interviews:
- Nick Kolakowski interviews S.A. Cosby.
- Gilbert Cruz interviews S.A. Cosby.
- Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Mark Billingham
- Victoria Selman interviews Janice Hallett and Maz Evans.
- John Parker interviews John Connolly.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Catherine Ryan Howard.
- Ali Karim interviews Peter Swanson.
- Garrick Webster interviews Linwood Barclay.
- Debbi Mack interviews J.D. Barker.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Kendra Elliot.
- Molly Odintz interviews Caroline Fraser
- Peter Handel interviews Clay Risen.
Reviews:
- Craig Sisterson reviews King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby.
- Cathy Akers-Jordan reviews Return to Sender by Craig Johnson.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Creepy Crawly by Andrew Lowe
- The Quick and the Read reviews We Are All Guilty Here’ by Karin Slaughter
- Kevin Tipple reviews No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens
- Ali Karim reviews Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Don’t Tell Me How To Die by Marshall Karp
- Blue Book Balloon reviews We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough
- Jen Lucas reviews Double Room by Anne Sénès, translated by Alice Banks
- Mary Picken reviews FDR Drive by James Comey
- Paperback Warrior reviews The Slanted Gutter by Craig S. Zahler.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Red Tide by Irma Venter, translated by Karin Schimke.
- Jen Lucas reviews The Protest by Rob Rinder
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Memory Ward by Jon Bassoff
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Son by Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews A Bag Full of Stones by A Molotkov
- Mary Picken reviews A Sharp Scratch by Heather Darwent
- Mary Picken reviews Whistle by Linwood Barclay
- Margaret Agnew reviews The English Masterpiece by Katherine Reay.
- Janet Webb reviews Smoke and Embers by John Lawton
- Robin Agnew reviews A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao.
- Jen Lucas reviews Murder In The Lakes by Rachel Amphlett
- Lesa Holstine reviews Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews A Good Place To Hide A Body by Laura Marshall
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Cyclist’s Guide To Villains and Vines by Ann Claire and tries a recipe from the book,
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Grave Words by Gerri Lewis
- Gwen Moffat reviews The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair by MacKenzie Common
- In Searrch of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews A Murder For Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant
- Jen Lucas reviews A Murder For Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant
- Cathy Akers-Jordan reviews The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg by Krista Davis.
- Kevin Tipple reviews Half Crime by Rusty Barnes
Classics reviews:
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1894 mystery collection The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective by Catherine Louisa Pirkis
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1933 Alan Miller mystery Murders at Scandal House by Peter Hunt
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1946 Lady Lupin mystery The Mystery at Orchard House by Joan Coggin
- Dave Hook revisits the 1949 science fiction mystery collection John Carstairs: Space Detective by Frank Belknap Long
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1949 mystery Cat of Many Tails by Ellery Queen
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1955 mystery Sky High by Michael Gilbert.
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1967 mystery A Most Contagious Game by Catherine Aird
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1969 Peter Craig spy novel Twenty-Fourth Level by Kenneth Benton.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1983 The Terminator men's adventure novel The Kill Squad by John Quinn.
- Paperback Warrior revisits the 1984 S.O.B.s men's adventure novel The Plains of Fire by Jack Hild.
Con and event reports:
- Jen Lucas shares the program for the 2025 Capital Crime festival in London, UK.
- Jen Lucas reports that the program for the 2025 Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival in Stirling, Scotland, has been announced.
- Severin Carrell reports about the line-up for the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Germain Lussier reports about an exhibition of Jaws inspired posters and artwork in Red Bank, New Jersey
Research:
- Ella Risbridger wonders why people are so obsessed with the Mitford sisters.
- Erica Ridley talks about dangerous and downright lethal fashions and cosmetics.
- Ella Creamer reports that researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, have identified a method to quickly identify arsenic containing pigments in nineteenth century books.
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