Crime Fiction Links of the Week for September 20, 2025
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week,
- Laura Wilson shares a round-up of her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
- John Valeri shares a round-up of recent true crime books.
- Zoe Rankin shares five thrillers by Australian and New Zealand authors
- Bryn Greenwood talks about crime fiction's obsession with kidnapped women
- Stephanie DeCarolis shares five books that tackle the realities of domestic violence
- Zoë Rankin shares five thrillers with children as protagonists.
- Zack Budryk shares his six favourite pet parents in crime fiction
- Mindy Qigley lists six furry cozy mystery sidekicks who kick butt
- S.L. Woeppel talks about ghosts and trauma in horror and crime fiction.
- Julie Berry finds unexpected parallels between mythology and true crime.
- Thriller writer Thomas Perry has died aged 78.
Film and TV:
- Rachel Aroesti calls High Potential a cosy, heartwarming cop show with a practically perfect detective
- Jenna Scherer calls The Lowdown a stylish, genre-savvy and lovingly realized noir comedy.
- Matt Donato calls The Lost Bus a throwback disaster thriller.
- Peter Bradshaw calls Ghost Trail an ambitious slow-burn thriller that opens up a complex world of pain
- Saloni Gajjar calls Black Rabbit a lacklustre thriller.
- Leslie Felperin calls Americana an eminently watchable crime drama
- Lucy Mangan calls Coldwater a wild Scottish thriller that is top quality nonsense
- Leslie Felperin calls Bad Man a southern-fried gun totin’ black crime comedy
- Lucy Mangan calls Madeleine McCann: Searching for the Prime Suspect an exploitative documentary and wonders what the point is.
- Peter Bradshaw shares his thoughts on the documentary Conviction: The Case of Lucy Letby
- Lara Rosales shares her appreciation for the character of Laura Sanderson in The Girlfriend.
- Kristy Puchko points out that she hopes The Young Darcy Mysteries, a fictional TV show in the TV show Platonic, becomes a real show.
- Michael Hogan visits the set of the Northern Irish crime drama Blue Lights and interviews various castmembers.
- Alasdair Stuart revisits the 1992 technothriller Sneakers.
- Lois Beckett shares Steven Spielberg's reminiscences about the making of Jaws.
- Sian Cain and Oliver Holmes report that the late night TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been suspended indefinitely because of allegedly disrespectful comments about the murder of far right podcaster Charlie Kirk after US government pressure
- Cheryl Eddy reports that creatives and Disney+ subscribers are calling for boycotts over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension
- Steve Vertlieb talks about the silencing of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert.
- Jill Goldsmith reports that cinema owners in the US have spent 1.5 billion US-dollar upgrading their theatres in the past few years.
- Ryan Coleman reports that Fatima Cortez Todd, widow of Tony Todd, has called out the Emmys for omitting Tony Todd from their In Memoriam segment, just as the Oscars had done before.
- Lauren Huff reports about other omissions from the In Memoriam segment of the Emmys.
Tributes to Robert Redford:
- Actor and director Robert Redford, star of The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, Three Days of the Condor, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and many others, has died aged 89.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Robert Redford.
- Benjamin Lee shares tributes to Robert Redford by various co-stars and friends.
- Jacob Oller remembers Robert Redford.
- Justin Carter remembers Robert Redford.
- Steve Vertlieb remembers Robert Redford.
- Chloe Walker remembers Robert Redford.
- Greg Whitmore shares photos from Robert Redford's lengthy career.
- Adrian Horton praises Robert Redford for founding the Sundance film festival.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares her favourite crime movies featuring Robert Redford.
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
Awards:
Interviews:
- Authors on the Air interviews Denise Mina.
- The Guardian interviews Nick Harkaway.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado
- Elizabeth Held interviews Nikki Payne.
- Aunt Agatha's interviews Katie Tietjen.
- Paul Burke interviews Guy Hale.
- E.B. Davis interviews James M. Jackson.
- Lisa Haselton interviews Kimberly Lee.
- Frank Zafiro interviews Sally Barilla.
Reviews:
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Clown Town by Mick Herron
- Sam Leith reviews Clown Town by Mick Herron
- Janet Webb reviews Framed in Death by J.D. Robb
- Mandie Griffiths shares her thoughts on The Scene Of The Crime by Lynda La Plante
- Janet Webb reviews Hunter’s Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews A Lonesome Place for Murder by Nolan Chase
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Lonely Man by Ann Cleeves
- Mary Picken reviews Where She Lies by Caro Ramsay
- Ali Karim reviews Ordinary Bear by C.B. Bernard
- Jen Lucas reviews The Howling by Michael J. Malone
- Mary Picken reviews The Howling by Michael J. Malone
- Erin Britton reviews He Calls By Night by S.D.W. Hamilton
- BOLO Books reviews All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan
- James Price reviews Dark Horse by Felix Francis
- Kevin Tipple reviews Bump and Run by Richard Helms
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Ship of Thieves by Douglas Skelton
- Mary Picken reviews Ship of Thieves by Douglas Skelton
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Ashes Of Rebellion by Michael Jecks
- Jen Lucas reviews Holmes is Missing by James Patterson and Brian Sitts
- Robin Agnew reviews A Murderous Buisness by Cathy Pegau.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Murder in Miniature by Katie Tietjen
- Cathy Akers-Jordan reviews The Magician’s Deception by Carol Miller.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols
- Kate Jackson reviews Death in the Aviary by Victoria Dowd
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder Most Fowl by Carmela Dutra and tries a recipe from the book.
- Lesa Holstine reviews A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke
- Erin Britton reviews Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards
- Cathy Akers-Jordan reviews A Brew for Chaos by Esme Addison.
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1928 mystery The Seven Black Chessmen by John Huntingdon
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1932 Dr. Priestley mystery Dead Men at the Folly by John Rhode.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1934 mystery The Organ Speaks by E C R Lorac
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1965 suspense novel The Jealous One by Celia Fremlin
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1971 political thriller Thorne in the Flesh by Rhona Petrie.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1986 suspense novel The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike, translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm.
Con and event reports:
- J. Kingston Pierce reports about the 2025 Bouchercon in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- J. Kingston Pierce shares more of his experiences at Bouchercon.
- Martin Edwards reports about the launch event for his new mystery Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife in Romiley, Cheshire
- Garrick Webster reports about Death on the Brahmaputra, a river cruise in India aimed at fans and writers of crime fiction.
Research:
- James Whitbrook reports that a scuba-diving thief stole thousands of dollars from the floating Paddlefish restaurant in Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
- Mariah Fredericks talks about the mysterious death of writer Morris Markey in Virginia in 1950.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares the background for old British nicknames for police officers.
Free online fiction:
- "Lefty" by Lily Tierney in Mystery Tribune.
- "Against The Law" by Ian Woollen in Mystery Tribune.
- "Queen of the Communist Cannibals" by Cora Buhlert in Cliffhanger Magazine.
- "The Bad Haircut Killer" by Cindy Rosmus in Punk Noir Magazine
- "The Most Beautiful Lie" by Offer Kuban in Punk Noir Magazine
- "A Different Cash Dispenser" by Tom Docherty in The Five-Two.
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