Crime Fiction Links of the Week for November 29, 202
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares five new crime novels coming out this week.
- Criminal Element shares a holiday gift guide for fans of crime fiction.
- Elaine Aradillas shares new crime fiction from Belgium, France and Quebec
- S.D. House shares his favourite mysteries with atmospheric settings.
- Paul French shares crime novels set in Palm Beach, Florida.
- Olivia Rutigliano reminds us that Sherlock Holmes was a scientist as well as a detective
- Olivia Rutigliano shares her favourite Far Side cartoons about detectives
Best of 2025:
- Oline H. Cogdill shares her favourite mysteries of 2025.
- NPR share their favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2025.
- Rakuten Kobo share their favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2025.
- The New Zealand Listener Magazine share their favourite mysteries and thrillers of 2025.
- Times Now News share their favourite thrillers of 2025.
- News18 from India share their favourite thrillers of 2025.
Film and TV:
- Dwyer Murphy shares recent crime dramas to watch this weekend.
- Benjamin Lee calls Jingle Bell Heist a heist comedy that is slight cut above standard festive filler
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Shetland.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Cooper and Fry.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Down Cemetery Road.
- Tam Phan revisits the 1970 science fiction spy thriller Hauser's Memory and Joe Reid revisits the 1970 crime movie They Call Me Mr Tibbs
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1981 suspense thriller Blow Out.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1992 thriller The Sketch Artist.
- Paul Hirons remembers the 1993 crime drama Wycliffe.
- Nick Kolakowski revisits the 2015 hacker thriller Blackhat.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares a not entirely serious guide to the Rocky films.
- Alexi Duggins reports that Apple TV has postponed the French crime drama The Hunt following plagiarism allegations.
- Dave Roskin explains why so many modern Hollywood movies suffer from a lack of colour, inconsistent lighting and generally dark, murky visuals.
- Indian actor Dharmendra, star of many Bollywood movies, has died aged 89.
Comments on Wake Up, Dead Man.
- Leah Schnelbach calls Wake Up, Dead Man a miraculous film
- Jacob Oller calls Wake Up, Dead Man another vital Benoit Blanc whodunit
- Peter Bradshaw calls Wake Up Dead Man another deadpan delight
- Rory Doherty declares that Wake Up Dead Man is a pleasure and (like all Knives Out films) a frustrating mystery
Comments on Donald Trump inexplicably demanding more Rush Hour movies:
- Peter Bradshaw reports that Donald Trump would love to see a fourth Rush Hour movie made for reasons best known to himself.
- Adrian Horton reports that a fourth Rush Hour movie is actually in the works at Paramount after Trump demanded one.
- Jim Vorel declares that we are apparently just letting Donald Trump greenlight major motion pictures now
- Stuart Heritage wonders which franchise Donald Trump might resurrect next after Rush Hour.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Lynn Tavernier explains how asking questions can help writers craft inventive thrillers
- Sarah Mughal Rana explains how her collection of dagger has influenced her fantasy writing.
- Victoria Strauss reports about issues with the publisher Mango Publishing/Blushing Books/Bottlecap Press
- John Scalzi warns of fake author service and book club e-mails.
- Hetan Shah reports that the British Library in London, UK, is in a severe crisis.
- Winston Cho shares an update about the lawsuit of several authors against OpenAI.
Awards:
Interviews:
- Barbara Peters interviewsJeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado
- Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Alexandra Benedict
- Dwyer Murphy interviews Bruce DeSilva.
- Victoria Selman interviews Abigail Dean and Jennie Godfrey.
- Alan Petersen interviews Allen and Brian Manning
- Authors on the Air interviews Peggy Townsend.
- Authors on the Air interviews Emily Ross.
- Garrick Webster interviews Todd Medema.
- Lisa Haselton interviews M. Jayne LaDow
- Lisa Haselton interviews Austin S. Camacho
Reviews:
- Janet Webb reviews At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Marlene Harris reviews The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Scar the Sky by J. Todd Scott
- Mandie Griffiths reviews The Fracture by Morgan Cry
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews The After Party by Ruth Kelly
- Sharon Richardson reviews A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman
- Mary Picken reviews The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee
- BOLO Books reviews The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee
- Kate Jackson reviews Helle’s Hound by Oskar Jensen
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Nicked by M. T. Anderson
- Janet Webb reviews Murder at Cottonwood Creek by Clara McKenna
- Robin Agnew reviews The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum by Valerie Wilson Wesley.
- Robin Agnew reviews Huguette by Cara Black.
- Robin Agnew reviews The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths.
- Jen Lucas reviews The Night Before Christmas by Alex Pine.
- Ali Karim reviews Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Nancys and The Case of the Missing Necklace by R. W. R. McDonald
- Mary Picken reviews The Nancys and The Case of the Missing Necklace by R. W. R. McDonald
- Jen Lucas reviews I Found A Body by Becky C. Brynolf
- Gayle Surette reviews Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death Of A Tom Turkey by Lee Hollis and tries a recipe from the book.
- Carla Schantz reviews Vows and Villainy by Elizabeth Penney.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Sugar and Spite by Carol J. Perry
- Robin Agnew reviews A Grave Deception by Connie Berry.
- C.T. Phipps reviews Murder in Retrograde by Greg Hickey
- Kevin Tipple reviews The Perp Wore Pumpkin II, edited by Sandra Murphy.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1930 mystery The Dead Mouse by Austin Allen.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1940 mystery The Case Of The Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1983 Charlie Salter police procedural The Night the Gods Smiled by Eric Wright,
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1991 mystery Danger from the Dead by Elizabeth Ferrars
Con and event reports:
Research:
- Amie McNee explains how crimes were investigated in Tudor England, before there was any formal police.
- D.J. Nix talks about the agents tasked with protecting Queen Elizabeth I from death threats.
- Robert T. Kelly shares a brief history of computer crime
- Kathy Bingham Turner discusses how her grandfather Boss Brooks faked his death in 1931.
Free online fiction:
- "Monday Night on BART" by Patrick Whitehurst in Punk Noir Magazine
- "On the Ropes" by Robb T. White in Punk Noir Magazine
- "Piñata" by Aidan Shousky in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Ledger" by Christine Heriat in Shotgun Honey.
- "The Shocking Assault Upon Sophronsia Morgan’s Cranberry Aspic" by Erica Obey in Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast.
- "Whips" by Fatimah Akanbi in The Five-Two.
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