Crime Fiction Links of the Week for December 27, 2025
Crime fiction in general:
- Laura Wilson shares her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Thomas Dann explains why historical crime fiction is so appealing
- Michelle L. Cullen explains what makes elderly sleuths so appealing.
- Ella Risbridger explains why romance fiction is booming, even though it is still dismissed by many critics.
- Claudia Efemi reports that the bestselling books of 2025 in the UK are dominated by crime novels, thrillers, fantasy and romance.
- Dana Goldstein reports that teenagers in the US rarely read full books anymore, not even in English class.
- Emma Loffhagen reports that children's book writer David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher Harper Collins UK, following alleged sexual harassment of female employees of Harper Collins UK.
- Paul Glynn and Ian Youngs report that David Walliams has denied all inappropriate behaviour.
Jane Austen at 250:
Best (and worst) of 2025:
- Garrick Webster shares his favourite crime novels of 2025.
- Joy Kluver shares her favourite crime novels of 2025.
- Marilyn Brooks shares her favourite crime novels of 2025.
- CrimeReads shares the best reviewed crime novels of 2025
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite historical crime fiction of 2025.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite speculative mysteries and thrillers of 2025.
- The Swedish Crime Academy share their favourite Swedish crime novels of 2025.
- The Guardian shares the twelve worst films of 2025
Film and TV:
- Grimdark Magazine calls the new Silent Night, Deadly Night an absolute banger.
- Luke Buckmaster calls Sunny Nights criminally good fun
- Germain Lussier talks about a Star Wars gag in Wake Up, Dead Man.
- David Smith interviews Michael Mann, director of Heat and many others.
- Variety interviews Mads Mikkelsen, star of Rogue One, Hannibal, Casino Royale, Dust Bunny and many others.
- Hector DeJean shares his favourite fictional crime fiction writers from classic TV shows.
- Kris Vyas-Myall revisits the 1970 crime comedy The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and the 1970 holiday musical Scrooge
- Jesse Pasternak revisits the 1974 women in prison film Caged Heat.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1991 crime drama Prime Suspect.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2011 Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge.
Tributes to Rob Reiner and Michele Singer:
- Martin Scorsese shares a tribute to the late Rob Reiner and Michele Singer.
- Jamie Graham recounts the experience of watching Stand By Me together with Rob Reiner.
- Todd S. Purdum remembers Rob Reiner.
- Andrew Pulver shares more information on the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer.
- Nancy Dillon reports that Nick Reiner was diagnosed with schizophrenia before allegedly murdering his parents.
Comments on The Lowdown:
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
- J.D. Mathes explains how writing workshops can help formerly incarcerated people begin to heal
- Lincoln Michel shares his thoughts on publishing a novel in 2025.
- Matilda Battersby reports that authors are inundated with scammy spam e-mails offering overpriced promotion.
- John Van Stry discusses the truly terrible contract terms offered by Shadow Light Press.
- Sam Spratford reports that Ablaze Publishing has acquired the graphic novel publisher NBM Publishing
- Ed Nawotka reports that authors have filed yet another lawsuit against various AI companies.
- Juanita Hurtado Huérfano profiles Becky Barker, who operates the mobile romance bookstore Rescued by Romance in Colorado.
- Lauren Almeida reports that the US hedge fund Elliott, owner of bookstore chains Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, is planning to list them on the stock market.
Awards:
Interviews:
- Alex Segura interviews Ed Brubaker, writer of Criminal.
- Caitlin Evans interviews Nicola Upson.
- Paul Burke interviews Joel Nedecky.
- Authors on the Air interviews Paula Munier.
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Matthew Pearl.
- Barbara Peters interviews Ryan Pote and Steve Urszenyi
- Frank Zafiro interviews Tom Goodman.
- Alan Petersen interviews Myles Dungan.
- Lisa Haselton interviews Liisa Koval.
Reviews:
- Mary Picken reviews Blackwater by Sarah Sultoon
- Marlene Harris reviews Edge by Tracy Clark
- Marilyn Brooks reviews Watch Us Fall by Christina Kovac.
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson
- Kerry Hood reviews The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Dentist by Tim Sullivan
- Colleen Mondor reviews If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
- BOLO Books reviews Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan.
- Mary Picken reviews Revenge of Odessa by Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent
- Publishers Weekly reviews The Red Scare Murders by Con Lehane
- Marlene Harris reviews The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- Kate Jackson reviews Miss Darcy Investigates: A Crime Through Time by Amelia Blackwell
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Montgomery Bonbon – Sabotage At Sea by Alasdair Beckett-King
- Lesa Holstine reviews All My Bones by P.J. Nelson
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews O, Deadly Night by Vicki Delany
- Lesa Holstine reviews Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson
Classics reviews:
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1928 Sexton Blake mystery The Crime of the Christmas Tree by Gwyn Evans
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1929 Anthony Bathurst mystery The Murders near Mapleton by Brian Flynn
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1935 Dr. Priestley mystery The Corpse in the Car by John Rhode.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1949 mystery Dead Lion by John and Emery Bonett
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1972 crime novel Red Christmas by Patrick Ruell.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1977 suspense novel Death by Bequest by Mary McMullen
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1984 The Three Investigators YA mystery The Mystery Of The Trail Of Terror by M.V. Carey
Con and event reports:
- Maia Snow reports that British children's book author David Walliams has been dropped from the programming of the Waterstones Children's Book Festival in Dundee, Scotland, following sexual harassment allegations.
- Emma Loffhagen also reports that David Walliams has been dropped from the programming of the Waterstones Children's Book Festival in Dundee, Scotland
Research:
- Sam Jones reports that the falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse their narco-submarines according to the Spanish police
- Taro Kaneko report that several drivers in the UK have been falsely accused of stealing fuel and sometimes banned from gas stations due to faulty licence plate recognition software.
- Dean Jobb recounts how baseball star Babe Ruth ended up in jail for a day in 1921.
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