Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 7, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite crime novels coming out in March 2026
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite psychological thrillers coming out in March 2026
- Elizabeth Arnott recommends six atmospheric thrillers set during heatwaves
- Paul French shares crime novels set in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Lyla Lane talks about the charm and challenges of setting cozies in small towns
- Kate White talks about the techniques of deception in mysteries
- Frances Crawford shares six crime novels that explore disrupted and shattered childhoods
- Lauren J. Joseph discusses the current popularity of doppelgangers in fiction and film.
- Molly Templeton asks if you can ever really draw a line between genres and if it matters.
- Catherine Shoard wonders why today’s children’s books and films are often so much better than adult ones.
- Alissa Burger talks about the tendency of characters to fall or be shoved from cliffs in 1990s YA horror novels.
- Tasha L. Harrison talks about the connection between the rise of the bodice-ripper in the 1970s, the current popularity of dark romance and US evangelical purity culture.
- Jennifer Sklias-Gahan talks about gothic fiction and the magic of storytelling
- Andrea Asuaje and Charlie Desjardins talk about romantic fanfiction.
- Lisa Unger shares her appreciation for the works of Mignon G. Eberhart
Film and TV:
- Olivia Rutigliano lists new crime TV series to watch this weekend.
- Peter Bradshaw calls The Secret Agent the most audacious and fully realised film in this year's Oscar race
- Catherine Bray calls Outgunned an action-thriller set in Angola which sees a sadistic child-hunting gang out for revenge
- Catherine Bray calls Play Dead an intriguing high-concept horror thriller
- Jacob Oller calls Protector a cheap and sleazy Taken knock-off-
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the film adaptation of The Woman in Cabin 10
- Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on the French crime drama The Eclipse.
- Brian Tallerico shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Dark Winds.
- Chris Jenkins shares his thoughts on episode 5 of season 5 of Astrid: Murder in Paris.
- Brian Tallerico shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Hijack.
- Saloni Gajjar shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Paradise.
- Josh Pearce reviews Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
- Jim Halterman interviews Vince Gilligan and Frank Spotnitz, co-creators of the shortlived 2001 TV show The Lone Gunmen.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1992 action thriller Hard Boiled
- Paul Hirons revisits the 1997 crime drama Touching Evil.
- Readers of The Guardian share their favourite TV couples.
- Matt Schimkowitz reports that actor Bruce Campbell, star of the Evil Dead films, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr, Herculas, Xena, Burn Notice and many others, has been diagnosed with a treatable but not curable cancer.
Comments on Young Sherlock:
- Gavia Baker-Whitelaw calls Young Sherlock an underwhelming callback to Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movies
- Paul Hirons declares that Young Sherlock plays like a loud, action-heavy comic-book romp wearing the nattiest kind of Victorian clothing.
- Sarah Dempster declares that the titular detective in Young Sherlock has the charisma of a naff waiter
- Paul Hirons explains what is and is not canon in Young Sherlock.
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Comments on Scream 7:
- Germain Lussier declares that Scream 7 is so bad it’s hard to know where to start.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel calls Scream 7 a lot of messy fun
- Germain Lussier discusses the ending of Scream 7 and whether it makes any sense at all.
- Matthew Byrd recounts the many controversies haunting Scream 7.
- Matt Schimkowitz declares that for all its zeitgeist-chasing references, Scream still can't get a handle on the modern slasher film's relationship to true crime.
- Nick Romano interviews outsted Scream 7 writers/directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett about their plans for the film.
- Cheryl Eddy reports about yet another controversy besetting Scream 7.
- Drew Gillis reports that despite boycott threats, Scream 7 has achieved a record-breaking opening at the weekend box office
- Germain Lussier reports that Scream 7 broke franchise box office records despite earning franchise-worst reviews
Comments on the battle for Warner Bros:
- Rick Ellis shares a look behind the scenes of Netflix's decision to drop their bid for Warner Bros.
- Lucas Shaw interviews Ted Sarandos, CEO of Netflix, about pulling out of the bidding war for Warner Bros.
- Matt Schimkowitz reports that the much hated Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav reaps even more benefits of the Paramount offer to Warner Bros by unloading $114 million of Warner Bros stock
- Cheryl Eddy reports that the California Attorney General may still block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros for regulatory reasons.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Tracy Maton talks about writing what you love
- James Rollins talks about crafting characters that readers will care deeply about.
- Linda Joffe Hull and Keir Graff talk about co-writing.
- Gin Phillips talks about researching her latest novel.
- Gin Phillips talks about research some more.
- Dan Barry talks about the glut of scams aimed at writers.
- Jackson Chen reports that the US Supreme Court has rejected a case regarding whether AI generated art can be copyrighted.
- Nathalie op de Beek reports that employees of the American Library Association have announced plans to form a union.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2026 Lefty Awards have been announced.
- The longlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced.
- The winners of the 2026 Libby Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 Audie Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2026 Actor Awards have been announced
- The winners of the 2026 PGA Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2025 International Film Music Critics Association Awards have been announced
Comments on the scandal at the BAFTA Awards ceremony:
- Andrew Pulver reports that Wummi Mosaku, one of the stars of Sinners, felt that her BAFTA win was tainted by hearing the n-word, though she blames not Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson for involuntarily saying it, but the BBC for not editing it out.
- Andrew Pulver shares the reaction of Delroy Lindo, one of the stars of Sinners, to hearing slurs aimed at him at the BAFTA Awards.
- Catherine Shoard reports that BAFTA Awards host Alan Cumming has criticised the BBC for ‘broadcasting slurs and censoring free speech’
- Readers of The Guardian discuss what the BAFTA Awards n-word controversy revealed about disability and race
- Shania Russell reports that the activist group Tourette Action has condemned the comedy show Saturday Night Live for mocking John Davidson and people with Tourette syndrome over the BAFTA incident.
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Reviews:
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Sharks by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward
- Sharon Richardson reviews Adrift by Will Dean
- Mary Picken reviews Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews One True Word by Snæbjörn ArngrÃmsson, translated by Larissa Kyzer
- Paul Burke reviews She Knew Too Much by Victoria Weisfeld
- Jen Lucas reviews This Ends Now by T.M. Payne
- Doreen Sheridan reviews You’ll Never Forget Me by Isha Raya
- Jen Lucas reviews A Good Day To Die by Amen Alonge
- John Valeri reviews I Came Back for You by Kate White
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Witching Hours by Heather Graham
- Robin Agnew reviews The Politician by Tim Sullivan.
- Marlene Harris reviews Inside Man by John McMahon
- Jen Lucas reviews The Family Friend by Claire Douglas
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo, translated by Joheun Lee.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Blockchain Syndicate by Robbie Bach
- BOLO Books reviews A Song for Katy Shayne by Jim Fusilli.
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Ghastly Catastrophe by Deanna Raybourn
- Erin Britton reviews The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death And Other Occupational Hazards by Veronika Dapunt
- BOLO Books reviews How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Seeds Of Murder by Rosie Sandler
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews A Game Of Murder by M.R.G. Davies
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Booking For Trouble by Jenn McKinlay and tries a recipe from the book.
- Marlene Harris reviews Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan
- Ali Karim reviews Hannibal Lecter: A Life by Brian Raftery
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1943 F. Millard Smyth mystery Murder Breaks Trail by Eunice Mays Boyd
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1976 mystery Home to Roost by Andrew Garve.
- Alafair Burke revisits the 1982 mystery Suspicion by Seicho Matsumoto.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1990 Tom Bethany thriller Body Scissors by Jerome Doolittle
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 2014 Hugo Marston mystery The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor
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