Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 21, 2026
It's
time again for Crime Fiction Links of the Week, our weekly round-up of
interesting links about crime fiction from around the web, this week
with the 2026 Academy Awards, Dead Man's Wire, Gone, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, tributes to Len Deighton, Chuck Norris and Nicholas Brendon and much
more.
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.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite international crime novels coming out in March 2026.
- CrimeReads shares fourteen new true crime books coming out this spring
- Randy L. Barnett shares true crime books set in Chicago, Illinois.
- Elle Cosimano lists ten crime novels featuring female duos
- Benjamin Stevenson talks about fair play mysteries and the "gamification" of crime fiction
- Susan Walter talks about locked room mysteries.
- C.L. Miller recommends five crime novels where objects and houses remember
- Stacie Ramey shares her favourite cozy mysteries featuring magic.
- Joanna Margaret talks about the current gothic romance boom
- J.R. Thornton shares five true crime books featuring forgers, fraudsters and con artists
- Alex Dueben shares his appreciation for Robert Arthur Jr.'s Three Investigators series
- Erin Britton shares a guide to Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series.
- Garrick Webster reports that IDW has announced a new range of crime comics.
- Greg Herren remembers Lauren Milne Henderson
Tributes to Len Deighton:
- British spy fiction author Len Deighton has died aged 97.
- Mike Ripley shares a personal tribute to Len Deighton.
- Mike Ripley shares an obituary for Len Deighton.
- William Grimes shares an obituary for Len Deighton.
- Tim Johnson shares an obituary for Len Deighton.
- Martin Edwards remembers Len Deighton.
- Bill Koenig remembers Len Deighton.
- Chris Connor remembers Len Deighton.
Film and TV:
- Dwyer Murphy shares new and returning crime shows to watch.
- Jacob Oller calls Normal another crotchety action romp
- Jacob Oller calls Over Your Dead Body a dark, disconnected action-comedy
- Lucy Mangan calls Imperfect Women lots of fun … if you lower your expectations enough
- Cath Clarke calls Apnas a slick British-Asian crime drama
- Brian Tallerico shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Dark Winds.
- Chris Jenkins shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Astrid: Murder in Paris.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the last two episodes of season 2 of Ellis.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Capture.
- Saloni Gajjar interviews Jason Bateman, David Harbour and Linda Cardellini, stars of DTF St. Louis.
- Mark Lawson interviews Martin Clunes, star of Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards.
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1989 Hong Kong action film The Killer.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1989 political thriller Scandal.
- Jamie Graham revisits the 1990 crime movie Point Break.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 1992 crime drama Between The Lines
- E.A. Jackson revisits the 2001 crime drama Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
- Nick Kolakowski ranks all the actors who have played Richard Stark's Parker.
- Jamie Blanks, director of Urban Legend, Valentine, Storm Warning, Long Weekend, Crawlspace and others, has died aged 54.
Tributes to Chuck Norris:
- Actor and martial artist Chuck Norris, best known for his roles in The Way of the Dragon, Delta Force, Missing in Action, Walker: Texas Ranger, Good Guys Wear Black, Lone Wolf McQuade, Firewalkers, Sidekicks, Invasion USA, The Expendables and many others, has died aged 86.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Chuck Norris.
- Andrew Pulver remembers Chuck Norris.
- Owen Myers shares photos from Chuck Norris lengthy career.
Tributes to Nicholas Brendon:
Comments on Dead Man's Wire:
Comments on Ready or Not 2: Here I Come:
- Benjamin Lee declares that Ready or Not 2: Here I Come offers even more screaming, running, swearing and exploding rich people and expands mythology we didn’t need expanded
- Andy Crump declares that Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come once again paints the walls with the Satanic one percent.
- Cheryl Eddy declares that Ready or Not 2: Here I Come offers gory fun but doesn’t quite level up
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Joshilyn Jackson talks about creating a fictional sister
- Writers Who Kill shares their favourite crime or writing reference books.
- Publishers Weekly reports that a US judge ruled that Tracy Wolff did not plagiarise her YA romantasy series Crave in spite of superficial similarities to an unpublished manuscript by Lynn Freeman.
- Emma Loffhagen reports that Grammarly has removed an "AI expert" review feature mimicking real life writers after a massive backlash
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2026 Barry Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2026 Academy Awards have been announced with some love for Sinners, KPop Demon Hunter and Frankenstein and lots of love for One Battle After Another.
- The winners of the 2026 Razzie Awards have been announced.
- Cora Buhlert shares her thoughts on the 2026 Academy Award winners.
Interviews:
- D.P. Lyle and Kathleen Antrim interview Sandra Brown.
- Rick Pullen interviews John Grisham.
- Paul Burke interviews Neil Lancaster.
- House of Mystery interviews Brad Meltzer.
- Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interviews M.K. Oliver
- Barbara Peters interviews Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles
- Garrick Webster interviews Alex Gerlis.
- Garrick Webster interviews Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
- Authors on the Air interviews Kat Rosenfield.
- Alan Petersen interviews Maria Frankland.
Reviews:
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Sharks by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward.
- Marlene Harris reviews The Shadow Carver by Nadine Matheson
- Mary Picken reviews reviews The Dark Heart by Neil Lancaster
- Jen Lucas reviews A Good Night To Kill by Amen Along
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Reaper by Vanda Symon
- Jen Lucas reviews Reaper by Vanda Symon
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Divine Ruin by Margot Douaihy
- Mike Parker reviews Caller Unknown by Oliver Johnson
- Blue Book Balloon reviews The Murder Pool by Stella Blómkvist, translated by Quentin Bates
- BOLO Books reviews Murder Will Out by Jennifer K. Breedlove.
- Robin Agnew reviews Missing by E.A. Jackson
- Jen Lucas reviews Son by Thomas Enger and Johana Gustawsson
- Janet Webb reviews Children of the Savage City by Elizabeth Heider
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Undead by Svetlana Satchkova
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent
- Mary Picken reviews The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent
- Jen Lucas reviews Based On A True Story by Sarah Vaughan
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Midnight in Memphis by Thomas Dann
- Robin Agnew reviews The Star from Calcutta by Sujata Massey.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Harvey Girl by Dana Stabenow
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The American Suspect by Jim Kelly
- Lesa Holstine reviews Murder at Martingale Manor by Jodi Taylor
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Primrose Murder Society by Stacy Hackney
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1929 mystery The Medbury Fort Murder by George Limnelius
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1933 mystery Death Over Newark by Alexander Williams
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1955 Arthur G. Crook mystery The Black Stage by Anthony Gilbert
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1956 mystery The Double Turn by Carol Carnac
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1958 mystery A Gentleman Called by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1962 mystery Doctors Also Die by D.M. Devine.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1963 mystery Florentine Finish by Cornelius Hirschberg
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2003 Thorne thriller Lazybones by Mark Billingham
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