Crime Fiction Links of the Week for March 28, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Sarah Weinman shares new mysteries and crime novels coming out this month.
- Jordan Snowden shares six new mysteries and thrillers coming out this month.
- Paula L. Woods recommends recent mystery novels
- Criminal Element shares new mysteries and crime novels coming out in April.
- Molly Odintz shares debut crime novels coming out this month
- Colleen Coble and Rick Acker share seven iconic trilogies in crime fiction
- Stacey Hackney recommends six mysteries featuring mother-daughter sleuth duos
- John Floyd talks about rural crime fiction set in the US South.
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore talks about creating feminist agency in historical gothic mysteries
- Allie Pleiter talks about the connection between cozy mysteries and fabric and needle crafts.
- Andrew Welsh-Huggins explains how 1970s crime dramas inspired his character Mercury Carter.
- Andrew Reid talks about writing a thriller set in New York City's subway
Film and TV:
- Dwyer Murphy shares new and returning crime shows and movies to watch.
- Paul Hirons calls Detective Hole dark, uncompromising and anchored by a central performance that fully earns its place.
- Jesse Hassenger notes that among the many recent movies about a single badass fighting a gory war against endless henchmen, They Will Kill You stands out.
- Simon Abrams calls Pretty Lethal a loopy ballet action-comedy
- Martin Edwards calls The Gentleman surprisingly watchable despite an indifferent script which isn't without plot holes
- Leslie Felperin calls No Ordinary Heist an underpowered take on a real-life bank raid in 2004
- Phuong Le calls The Last Blossom an affecting anime about a yakuza facing his final reckoning
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Capture.
- Hannah J. Davies calls the documentary The Trials of Pa Salieu a vital indictment of the appalling probation system
- Chris Wilman interviews Rocky Carroll who played Director Vance in NCIS for eighteen seasons.
- Stuart Heritage interviews David Chase, creator of The Sopranos.
- Nick Robins-Early reports that actor Bill Cosby has been found guilty of sexual assault
- Jamie Blanks, director of Urban Legend, Valentine, Storm Warning, Long Weekend, Crawlspace and others, has died aged 54.
- Actress Carrie Anne Fleming, best known for her roles in Supernatural and iZombie, has died aged 51
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.
- Craig D. Lindsey looks back on Chuck Norris' series of action films for Cannon Studios in the 1980s.
- Owen Myers shares photos from Chuck Norris lengthy career.
Tributes to Nicholas Brendon:
Tributes to Valerie Perrine:
Comments on season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again:
- Jarrod Jones calls the season 2 premiere of Daredevil: Born Again promising.
- Leah Schnelbach declares that Daredevil: Born Again pulls no punches in its season 2 premiere
- Germain Lussier calls season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again a slow burn that’s worth the wait
- Jordan Moreau and Antonio Ferme interview the showrunner and stars of Daredevil: Born Again about some real world parallels in the series.
- Matthew Byrd explains how season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again, Punisher: One Last Kill and Spider-Man: Brand New Day are all (supposedly) connected
- Germain Lussier discusses the place of Daredevil: Born Again in the overall timeline of the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe.
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Justin C. Key explains why medical school is the perfect training for writing a thriller
- Ava Glass talks about writing spy fiction.
- Lauren Reding explains how to get the most out of your setting in domestic suspense
- Emma Loffhagen reports that the publisher Hachette has pulled the horror novel Shy Girl by Mia Ballard over suspected AI use.
- Alexandra Alter also reports about the cancellation of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard.
- Andrea Bartz explains how the cancellation of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard also increases the risks of authors innocently being accused of using AI
- Emma Loffhagen reports that Raynor Winn, author of the memoir The Salt Path, not only falsified parts of that memoir but also won a prize for debut authors, even though she had previously published another book under a pen name.
- David Streitfeld discusses how The Washington Post’s now-defunct Book World transformed the careers of two giants of American literature.
- Katie Dancey-Downs reports that school book banning escalates in the UK, as secondary school in Manchester censors scores of books
- James Bacon takes a closer look at the books removed from the school library in Greater Manchester.
Awards:
Interviews:
- Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Sabine Durrant
- D.P. Lyle and Kathleen Antrim interview Adam Plantinga
- Alan Petersen interviews Chad Boudreaux
- John Charles interviews Megan Chance.
- Rick Pullen interviews Kaira Rouda.
- Hassan Taber interviews Elizabeth Arnott
- John Charles interviews Mark Stevens
- Marshal Zeringue interviews Rob Phillips.
- Bruce Davis interviews Michael Frost Beckner
- Paul Burke interviews Samantha Dooey-Miles
- Debbi Mack interviews Graciela Kenig
- Deborah Kalb interviews J.R.Thornton.
Reviews:
- Kevin Tipple reviews The Crossroads by C.J. Box
- Doreen Sheridan reviews A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
- Mary Picken reviews Dead Heat by Sabine Durrant
- Janet Webb reviews The Hiding Season by Ava Glass
- Jen Lucas reviews The Hiding Season by Ava Glass
- Raven Crime Reads reviews The Murder Pool by Stella Blómkvist, translated by Quentin Bates
- Paul Burke reviews The Murder Pool by Stella Blómkvist, translated by Quentin Bates
- Sandra Mangan reviews Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
- Mary Picken reviews Six Strikes by Antonia Grave
- Paul Burke reviews Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Delivery by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh
- Jen Lucas reviews It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
- Marlene Harris reviews A Pretender’s Murder by Christopher Huang
- Jen Lucas reviews A Country Meadow Murder by Katie Gayle
- Janet Webb reviews The Primrose Murder Society by Stacy Hackney
- Robin Agnew reviews The Pie and Mash Detective Agency by J.D. Brinkworth:
- Jen Lucas reviews A Murder In Eight Cocktails by Kelly Mullen
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Murder Two Doors Down by Chunk Storla
- Kate Jackson reviews Bells, Tails, and Murder by Kathy Manos Penn
- Erin Britton reviews The Case of the Petrified Potter by Cathy Ace
- Dorian Lynskey reviews We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland
Classics reviews:
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1910 Inspector Hanaud mystery Murder at the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason.
- G.T. Karber revisits the 1928 mystery puzzle book The Baffle Book by Lassiter Wren and Randle McKay
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1939 Theocritus Lucius Westborough mystery Murder Gone Minoan by Clyde B. Clason
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1941 Mr. Mycroft mystery A Taste for Honey by Gerald Heard
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1956 Inspector Julian Rivers mystery The Double Turn by Carol Carnac
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1987 suspense novel The Second Time is Easy by Martin Russell.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1997 Abe Glitsky legal thriller Guilt by John Lescroart.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2007 Ethelred Tressider mystery The Herring-Seller’s Apprentice by L.C. Tyler
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2015 Kim Stone mystery Lost Girls by Angela Marsons
Con and event reports:
- Ayo Onatade shares the full program for the 2026 Capital Crime festival in London, UK.
- Scott A. Woodard shares a video of the 2026 Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show and Sale in Glendale, California.
- Lesa Holstine reports about an author event featuring Andrew Welsh-Huggins at Gramercy Books in Bexley, Ohio.
- Martin Edwards reports about the Spies, Lies and Deception exhibition in Salford, UK.
Research:
- Ramon Antonio Vargas reports that quadruple amputee and cornhole champion Dayton Webber has been arrested on suspicion of murder
- Blair Glaser talks about the abusive and predatory cult of Baba Muktananda
- Alice Henderson talks about Stephanie Stewart, a fire tower worker from Canada who went missing in 2006.
- Debra Miller recounts how her mother Lucille Miller was accused and convicted of murdering her father for his life insurance.
- Rebecca Rosman profiles Dutch art detective Arthur Brand.
- J.H. Market talks about five of the most terrifying islands in the world
- Eve Van Dyke talks about the deadly gender gap in car safety.
- Rebecca Lehmann notes how the public perception of Anne Boleyn is still influenced byTudor era misogyny.
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