Crime Fiction Links of the Week for April 25, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- CrimeReads shares a round-up of classic crime novels that have recently come back into print.
- Sara Foster shares six unforgettable psychological thrillers
- T. Greenwood shares six literary mysteries set in the 1980s
- Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier recommends three crime short story collections with interlinked narratives
- Amin Ahmed talks about the odd nostalgia for serial killers.
- Michael Cowan recommends six thrillers with ethical ambiguity.
- Ella Creamer profiles Freida McFadden.
- Cathy Akers-Jordan shares her appreciation for the Ellery Quinn mysteries by Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee.
- Judith Tarr shares her appreciation for the Cat Who... mysteries by Lillian Jackson Brown.
Film and TV:
- Radha Vatsal shares new crime shows to watch.
- Sarah Dempster calls season 2 of Criminal Record an intense crime thriller and praises the performance of Peter Capaldi.
- Jack Seale calls The Murder Line a mischievous crime caper on the edge of excellence
- Rachel Aroesti calls Mint like Romeo and Juliet meets a gangster thriller and the most outrageously beautiful TV show since Twin Peaks
- Jesse Hassenger calls Fuze a combination bomb/heist thriller that works best without all the chatter
- Caroline Siede calls Apex the apex of survival-thriller silliness
- Phil Hoad calls Wardriver a venal neo-noir.
- Garrick Webster shares his thoughts on season 6 of the German crime drama Der Usedom Krimi a.k.a. The Nordic Murders.
- Radha Vatsal calls the Ukrainian film The Two Prosecutors a twisted journey into Soviet bureaucracy.
- Leslie Felperin declares that the documentary The Last Spy gives a scrupulous and revealing insider’s view of the secret service
- Rebecca Nicholson interviews Michael Socha, star of The Cage and The Gallows Pole.
- Ryan Gilbey interviews Matthew Rhys, star of Perry Mason, The Americans and Widow's Bay.
- Greg Wands revisits the 1967 neo-noir film Point Blank.
- French actress Nathalie Baye. best known for her roles in Catch Me If You Can, The Return of Martin Guerre, La Balance, Every Man for Himself and many others, has died aged 77.
- Kim Willsher shares an obituary for Nathalie Baye.
- Actor Patrick Muldoon, best known for his roles in Starship Troopers, Melrose Place, Days of Our Lives, Dirty Hands and others, has died aged 57
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
Awards:
- The finalists for the 2026 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing have been announced.
- The winners of the 2026 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced.
- The longlist for the 2026 Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition has been announced.
- The shortlist for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced.
- Shane Hickey reports about multiple problems with the Plaza Prizes.
Interviews:
- Ayo Onatade interviews Elly Griffiths.
- House of Mystery interviews Faye Snowden.
- House of Mystery interviews Eric D'Souza.
- House of Mystery interviews A.L. Jensen.
- Frank Zafiro interviews Dan Bronson.
- Garrick Webster interviews John Cheshire.
- Patrick Sauer interviews Harrison Hill.
- Shane Whaley interviews Ayo Onatade.
Reviews:
- Mary Picken reviews The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary
- Chris Connor reviews The Long Dark by Andrew Raymond
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Phantom Pass by André M. Louw
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø
- Jeff Ayers reviews Hope Rises by David Baldacci
- James Davis Nicoll reviews Winner Takes All by Claris Lam
- Jeff Ayers reviews Hollywood Payback by Jon Lindstrom
- Mary Picken reviews Based On A True Story by Sarah Vaughan
- Jen Lucas reviews I Did A Bad Thing by Louise Jensen
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Dig by J.H. Markert
- Jen Lucas reviews Five Silver Spoons by Sam Steele
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Six Mile Store by A.M. Belsey
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Lost Women by Tim Weaver
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Hard Ticket Home by David Housewright
- Jessica Rydill reviews A Party to Murder by Jan Edwards
- Jen Lucas reviews Dangerous by Essie Fox
- Sharon Richarson reviews The Dead Can’t Make a Living by Ed Lin
- Margaret Agnew reviews Mrs. Shim is a Killer by Kang Jiyoung.
- Vicki Kondelik reviews In the Spirit of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Truffle Trouble by Amanda Flower and tries a recipe from the book.
- Jen Lucas reviews A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz
- Jen Lucas reviews Turn The Dial For Death by Jeremy Vine
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1936 Horace B. Treadgold mystery Dead Man Manor by Valentine Williams
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1948 suspense novel Voice Out of Darkness by Ursula Curtiss.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1953 mystery The Cuckoo Line Affair by Andrew Garve.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1956 Bertha Cool and Donald Lam mystery Beware the Curves by A. A. Fair a.k.a. Erle Stanley Gardner.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1988 Anthony Basnett mystery A Murder Too Many by Elizabeth Ferrars
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1088 Detective Chief Inspector John McLeish and Francesca Wilson mystery Death’s Bright Angel by Janet Neel
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1989 non-fiction book A Catalogue of Crime by Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 1994 Bast mystery Speak Daggers to Her by Rosemary Edghill
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2016 Kim Stone thriller Play Dead by Angela Marsons
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