Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 30, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel shares their top five standalone mysteries
- Jeffrey Archer shares his ten favourite classic detective novels.
- Joanne Finny shares 21 cozy mysteries to enjoy.
- Carmela Dutra talks about why crimes committed in public places work so well in mysteries
- Rhodi Hawk shares five mysteries set in the rugged wilderness
- Kerri Hakoda talks about the symbolic power of rivers in mysteries
- Kit Gray shares her ten favourite animal sleuths (plus honourable mentions)
- Perrin Pring shares ten brilliant thrillers set in the near future
- Kim Sherwood wonders how Ian Fleming would write James Bond today
- Molly Templeton talks about rediscovering rereading.
- Martin Edwards remembers Alan Bradley.
Film and TV:
- Olivia Rutigliano shares new and older crime shows to watch this weekend.
- Cath Clarke calls Tuner a safe cracking thriller.
- Lucy Mangan calls Ponies a joyful 1970s spy thriller that shouldn’t work … but it really does
- Alasdair Stuart finds some parallels between the movie The Sheep Detectives and the video game Herdling.
- Alex Lei declares that the portrayal of Jack Ryan in Jack Ryan: Ghost War has gone the way of most conservative media: emptier and more cruel.
- Monica Castillo calls Pressure an effective Dad thriller.
- Justin Carter shares his appreciation for the Mission Impossible movie series.
- C.T. Phipps shares his thoughts on The Punisher: One Last Kill
- Leslie Felperin calls Landmarks a beautiful documentary about an indigenous murder case
- Jonathan Wells wonders if we really need another Sherlock Holmes remake.
- Caroline Siede lists eleven heist movies featuring mostly female heist crews.
- Carol Floriani shares five obsession-driven noir films adapted from novels
- Peter Bradshaw revisits the 1990 gangster thriller Bullet in the Head.
Comments on Spider-Noir and the Marvel Cinematic and TV Universe in general:
Tributes to Marcia Lucas:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Emily Rapp Black talks about the creative power of play
- Amanda West talks about the challenge of changing genres.
- Angela Mazza talks about the strange practice of updating cultural references in YA books.
- Scott Edelman interviews editor and literary agent John Jarrold.
- Sheila Limming laments university libraries throwing out books in favour of lounges and meeting spaces.
- Hillel Italie reports that independent bookstores are thriving and mutiplying rather than dying out, as many believe.
Awards:
Interviews:
Reviews:
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Final Target by Nora Roberts
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Grave Intent by Sarah Ward
- Lesa Holstine reviews Storm Warning by James Byrne
- Jen Lucas reviews Renegade by Graeme Cumming
- Gwen Moffat reviews Marion by Leah Rowan
- Ali Karim reviews A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper
- Mary Picken reviews Ironwood by Michael Connelly
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Brothers McKay by Craig Johnson
- Mary Picken reviews The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani
- Janet Webb reviews I, Spy by L. M. Kemp
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman
- Mary Picken reviews Body of Lies by Jo Callaghan
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews This Town Won't Tell by Rhodi Hawk
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Only One Who Knows by Lisa M. Matlin
- Kate Jackson reviews Buried Above Ground by Mike Ripley
- Jen Lucas reviews Under the Blazing Sun by Jenney Lund Madsen, translated by Paul Russell Garrett.
- Blue Book Balloon reviews Under the Blazing Sun by Jenney Lund Madsen, translated by Paul Russell Garrett.
- Jen Lucas reviews Berwick by L.J. Ross
- Mandie Griffiths reviews A Thief’s Revenge by Douglas Skelton
- Robin Agnew reviews Echoes of Infamy by Shaina Steinberg.
- Marlene Harris reviews A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz
- Robin Agnew reviews The Body in the Kitchen Garden by Paula Sutton.
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Death By Chocolate Ladyfingers by Sarah Graves
- Robin Agnew reviews Murder Most Delicious by Danielle Postel-Vinay.
- Lesa Holstine reviews The Diva Hosts a Murderer by Krista Davis
- BOLO Books reviews A Double Life: The Anatomy of a Premeditated Murder by Mikita Brottman.
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1940 Merrion and Arnold mystery Death Takes a Flat by Miles Burton
- G.M.Malliet revisits the 1951 mystery The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1958 adventure thriller A Hero for Leanda by Andrew Garve.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1967 spy novel The Dust and the Heat by Michael Gilbert
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1996 short mystery collection Blood Lines by Ruth Rendell.
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2005 Tom Thorne thriller Lifeless by Mark Billingham
Con and event reports:
- Ayo Onatade shares the program for the 2026 Bute Noir festival in Bute, Scotland.
- Rosie Shead reports about the exhibtion "Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery" at the British Library in London, UK.
- The Newcastle Noir International Crime Writing Festival in Newcastle, UK, has announced that they will be going on hiatus in 2026 and return in 2027.
- Rick Pullen reports how Elaine's Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, became a popular place literary events and writer meet-ups.
Research:
- Mike Glyer reports that the City of Milwaukee has agreed to pay a large settlement to science fiction author Patrick Tomlinson and his wife after multiple swatting attempts perpetrated by trolls harassing Tomlinson.
- Henry Godfrey-Evans reports that the police were called to a railway station in Rayleigh, Essex, because passenger were concerned about a cosplayer's prop sword.
- Paige Towers talks about Steven Sueppel who killed his wife and his four adopted South Korean children in Iowa City, Iowa, in 2008 and links the murders to religiously motivated international adoption programs.
- Leyland Cecco reports about the trial of Kenneth Law, who mailed suicide packets with lethal substances to hundreds of people in Canada, the UK and elsewhere.
- Leyland Cecco also interviews the families of two young British people who fell victim to the lethal substances sold online by Kenneth Law,
- Matthew Weaver reports that the families of British people who fell victim to the lethal substances sold online by Kenneth Law are furious that Law will not be charged in the UK for his part in their deaths.
- Koh Ewe reports that Xu Yao, who poisoned Chinese gaming tycoon and the holder of the adaptation rights for The Three Body Problem Lin Qi, has been executed.
- Simina Mistreanu also reports about the crime and execution of Xu Yao.
- The Guardian reports that a dog accidentally set off a shotgun at a convenience store in Nebraska and shot a woman in the arm.
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