Crime Fiction Links of the Week for May 9, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite mysteries, crime novels and thrillers coming out in May 2026.
- CrimeReads shares true crime books coming out in May 2026.
- Erin Britton shares her favourite recent cozy mysteries.
- Uzma Jalaluddin shares her favourite amateur sleuths.
- Paul French talks about crime novels set in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Matt Harry shares his seven favourite creative murders in fiction.
- Ilona Bannister shares crime novel about strangers crossing paths in unexpected ways.
- L.M. Kemp finds unexpected parallels between espionage and motherhood.
- Judith Tarr shares her appreciation for the Sister Jane foxhunting mystery by Rita Mae Brown.
- Spy fiction and horror author and editor Michael P. Spradlin has died aged 65.
Film and TV:
- Radha Vatsal shares new crime shows to watch.
- Lucy Mangan calls the stalker thriller Number One Fan four hours of guaranteed, preposterous fun
- Leslie Felperin calls Surrender a 1990s throwback thriller
- Peter Bradshaw calls Self Driver an interesting, less-is-more satirical thriller
- Radha Vatsal calls Sirat an existential chase thriller set in the Moroccan desert.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the spy series Secret Service.
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the Nicci French adaptation What to Do When Someone Dies a.k.a. Without You
- Hannah J. Davies calls This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist a true crime documentary that's also a tale of abuse.
- Matthew Davey revisits the other 1991 Robin Hood film.
- Radha Vatsal revisits the 2001 historical mystery movie Gosford Park.
Comments on The Sheep Detectives:
Comments on season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again:
- Leah Schnelbach shares her thoughts on “The Southern Cross”, the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again.
- Jarrod Jones shares his thoughts on “The Southern Cross”, the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again.
- Germain Lussier shares his thoughts on “The Southern Cross”, the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again.
- Caroline Siede declares that in season two, Daredevil: Born Again reclaimed its identity
- Zack Budryk talks about Daredevil: Born Again and the fascism of state gangsters
- Nick Ronano interviews Dario Scardapane, showrunner of Daredevil: Born Again.
- Matthew Byrd reports that season 3 of Daredevil: Born Again will adapt the 2006 Daredevil story “The Devil in Cell-Block D” by Ed Brubaker and Matt Lark.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Charlie Jane Anders asks writers to let their characters teach us about their world
- Several writers talk about throwaway comments that changed their lives.
- Tim Sullivan explains how he went from screenwriter to novelist.
- Patricia Cornwell talks about writing a memoir as a lifelong novelist
- Simon Elegant talks about the difference between being a reporter and writing crime fiction.
- Vincent Yu explains how being a mediocre scientist made him a better novelist
- L.M. Kemp talks about some of the stranger research she did for her latest novel.
- Nathalie op de Beeck reports about an uproar caused by US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett claiming at 94.7 percent of children's books are crud.
- Rachel Meghan talks about the impact of AI on book reviewers.
- Alexandra Alter reports that five publishers and Scott Turow sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement over unauthorised use of books for AI training.
- Nathalie op de Beeck reports that book bans in the US increasingly target non-fiction books.
Awards:
- The winner of the 2026 First Crime Novel Competition has been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 Tony Awards have been announced with lots of love for SFF plays.
- Pete Hammond reports that the Oscars have implemented several rule changes, including banning AI from the acting and screenwriting categories.
Interviews:
- Garrick Webster interviews Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung
- Ayesha Rascoe interviews Ilona Bannister.
- Debbi Mack interviews Gregory Poirier.
- Barbara Peters interviews Marie Benedict.
- Paul Burke interviews Andrea Mara
- Aunt Agatha's interviews Frank Anthony Polito.
- Alan Petersen interviews Rea Frey.
- D.P. Lyle and Kathleen Antrim interviews Clay Stafford.
- Alex Dueben interviews Charles Ardai.
Reviews:
- Jen Lucas reviews Quite Ugly One Evening by Chris Brookmyre
- John Parker reviews A River Red With Blood by John Connolly
- Kevin Tipple reviews The Lost Angels by Michele Dominguez Greene
- Mary Picken reviews Five by Ilona Bannister
- Lesa Holstine reviews Deadly Force by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
- Jeff Ayers reviews Shadow Strike by Brad Taylor
- Jen Lucas reviews Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray
- Lesa Holstine reviews Reverse by Steven F. Havill
- Gwen Moffat reviews Mother of Sorrows by Jurica Pavicic
- Marlene Harris reviews The Silver Fish by Connor Martin
- Vick Weisfeld reviews John B Peoples by Michael Cowan
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Astronaut! by Oana Aristide
- Mary Picken reviews Thornby Manor by Stephanie Bramwell-Lawes
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Dangerous by Essie Fox.
- Janet Webb reviews Death Times Seven by Anne Perry
- Kerry Hood reviews Murder in Purple and Gold by Lindsey Davis
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Murder At The Hotel Orient by Alessandra Ranelli
- Vicki Kodelik reviews A Murder in Marylebone by Emily Sullivan.
- Kate Jackson reviews Everyone in this Bank is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson
- Jen Lucas reviews Shrink Solves Murder by Philippa Perry
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Hot Wings and Homicide by Carmela Dutra
- Erin Britton reviews Pork Pie Pandemonium by Steve Higgs
- Robin Agnew reviews Dragged to Death by Frank Anthony Polito.
- Kate Jackson reviews A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz
- Ali Karim reviews Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks
Classics reviews:
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1936 Tommy Rankin mystery One Murdered, Two Dead by Milton Propper
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1954 Liane Crauford mystery Postscript to Penelope by Susan Gilruth.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1955 mystery The Man Who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett.
- Jordan Harper and Polly Stewart revisit the 1982 noir novel Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn.
- Happiness is a Book revisits the 1993 Gregor Demarkian mystery Murder Superior by Jane Haddam
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2009 historical mystery The Crack In The Lens by Steve Hockensmith
Con and event reports:
Research:
- Allan Gaw talks about the history of forensics.
- Stephen Robert Morse talks about the South African fencer and engineer Rodney Wilkinson who blew up South Africa's only nuclear power station in Koeberg in 1982 and then disappeared.
- Ru Marshall talks about Carlos Castaneda, his faux non-fiction books and the cult he founded.
- R.O. Thorpe talks about the enduring mystery of William Shakespeare's missing play The History of Cardenio.
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