Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 13, 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 Cape Fear, tributes to Marcia Lucas and Anthony Stewart Head and much more.
 

Crime fiction in general: 

• CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
• Molly Odintz shares her favourite psychological thrillers coming out in June 2026 
• Paul French shares crime novel set in Cleveland, Ohio
• Kate Khavari explains how setting a mystery abroad can raise its stakes and create unique complication 
• Liza Tully talks about using grudges as engines for mysteries.  
• Darby Bozeman talks about the allure of toxic female friendships 
• Kate Jackson talks about mysteries using oxalic acid poisoning as the murder method. 
• Gordon Jacks talks about writing senior sleuths who solve cyber crime 
• Sarah Vaughan explains how William Shakespeare's plays shaped her suspense novels. 
• Mystery writer Sheila Mitchell a.k.a. Sheila Keating has died aged 100.  

 

Film and TV:  

• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on season 2 of The Chestnut Man. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Lawmen: Bass Reeves. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Legends. 
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on The Witness.  
• Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Believe Me.  
• Ah Sweet Mystery shares their favourite filmic detectives.  
• Alex Dueben revisits the 1946 noir film Gilda and notes that both male main characters are bisexual.
• Radha Vatsal revisits the 2019 South Korean comedy thriller Parasite. 

 

Comments on Spider-Noir:

• Ellery Weil discusses where Spider-Noir fails to live up to its genre — and where it succeeds 
• Rosy Cordero interviews Spider-Noir co-showrunner, writer and executive producer Oren Uziel and actors Lamorne Morris, Jack Huston and Karen Rodriguez.

 

Writing, publishing and promotion: 

• Brook Wilensky-Lanford talks about finding the perfect title. 
• Locus reports that Subterranean Books will close in late 2027.  
• Hillel Italie shares a guide to bookstores owned by authors. 

 

Awards: 

• The winners of the 2026 Tony Awards have been announced.  

 

Interviews: 

• Deborah Kalb interviews Lee Goldberg. 
• Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Ben Giles 
• Alex Dueben interviews Lev A.C. Rosen. 
• Alafair Burke interviews Camille Perri. 
• Garrick Webster interviews William McIntyre 
• John Charles interviews Liz Lawson
• Lizzie Sirett interviews Hannah Dennison 
• Alan Peterson interviews Steph Nelson. 
• Deborah Kalb interviews Christine Carbo. 
• Authors on the Air interviews Christine Carbo. 

 

Reviews:

• Mary Picken reviews The Pinnacle by Abir Mukherjee 
• Mary Picken reviews Liar Liar by Luca Veste 
• Pippa McAllister reviews The Lake by Jörn Lier Horst.  
• Robin Agnew reviews The Cliff’s Edge Murders by Priscilla Masters.
• Mary Picken reviews Vale of Tears by David Mark 
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Solitary Agents by David Goodman  
• Marlene Harris reviews The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung 
• Jen Lucas reviews The Butler by Clare Mackintosh 
• Mary Picken reviews The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles 
• Mary Picken reviews Red Verdict by James Comey   
• Mike Parker reviews A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper 
• Mary Picken reviews The Death of Shame by Ambrose Parry  
• Robin Agnew reviews The Forty-Year Grudge by Liza Tully.
• Doreen Sheridan reviews A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by M. K. Oliver
• Joseph B. Hoyos reviews How to Talk to Your Dog About Murder by Emily Soderberg 

 

Classics reviews: 

• Erin Britton revisits the 1948 Kosuke Kindaichi mystery She Walks at Night by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Jesse Kirkwood.  
• In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1970 Dr. Peter Grant mystery Death In The Morning by Margaret Yorke 
• Jen Lucas revisits the 2011 David Raker thriller The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver 
• Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2018 DCI Daley mystery The Relentless Tide by Denzil Meyrick

 

Con and event reports:

• Mary Picken shares the guest list and programming of the 2026 Bloody Scotland Festival in Stirling, Scotland. 
• Martin Edwards reports about the 2026 Alibis in the Archive crime fiction festival in Hawarden, UK. 
• B.V. Lawson lists upcoming crime fiction conferences.  

 

Research: 

• Casey Sherman recounts the night in 1914 that Frank Lloyd Wright's home in Taliesin, Wisconsin, was burned to the ground. 
• Stephen Tully talks about American archeologists who created a WWII intelligence network in Greece
• Dan Lomas shares hi8s favourite non-fiction books about espionage. 

 

Free online fiction: 

• "Carny" by Peter M. Gordon.in The Five-Two. 
• "Butter and Salt" by Robin Cannon in Punk Noir Magazine.

 

Trailers and videos: 

• Watch a trailer for Enola Holmes 3.  
• Watch a trailer for Lucky.