Crime Fiction Links of the Week for June 27, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Paul Levine shares mysteries and thriller set aboard trains.
- Sean David Robinson explains why missing person thrillers are so addictive
- Allison Brennan talks about turning the weather into a character in thrillers
- Lucy Ashe shares six crime novels about gaslighting and self-doubt.
- Barry Lygs shares four mystery novels where the protagonists go to therapy.
- Jonelle Patrick talks about historical fiction as a teaching tool.
- Molly Templeton points out that the way to read more is to read more
- Crime fiction writer Stephen Dobyns has died aged 85.
Film and TV:
- Frank Gaimari calls The Sheep Detectives a delightful surprise that moved him to tears.
- Brian Tallerico declares that The Agency returns with a taut study on the personal cost of spydom
- Mike McCahill calls The Furious an exhilarating martial-arts movie
- Andrew Lawrence calls Strung a far-fetched suspense thriller
- Cheryl Eddy shares her thoughts on the season 2 premiere of Sugar.
- Ben Rosenstock shares his thoughts on the latest episode of Cape Fear.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on Lawman Bass Reeves.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on series 2 of Criminal Record.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on season 2 of A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the Thai crime drama The Evil Lawyer
- Martin Edwards shares his thoughts on the Australian crime drama The Family Next Door.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2012 Australian historical mystery series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2018 crime drama Save Me.
- Keith Roysdon revisits the 1973 mystery radio show The Zero Hour and the rebirth of radio dramas in the US in the 1970s.
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Jason Sanford speaks about about harassment at the hands of SFF writer and publisher E.D.E. Bell.
- Catriona Menzies-Pike declares that Australia is publishing books too quickly – and everyone is losing out
- Emma Loffhagen reports that teen boys in the UK are mostly reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney, while teen girls have much broader tastes.
Awards:
Interviews:
- Sarah Caden interviews John Connolly.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Stig Abell
- Deborah Kalb interviews Anna Lee Huber.
- CrimeReads interviews Gregg Olsen.
- House of Mystery interviews Gregory Stout.
- Garrick Webster interviews James Ellson.
- Garrick Webster interviews Saima Mir.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Kat Rosenfield.
- Killer Women interviews Hilary Davidson.
- John Valeri interviews Caroline Kepnes.
- I.S. Berry interviews Jack Murphy.
- Debbi Mack interviews Clay Stafford.
- Barbara Peters interviews Jaclyn Goldis
- Kathleen Antrim and D.P. Lyle interview John Dingle
Reviews:
- Mary Picken reviews The Burnt Moor by Nina Bhadreshwar
- Mike Parker reviews Blood River Witch by T.J. Martinson
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews The Devil is Waiting by Gregory W. Beaubien
- Mary Picken reviews The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter
- John Valeri reviews Every Lie I Told by Hilary Davidson
- Jen Lucas reviews A Killing In Lagos by Amen Alonge
- Doreen Sheridan reviews I Did Not Kill My Husband by Linda Keir
- Lesa Holstine reviews Missing by E.A. Jackson
- Margaret Agnew reviews A Twist in the River by Stig Abell.
- Robin Agnew reviews The Cliff’s Edge Murders by Priscilla Masters.
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Summer House Murder by Ava Roberts
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Bad Influence by Will Carver.
- Jen Lucas reviews Bad Influence by Will Carver
- Aunt Agatha's reviews A Bitter Cut by Anna Lee Huber.
- Kevin Tipple reviews Shades of the Job by Frank Zafiro
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Cathedrals by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle.
- Robin Agnew reviews Sweet Spot by Kemper Donovan.
- Mike Parker reviews The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev A.C. Rosen
- Janet Webb reviews Self-Help for Serial Killers by Asia Mackay
- Marlene Harris reviews I’m Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig
- Vick Weisfeld reviews Dirty Myrtle by Kennedy Weible
- Carla Schantz reviews Magic City Mayhem by Marcus X. Figuerola.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Dungeons and Danger by Elizabeth Penney
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Crime Scenes by Joseph S Walker
- Kathryn Hughes reviews The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh by James Lasdun.
Classics reviews:
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1953 crime novel Death and the Sky Above by Andrew Garve
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1992 DI Bill Snider mystery Death Watch by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles.
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2006 Tom Thorne crime novel Buried by Mark Billingham
- Jen Lucas revisits the 2012 David Raker mystery Vanished by Tim Weaver
Con and event reports:
- Martin Edwards reports about the 2026 Bodies in the Library crime fiction event in London, UK.
- Kate Jackson reports about the 2026 Bodies in the Library crime fiction event in London, UK.
- The Times of Malta reports that crime fiction author Ian Rankin will be the international guest of the Malta Book Festival in Valetta, Malta.
- Clarke Gayford declares that literary festivals are the new raves and that he couldn't be happier.
Research:
- Harry Davies and Rob Evans report about Sarah Steele who was strangled and sexually assaulted by her date, a US military pilot, who subsequently got off with a slap on the wrist in a military tribunal.
- Naomi Kaye Honova explains how the Manson murders and the Dominique Dunne case transformed true crime in Los Angeles, California.
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