Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 1, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- Molly Odintz shares the best crime novels, mysteries and thrillers coming out in August 2026.
- M.K. Soni shares nine great cozy mysteries by writers of colour.
- Shannon Morgan explains why islands are the perfect setting for mysteries
- Catherine Steadman shares six thrillers set in glamorous and wealthy neighborhoods
- H.Y. Hanna talks about her love for slow-burn and atmospheric suspense novels.
- James Davis Nicoll asks if a terrible protagonist can still be likeable.
- James Renner recounts how the rise of mystery podcasts created the true crime memoir boom
- Maria DiLorenzo talks about capturing the souls of serial killers in true crime and memoir
- Natalie Moss talks about the outdated trope of nature as monstrous
- Michael Gonzales profiles noir writer Jim Thompson and his relationship with director Stanley Kubrick.
- Olivia Rutigliano wonder if Charles Dickens's Bleak House inspired Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
- Japanese mystery writer Keigo Higashino has died aged 68.
Film and TV:
- Jack Seale calls Gomorrah: The Origins a stylish mob prequel.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on The Marlow Murder Club.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on season 2 of The Crow Girls.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on episodes 5 and 6 of The Dark.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the first two episodes of The Rapture.
- Jacob Oller calls The Devil's Mouth a weak shark film.
- Cath Clarke calls the documentary A Child of My Own the wildest true crime film of the year
- Lucy Mangan calls Don’t Date Brandon a lazy true-crime show that doesn’t start to do justice to the horrors that victims experienced.
- Paul Hirons shares his favourite crime TV shows from the 1980s.
- Olivia Rutigliano ranks her eight favourite fake crime novels in movies and TV shows.
- Jesse Hassenger talks about the resurgence of the shark movie.
- Sam Adams notes that Netflix is to blame for their current woes, since they destroyed the traditional TV model of releasing episodes weekly to grow the viewership.
- Andrew Lawrence interviews Keith David, best known for his appearances in The Thing, Gargoyles, They Live, Masters of the Universe Revolution, Platoon, President Curtis and many others.
- Harriet Gibsone interviews Lena Headey, best known for her appreances in Game of Thrones, Masters of the Universe Revelation/Revolution, The Sarah Connor Chronicles and many others..
- Matt Schimkowitz revisits the 1986 serial killer thriller Manhunter.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2013 serial killer show Hannibal.
- Brogan Morris revisits the 2006 Miami Vice reboot.
- Emine Saner reports about the 2005 gangster film Breakin' the Cycle whose producer used it as a front to run a drug gang.
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Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Julie Le Blanc shares writing tips and tricks for time-poor parents.
- Nancy Friedman explains what subtitles are good for.
- Leila Fadel and Reagan Jones report that there is a boom in small independent bookstore opening in the US
- Emma Loffhagen reports that the crime novel Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body by Jerry Falade has been pulled by Falade's agent after suspicions of AI use.
- Stephanie Convery reports about AI companies buying up used books to scan them as training data, destroying the books in the process.
- Frank Landymore also reports about AI companies buying up used books to scan them as training data and then destroy them.
Awards:
Interviews:
- Robyn Vinter interviews Val McDermid and Jo Sharp.
- Garrick Webster interviews George Pelecanos
- Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Tim Sullivan.
- Garrick Webster interviews Nicole Lundrigan.
- Garrick Webster interviews R.L. Heber.
- Sue Hinkin interviews Kathleen Donnelly.
- Elaine's Literary Salon interviews Lynda Allen.
- Debbi Mack interviews Caleb Husmann,
- Deborah Kalb interviews Mindy Carlson.
- John Charles interviews Kit Gray and Stacie Ramey.
Reviews:
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Jen Lucas reviews The Mermaid’s Cry by Kate Rhodes
- Kevin Tipple reviews River Deep by Bryan Gruley
- Ali Karim reviews Surface by Olivier Norek
- Jen Lucas reviews Dead Heat by Sabine Durrant
- Mary Picken reviews The Angel of Death by Trevor Wood
- Sharon Richardson reviews The Angel of Death by Trevor Wood
- Jen Lucas reviews The Woman Who Wasn’t There by William Hussey
- Mary Picken reviews The Woman Who Wasn’t There by William Hussey
- Jen Lucas reviews Maybe Tomorrow by Michael Wood
- Marlene Harris reviews The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Then He Was Gone by Isabel Booth
- Janet Webb reviews Killer Vibes by Jack Friday
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Traitors by Robert McCaw
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Knapdale Murders by Daniel Sellers
- Robin Agnew reviews Let the Murderer Say Amen by Carolyn Marie Wilkins.
- Robin Agnew reviews The Paris Chase by David Lewis.
- Jen Lucas reviews All Killers Aboard by David Fennell
- Jen Lucas reviews The Hotel Manager’s Guide To Murder by Erlendur Arason
- Margaret Agnew reviews Our Marriage is Murder by Carol Goodman.
- Kevin Tipple reviews Beach Blonde Betrayal by Elaine Viets
- Robin Agnew reviews How to Kill a Crime Writer by Sarah Lotz.
- Janet Webb reviews Shrink Solves Murder by Philippa Perry
- Marlene Harris reviews The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood
- Erin Britton reviews Graham and the Flitchcombe Murders by David Fairer
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Voted Most Likely to Murder by Lacey Moone
- Ali Karim reviews Do You See What I See by Peter Swanson
- Sonja van der Westhuizen reviews Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki
- Ali Karim reviews Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki
- Maya C. James reviews The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass by Leslye Penelope
Classics reviews:
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1943 mystery The Inconvenient Corpse by Elizabeth Fenwick
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1944 mystery Panic by Helen McCloy.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1944 mystery Murder in Haste by Elizabeth Fenwick
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1967 Pollard and Toye mystery Death of an Old Girl by Elizabeth Lemarchand.
Con and event reports:
Research:
- Catherine Ryan Howard talks about the fascination with so-called murder houses.
- Olivia Rutigliano talks about the George Foster who murdered his family and was executed in 1803 and subsequently became the subject of an experiment to use electricity to bring him back to life.
- Rob Evans, Harry Davies and Emine Sinmaz report about the case of an US airman who was suspected of raping at least six British women while asleep and who escaped justice in the UK due to being a US soldier.
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