Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 18, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- CrimeReads shares crime novels coming out in paperback in July.
- Laura Wilson shares her favourite recent crime novels and thrillers.
- Molly Odintz shares her favourite psychological thrillers coming out in July 2026.
- Gary Phillips shares his favourite graphic novels featuring heists and robberies.
- Jo Piazza talks about writing convincing art heists and museum mysteries
- Araminta Hall shares her right favourite crime novels featuring unreliable narrators.
- Arvind Ethan David talks about recent crime novels by British Indian writers featuring Indian detectives.
- Lucy Burdette talks about writing sleuths who are pregnant or new mothers
- Arvind Ethan David shares his appreciation for the A.J. Raffles stories by E.W. Hornung.
- Nancy West talks about the childhood of Agatha Christie.
- Nancy West talks about Agatha Christie's tour of the British Empire in 1922.
Film and TV:
- Amelia Emberwing calls Ride or Die a genre-bending spy comedy.
- Saloni Gajjar declares that Lucky falls short of its potential
- Andy Crump declares that The Kidnapping Of Arabella leads to a wry, Coens-style caper
- Sarah Dempster calls The Hairdresser Mysteries an audacious show that, even by cosy crime standards, is an unyielding slab of snuggle
- Leslie Felperin declares that the disaster movie Deep Water knows exactly what it’s doing even as it nods towards a number of predecessors.
- Phil Hoad calls Our Hero, Balthazar a darkly comic satire of incel culture and gun violence
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the Greek crime drama Save Me.
- Paul Hirons shares his fourteen favourite TV detective pairings of all time.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares crime movies to watch on long summer nights.
- Ben Child muses about rumours regarding The Batman Part II.
- Catherine Shoard profiles Robert Pattinson, best known for his roles in The Batman, Twilight, Mickey 17, The Lighthouse, The Odyssey and many others.
- Brian Davids interviews Sam Catlin, showrunner of Sugar.
- Olivia Rutigliano reports that Salvador Dali designed a Tarot deck for the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die.
- Ann Lee interviews cast and crew of the 1976 surrealist gangster film Bugsy Malone.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2002 crime drama Rose and Maloney.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2013 historical mystery Father Brown.
- Hal Williams, best known for his roles in Sanford and Son, The Waltons, Knots Landing and Private Benjamin, has died aged 91.
- Irish actress Brenda Fricker, best known for her roles in My Left Foot, Coronation Street, Home Alone 2, Casualty, A Time to Kill and many others, has died aged 81.
- Drew Gillis remembers Brenda Fricker
Tributes to Sam Neill:
- New Zealand actor Sam Neill, best known for his roles in the Jurassic Park films, Merlin, Event Horizon, The Hunt for Red October, The Omen, The Piano, Peaky Blinders and many others, has died aged 78.
- Ryan Gilbey shares an obituary for Sam Neill.
- Zoe Williams remembers Sam Neill.
- Peter Bradshaw remembers Sam Neill.
- Drew Gillis remembers Sam Neill.
- Monica Castillo remembers Sam Neill.
- Jane Campion, director of The Piano, remembers Sam Neill.
- Miranda Richardson remembers Sam Neill.
- Sian Cain shares tributes to fellow actors and directors to Sam Neill.
- Germain Lussier also shares tributes from fellow actors and directors to Sam Neill.
- The Guardian shares tributes to Sam Neill from co-stars Lindsay Duncan and Charles Dance and director Peter Webber.
- The Guardian shares photos from Sam Neill's lengthy career.
- Luke Buckmaster shares his twenty favourite roles by Sam Neill.
- The AV Club share their favourite Sam Neill roles that are not Jurassic Park.
- Ellise Shafer reports that Sam Neill died from pneumonia.
Comments on The Westies:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Locus reports that the 1982 collection Different Seasons by Stephen King as been banned from school libraries in Utah for being allegedly unsuitable for young readers.
- Ella Creamer reports that a British education committee has come to the conclusion that the National Year of Reading should be extended to a National Decade of Reading
- Emma Loffhagen reports that several major publishers are sueing Google for copyright infringement over training its Gemini AI system.
Awards:
Interviews:
- Mary Louise Kelly interviews Tana French.
- John Parker interviews John Connolly.
- Nancie Clare interviews Hilary Davidson.
- Garrick Webster interviews G.R. Halliday.
- Garrick Webster interviews Erlendur Arason.
- Alex Dueben interviews Gary Phillips.
- Debbi Mack interviews Jennifer Lycette.
- Killer Women interviews Jennifer Pashley.
- Michael Newman and Jon Land interviews each other.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Ryan Pote.
- D.P. Lyle interviews Robert Bailey.
- Ayesha Rascoe interviews Rebecca Wright Stevens.
Reviews:
- Mary Picken reviews The Shadow Step by Mark Billingham
- Mary Picken reviews The Night Stairs by Erin Kelly
- Jen Lucas reviews Eden Falls by Ajay Chowdhury
- Janet Webb reviews Storm Tide by Paul Doiron
- Margaret Agnew reviews Black Water Bones by S.E. Reed.
- Chris Connor reviews The Violent Hour by James Oswald
- Jen Lucas reviews Out Of The Ashes by M.J. Arlidge
- Sandra Mangan reviews Hide and Seek by Chris Carter
- John Valeri reviews Blunt Instrument by Amy Bloom
- Marlene Harris reviews Worth the Fight by Anna Hackett
- Marlene Harris reviews The Teacher by Tim Sullivan
- Lesa Holstien reviews Framed for Murder by T.L. Haseeb
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Cloudthief by Nathaniel Rich
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Delivery by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Everything Has Happened by T. Greenwood
- Jen Lucas reviews Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Casey
- Mary Picken reviews Deception by Alan Parks
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Prey by Graham Hurley
- Mary Picken reviews Shadow of Madness by D.V. Bishop
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Heiress Of Nowhere by Stacey Lee
- Marlene Harris reviews Holmes Away from Home by Samantha Larsen
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Best Boy by Deborah Goodrich Royce
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Dead Men Don't Play Fetch by David Rosenfelt
- Doreen Sheridan reviews All Shell Breaks Loose by Molly MacRae and tries a recipe from the book.
- Janet Webb reviews Rules for Aging and Larceny by Julia London
- Robin Agnew reviews The Masala Chai Mystery Club by M.J. Soni.
- Robin Agnew reviews The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood.
- Maya C. James reviews The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays by Andrea Hairston
- Kevin Tipple reviews Birds of Prey: New Crime Stories, edited by Harlan Coben and C.J. Box.
Classics reviews:
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1933 mystery Crime De Luxe by Elizabeth Gill
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1933 mystery Crime De Luxe by Elizabeth Gill
- Sandy Ferber revisits the 1937 supernatural mystery The Six Queer Things by C. St. John Sprigg.
- Jack Friday revisits the 1939 Philip Marlowe hardboiled detective novel The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1944 suspense novel The Glass Mask by Lenore Glen Offord
- Pico Iyer revisits the 1971 mystery A Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumoto.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1987 Julia Hayes mystery The Habit of Fear by Dorothy Salisbury Davis.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 2004 mystery The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2017 Kim Stone mystery Broken Bones by Angela Marsons
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