Crime Fiction Links of the Week for July 11, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- CrimeReads shares their favourite true crime books coming out in July 2026.
- Molly Odintz shares 26 historical crime novels coming out in the second half of 2026.
- Daniel Kenitz shares five thrillers to read at the beach this summer
- Mary Pauline Lowry shares six comedic crime novels and thrillers
- Cara Tanamachi shares five romantic mysteries with "Happily Ever After" endings
- Kelsey Cox shares five suspense novels driven by female ambition and competition
- Crime fiction writer Joseph R. DeMarco has died aged 78.
- Canadian mystery writer Gail Bowen has died aged 83.
Film and TV:
- Judith Tarr calls The Sheep Detectives a quirky delight.
- Cath Clarke calls Executioner a darkly comic blackmail thriller
- Rhik Samadder calls Lucky an explosive tale of cons, revenge and ass-kicking
- Brent Simon calls Night Nurse a clumsy erotic thriller.
- Phil Harrison calls Abandoned a real-life mystery which makes for TV that’s a wild helter-skelter ride
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the French historical crime drama Summer '36.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the South Korean crime drama Notes from the Last Row.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the Mexican YA crime series I'm Not Afraid.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares five Irish crime dramas to watch.
- Paul Hirons shares his seventeen favourite coastal noir crime dramas.
- Radha Vatsal interviews Haifa Al Mansour, director of Unidentified.
- Brian Tallerico revisits the 1967 psychedelic spy series The Prisoner.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 1977 children's mystery series The Red Hand Gang,
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2001 crime drama Messiah.
- James Davis Nicoll revisits the 2021 action comedy Baby Assassins.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 2021 cosy crime drama Whitstable Pearl
Comments on Enola Holmes 3:
- Benjamin Lee calls Enola Holmes 3 an often thoughtful yet ultimately lesser threequel
- Caroline Siede notes that Enola grows up—and confronts colonialism—in Enola Holmes 3
- Kayleigh Donaldsen recounts how Millie Bobby Brown, who plays Enola Holmes as well as Eleven in Stranger Things, became Netflix's first homegrown star.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Laura Sims talks about how to stay creative while living in the suburbs
- Susanna Clarke talks about writing while being chronically ill.
- Marie Vibbert explains how she got her agent.
- David Shariatmadari discusses how AI is changing language
- Emma Loffhagen reports about Bad Girl Books in Oxford, UK, the UK's first Romantasy bookstore.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2026 Dagger Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 Shamus Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 Macavity Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize and the 2026 Bloody Scotland Debut Prize have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 Silver Falchion Awards have been announced.
- The winner of the 2026 Louie Award has been announced.
- The winners of the 2026 Det Danske Kriminalakademis Prizes have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2026 Emmy Awards have been announced with some love for crime TV.
Interviews:
- Richard Fitzpatrick interviews Ian Rankin.
- Paul Burke interviews Mark Billingham.
- Bill Borrows interviews James Ellroy.
- Ayesha Rascoe interviews Gregg Hurwitz.
- Alan Petersen interviews Amie Shokjai.
- Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Terry Deary
- Jeffrey James Higgins interviews J.D. Barker.
- Garick Webster interviews David Fairer.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman.
- Deborah Kalb interviews Caitlin Rother.
- On the Air with Florenza interviews Caitlin Rother.
Reviews:
- Jen Lucas reviews The Shadow Step by Mark Billingham
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews The Shadow Step by Mark Billingham
- Jen Lucas reviews The Night Stairs by Erin Kelly
- Lesa Holstine reviews A Dark Path by Linda Castillo
- Mike Parker reviews From the Shadows by G.R. Halliday
- Jen Lucas reviews Blood, Rust, and Steel by Stuart MacBride
- Vicki Weisfeld reviews Murder on the Red River by Marcie R Rendon
- Martin Edwards reviews Deadly Remains by Kate Ellis
- Mary Picken reviews The Violent Hour by James Oswald
- Jen Lucas reviews The Violent Hour by James Oswald
- Sharon Richardson reviews Deliverance by Saima Mir
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews This is a Lie by Cleo Ballard
- Jen Lucas reviews The Quiet Kill by Robert Byrndza
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Plans I Have For You by Lai Sanders
- Jeff Ayers reviews Keep Them Close by David Ellis
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews Then He Was Gone by Isabel Booth
- Kevin Tipple reviews The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan
- Sandra Mangan reviews The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani
- Fiona Sturges reviews Honey by Imani Thompson
- Vicki Kondelik reviews The Abduction of Rosalind Thorne by Darcie Wilde.
- Kate Jackson reviews Threefold Death by Victoria Dowd
- Ali Karim reviews The Winter Warriors by Olivier Norek
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Shadow Of Madness by D.V. Bishop
- Jen Lucas reviews Miss Hortense and the Last Rites by Mel Pennant
- Jen Lucas reviews A Fatal Legacy by Charlotte Vassell
- Erin Britton reviews The Book Club Murders by Maggie Allswell
- Doreen Sheridan reviews Murder At The Campfire Cookout by Darci Hannah and tries a recipe from the book.
- Cathy Akers-Jordan reviews Murder at a Scottish Halloween by Traci Hall.
- Lesa Holstine reviews Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney
- Carla Schantz reviews All Shell Breaks Loose by Molly MacRae.
- Erin Britton reviews Collateral Death by J. Kushley
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel reviews Scandal On The Stage by Alasdair Beckett-King
- Jeff Ayers reviews The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Pie & Mash Detective Agency by J.D. Brinkworth
- Lesa Holstine reviews It’s About Time by Carol J. Perry
- Mandie Griffiths reviews Many Deadly Returns: 21 Stories Celebrating 21 Years of Murder Squad, edited by Martin Edwards.
Classics reviews:
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1943 Dr. Hugh Westlake mystery The Scarlet Circle by Jonathan Stagge
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1946 Peter Duluth mystery Puzzle For Fiends by Patrick Quentin
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1948 mystery Rustling End by Douglas G. Browne.
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1954 adventure novel The Riddle of Samson by Andrew Garve.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1955 crime novel The Yellow Turban by Charlotte Jay.
- B.V. Lawson revisits the 1964 Dover and MacGregor mystery Dover One by Joyce Porter.
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1969 Masters and Green mystery Nobody’s Perfect by Douglas Clark
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1971 mystery collection City of Brass: And Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 2008 mystery collection The Sherlock Holmes Stories of Edward D. Hoch
- Jen Lucas revisits the 2013 David Raker crime novel Never Coming Back by Tim Weaver
Con and event reports:
- Joy Kluver reports about the "Wish You Were Here: Crimes In Paradise" author event with Patricia Wolf, Emma Styles and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett at the West Barnes Library in Merton, UK.
- Martin Edwards reports about the Agatha Christie Day at Bolton Library in Bolton, UK.
Research:
- Jeffrey A. Marx talks about the organised arson gangs of nineteenth and early twentieth century New York City.
- Olivia Rutigliano talks about the Disney World animatronics heist of 2018 and the documentary that solved it.
- John A Jenkins chronicles the most ridiculous burglary plan in US presidential history.
- Daniel Boffey chronicles the unstoppable rise of the British political figure Count Binface.
- Tom McArthur reports that former British conservative MP Ann Widdecombe was murdered at age 78.
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