Crime Fiction Links of the Week for August 22, 2026
Crime fiction in general:
- CrimeReads shares ten new crime novels coming out this week.
- The New York Times shares the fifty best thrillers of the twenty-first century.
- Readers of The New York Times share their hundred favourite thrillers of the twenty-first century.
- Olivia Rutigliano shares her favourite recent short mystery collections.
- Gigi Pandian and Tom Mead share their favourite short mysteries.
- Gillian McAllister shares six crime novels with astonishing narrative turns
- Trisha Blanchett shares nine mystery novels with killer settings
- Steve Hawk shares five page-turning wilderness thrillers
- Liv Constantine talks about marriage thrillers and crafting dangerous relationships in art
- R.J. Dark shares six humorous mysteries that are actually funny
- Robert Gold discusses how Agatha Christie's techniques shaped the modern thriller
- Curtis Evans discusses the torrid love triangle between crime fiction writers Dorothy L. Sayers, John Cournos and Helen Kestner
- Olivia Rutigliano finds some surprising parallels between Norman Mailer and Charles Dickens.
- Lucy Osborne and Sirin Kale report that British true crime author Christopher Berry-Dee has been accused of asaulting and abusing multiple women and children.
- Ella Creamer reports that Christopher Berry-Dee has been dropped by his publisher and that his books have been pulled from various bookstores following the abuse allegations.
Film and TV:
- Sarah Dempster calls Ludwig cosy crime at its bumbling best
- Ben Child notes that more gore will not bring The X-Files: I Want to Believe back to life.
- Martin Edwards calls the action film Nobody good light entertainment.
- Lucy Mangan calls You're Killing Me a crime drama so terrible she wonders if it was written by AI.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the cosy crime drama Murder Before Evensong
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the Swedish crime drama Blood Sacrifice.
- Paul Hirons shares his thoughts on the heist series Lucky.
- Kayleigh Donaldson shares her thoughts on the latest episode of Furious.
- Ben Rosenstock shares his thoughts on the latest episode of The Shards.
- Paul Hirons revisits the 1997 quirky crime drama Jonathan Creek.
- Kyle Turner attempts to explain why movies look so washed out and murky these days.
- Nadeem Badshah reports that contrary to rumours, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex will not appear in season 3 of the crime series The Gentlemen.
Tributes to Hayden Panettiere:
- Actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in Heroes, Nashville, A Bug's Life, Tiger Cruise, several Scream movies and many others as well as former partner of boxer Wladimir Klitschko, has died aged only 36.
- Zoe Williams remembers Hayden Panettiere.
- Anthony Hayward shares an obituary for Hayden Panettiere.
- Richard Luscombe shares the tribute of boxer Wladimir Kltischko to his former partner and mother of his daughter Hayden Panettiere.
- Tim Kring, creator and showrunner of Heroes, remembers Hayden Panettiere who played Claire Bennet in the show.
- Jennifer Hassan shares tributes by co-stars and directors to Hayden Panettiere.
- Jesse Hassenger declares that Hollywood continues to fail child stars and that Hayden Panettiere was only the latest victim.
- William Hughes reports that cosmetics company Neutrogena has apologized for its treatment of Hayden Panettiere, who was their brand ambassador.
- The Guardian shares photos from Hayden Panettiere's short but memorable life.
Comments on Lanterns and the DC Cinematic Universe in general:
- Emmet Asher-Perrin shares their thoughts on the first episode of Lanterns.
- Dennis Perkins shares his thoughts on the first episode of Lanterns.
- Siddhant Adlakha notes that Lanterns is “for the fans” in refreshing ways
- Lucy Mangan does not like Lanterns and proves that she doesn't really understand superheroes.
- Vanessa Armstrong interviews Damon Lindelof, Chris Mundy and Tom King, co-creators of Lanterns.
- Vanessa Armstrong shares Lanterns co-creator Damon Lindelof's explanation why audiences should care about space cops.
- Brian Davids interviews Damon Lindelof.
- Sam Nelson interviews Damon Lindelof.
- Justin Carter reports that Hal Jordan and John Stewart almost didn't wear their Green Lantern suits in Lanterns.
- Erik Adams talks about how seeing Hal Jordan on a football field evokes memories of Hal Jordan actor Kyle Chandler's role as an American football coach in Friday Night Lights.
- Joe Otterson reports that Lanterns had the best opening of all DC shows and is the fifth most watched show on HBO Max of all time.
- Germain Lussier reports that the next DC TV show will be a Jimmy Olsen focussed true crime show called The People v. Gorilla Grodd
Comments on Mutiny:
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Birdie Horne talks about writing sex scenes.
- Anjuli Patil reports that Canadian author Rachel Reid has donated 300000 CAD to support five rural libraries in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Locus reports that the antiquarian bookseller Lloyd Currey Booksellers in Elizabethtown, New York, has been targeted by thieves for the third time this year.
- Emma Loffhagen reports that several Ukrainian publishers have asked for support after Russian missile strikes destroyed warehouses with millions of books.
Awards:
Interviews:
- John Valeri interviews Rachel Howzell Hall.
- Ayo Onatade interviews Abigail Dean.
- Garrick Webster interviews Neville Blackwood.
- Barbara Peters interviews Chris Bohjalian
- House of Mystery interviews Bruce Borgos.
- Vassem Khan and Abir Mukherjee interview Chris McDonald.
- Joan Leotta interviews Carolyn Haines.
- The Sisters in Crime Podcast interviews Deliah Lawrence.
- Authors on the Air interviews Lucy Burdette and Jan Yager
- Alan Petersen interviews Kevin Wade.
- D.P. Lyle interviews Ryan Pote.
Reviews:
- Raven Crime Reads reviews Ghost Notes by Doug Johnstone.
- Mary Picken reviews Ghost Notes by Doug Johnstone.
- Sandra Mangan reviews Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher
- Kevin Tipple reviews Wildwood by Amy Pease
- Jen Lucas reviews The Residency by C.D. Major
- Kevin Tipple reviews Gold in them Texas Hills by Russ Hall
- Jamie Agnew reviews God’s Country by William Kent Krueger.
- Janet Webb reviews Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead
- Mike Parker reviews Surviving the Lie by James Queally
- Doreen Sheridan reviews The Silver Fish by Connor Martin
- Jeff Ayers reviews The Enigma Challenge by S.C Godfrey
- Joseph B. Hoyos reviews The Most Dangerous Man by Jack Murphy
- James Davis Nicoll reviews The Great Game by Arvind Ethan David
- Erin Britton reviews The Art of Getting Hammered by Joanna Wallace
Classics reviews:
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel revisits the 1939 mystery The Reader Is Warned by Carter Dickson
- Lesa Holstine revisits the 1942 Hercule Poirot mystery Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
- Jen Lucas revisits the 1947 Kosuke Kindaichi mystery Murder At The Black Cat Cafe by Seishi Yokomizo
- B.V, Lawson revisits the 1956 mystery Death on Remand by Michael Underwood.
- Kate Jackson revisits the 1959 Inspector Littlejohn mystery Toll the Bell for Murder by George Bellairs
- Martin Edwards revisits the 1983 crime novel A View to Ransom by James Arney a.k.a. Martin Russell.
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2020 Tom Thorne crime novel Bloodline by Mark Billingham
- Mandie Griffiths revisits the 2020 DCI Daley crime novel Jeremiah’s Bell by Denzil Meyrick
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