The Crime Lady: On Private Detectives, and More
Dear TCL Readers: A few months ago my editor at the Book Review, Tina Jordan, asked if I would contribute some additional recommendation lists for their...
WITHOUT CONSENT Is Available For Pre-Order!
Dear TCL Readers, At long last, my new book, Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle To Make Spousal Rape a Crime, which will be...
The Crime Lady: Announcements Aplenty
Dear TCL Readers, Last week, I turned in the fully fact-checked draft of Without Consent to my editor. I’ll have lots more to say about the book, and where...
The Crime Lady: A Few Questions for Robert Littell
Dear TCL Readers: Robert Littell on Par Jupiter!, May 2019 A few years ago, deep into the pandemic, I decided it was time to acquaint myself with the...
The Crime Lady: Family Histories
Or, what I did on my winter vacation Bryna Bercovitch, 1940s (photo credit: Raquel Ary Derozza) Dear TCL Readers, It’s 2025. Already this new year is...
The Crime Lady: Best of 2024, Raymond Chandler Auction, and More
Dear TCL Readers: Well, it was a week. I suppose I’ll say that every week from now on, I grant. But it does feel like we’re speedrunning through history, and...
The Crime Lady: The Death and Life of Patricia McGlone
December 2024 Rolling Stone cover Dear TCL Readers: Later on in this newsletter I’ll speak more about the forthcoming book and some other things I’ve been...
The Crime Lady: Reboot, Redux
I'm back with updates on my new book, moving platforms, and plans for fresh essays!
Stay Tuned in 2024
Yes, I'm also leaving Substack for someplace TBD.
Substackers Against Nazis
A collective letter to Substack leadership
I'm (Not) Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica
But I did spend far too much time researching the origin of this late-career Tom Lehrer song.
2023 Favorites; LoA Noir Event; and More
It's Best-of List Season.
What (Or Rather, Who) Got Left Out of MAESTRO
A newsletter about Judy Holliday (which means Patricia Highsmith will show up here somehow)
The Crime Lady: Domestic Disturbances, and Revisiting Hammett
Dear TCL Readers: Going to keep this newsletter on the briefer side, what with it being a holiday week. Earlier this year, it was a great pleasure to be...
Crime Lady: Staying Pesky in the Sunshine
Q&A with Mandy Matney, Author of BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS
Crime Novel Catch-Up #2: Before You Knew My Name
On an award-winning novel from 2022 I am only now getting around to reading
Crime Lady: Crime Novel Catch-Up
Introducing an occasional, but hopefully regular, feature on crime novels vintage and recent I didn't get around to reading until now
The Crime Lady: Helen Garner; You're Wrong About; and More
Dear TCL Readers: It’s fall, the news is terrible, I’m mostly hunkering down to work. So I’ll keep this newsletter on the briefer side. This past spring, I...
The Crime Lady: Thursday Murder Man
Dear TCL Readers: Happy Fall! Soon it will be Rosh Hashanah, the start of the High Holidays, and for a lot of reasons, I am looking forward to a new year and...
The Crime Lady: Making This A Proper Newsletter Again
Dear TCL Readers: It’s sweltering as I write this, as a heat wave has descended upon the Northeast after pummeling the Southwest for quite some time. It...
