When I first read Helen Weinzweig's 'Basic Black with Pearls' several years ago, I emerged in the sort of daze that happens when a book seems to ferret out your most secret thoughts and hopes. Since then, I've described the… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
'Basic Black with Pearls' contains overt references to Virginia Woolf and covert ones to feminist classics like Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper.' The scholar Ruth Panofsky, who writes extensively about Weinzweig, sees echoes of… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
'The Choirboys' is very much a product of its mid-1970s time, especially in its two-dimensional portrayals of cop groupies Ora Lee and Carolina Moon,… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
America in the 1800s isn't quite the historical mystery hotbed as the same period in the country it bested in the War of Independence,… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
While every historical era has its unique appeal as a setting for tales of crime and detection, the 19th century is exceptional - it… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
After so many attempts to mount a musical version of 'Lolita,' the project was well and truly dead by the summer of 1971. Chief… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
My one criticism of Vertigo Crime to date is that it's been a boys' club, reveling in violence that, while entertainingly lurid, lacks depth.… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
My focus will always be crime, but it might not always be fiction, nor always for adults, nor books entirely in prose. That's a… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
First, a confession: I liked 'The Da Vinci Code.' This news is even more of a surprise to me than it might be to… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Having set its tonal template, Vertigo Crime laid low for a few months before starting in earnest at the beginning of 2010. — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
'The Chill,' by Jason Starr and Mick Bertilorenzi, was both a wise and nervy choice to start the year: Starr's standalone novels, such as… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
The interior nature of 'Basic Black' is central to its unfolding. Shirley Kaszenbowski, regarded from the outside, is the embodiment of the invisible woman.… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
The 'Vampire of Ropraz' claims to be based on a true story, but the name of Rosa's father matches that of a notable Swiss… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1997, a little more than half a lifetime ago, I got my first proper summer job. The job, with one… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
