Sarah Weinman

Though written in the 1970s, 'Falling Angel' is firmly set in 1959.

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In 1953, the idea of a single female police recruit to the New York City Police Department, let alone a handful, was…

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'Child 44' has no room for inconsequential choices because Stalinist Russia had no room for them, either.

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The abundance of Roman historical mysteries contrasts with the surprising paucity of crime novels set in classical Greece.

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Having set its tonal template, Vertigo Crime laid low for a few months before starting in earnest at the beginning of 2010.

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Like so many other bored teens, I was a bored teen with a hobby. The only difference was mine was obsessing about…

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Britain proves to be an ideal setting for many a medieval-minded crime novelist, regardless of century.

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The make-believe world of 'The Black Tower' succeeds by broadcasting larger truths that might otherwise elude us.

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My one criticism of Vertigo Crime to date is that it's been a boys' club, reveling in violence that, while entertainingly lurid,…

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Dorothy B. Hughes - there's a robust elegance to her writing that I keep responding to again and again. I've read her…

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I've waited for a novel from Charles Yu with eager anticipation since being bowled over by his 2006 short story collection, 'Third…

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Five years before 'Kitchen Confidential' - and before then, the 'New Yorker' essay that led to the book - Bourdain published 'A…

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Most people will pay tribute to Anthony Bourdain as a chef, as the author of 'Kitchen Confidential,' and as the host of…

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Oddly, the anti-heroes of both 'The Chill' and veteran comics writer Peter Milligan's 'The Bronx Kill' share a first name, though their…

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True-crime shows and podcasts aren't the only ones flattening the complexity of forensic science into easy-to-grasp narratives: journalists do so, too. They…

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Vera Caspary wrote an essay called 'My 'Laura' and Otto's' where she talks about the arguments she had with Preminger. She felt…

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Reading 'Ghost Waltz' and 'Nine and a Half Weeks' side by side, Day's vulnerabilities come shimmering into view. Both books examine the…

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As Paretsky detailed in her short memoir Writing in an Age of Silence (2007), early optimism buoyed by the civil rights movement…

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Former CIA employee Joseph Weisberg's 'An Ordinary Spy' may attract attention for how much it redacts - whether by authorial choice or…

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As I considered Parker and his absurdist reflection in the Westlake-authored 'Dortmunder' novels, I wrote, 'His natural ability to observe human behavior…

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When I first read Helen Weinzweig's 'Basic Black with Pearls' several years ago, I emerged in the sort of daze that happens…

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While every historical era has its unique appeal as a setting for tales of crime and detection, the 19th century is exceptional…

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I first read 'Lolita' when I was 16, which I think is a little bit young. But it was a thrilling and…

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'A Spy in the House', the first of Y. S. Lee's 'The Agency' novels, is pure confection, an historical romp through England…

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There are two ways to approach the writing of a mystery novel: adhere to the rules, or break them with glee.

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Artists, in theory, should not be limited to their personal experience, culture, identity, and worldview. But they must also accept that the…

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How can quality crime fiction not be produced with available subject matters as the Industrial Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, the creation of…

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Beginning in the 11th century, a less-fragmented Europe began to take shape, and what we now call medieval culture - in which…

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With only one novel to her credit, Anna Jarzab can't quite be classified in Werlin country, but 'All Unquiet Things' is a…

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First, a confession: I liked 'The Da Vinci Code.' This news is even more of a surprise to me than it might…

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I was pretty serious about pursuing forensic science as a profession. In fact, I pursued an internship at the office of the…

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Though 'Child's Play' is ultimately more concerned with subverting storytelling expectations and satirizing the expected trajectory of traditional mystery, Posadas does embed…

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Rereading 'Child 44' brought out the novel's meatier pleasures, its ability to create vivid characters in a world both alien to our…

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I retain characters more often than plot, but what seems to happen is that I latch on to specific moments, turns of…

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When a novel is based on an actual crime, it should do much more than loosely fictionalize it. The novel must stand…

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Yes, Charles Yu names his main character after himself. That main character, in fact, is both time-machine repairman and author of a…

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After so many attempts to mount a musical version of 'Lolita,' the project was well and truly dead by the summer of…

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'Laura' was overtly political for sure. Caspary was trying to make a point about women and independence and how men viewed them,…

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If you think the shifting tectonics of world history might make for a juicy crime fiction backdrop, the last decade or so…

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I studied voice and piano fairly seriously during my elementary and high school days, and as such, I became very attuned to…

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