Archive - The Crime Lady

Stay Tuned in 2024

Yes, I'm also leaving Substack for someplace TBD.

Dec 22, 2023 •

Substackers Against Nazis

A collective letter to Substack leadership

Dec 14, 2023 •

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.

Dec 12, 2023 •

2023 Favorites; LoA Noir Event; and More

It's Best-of List Season.

Dec 5, 2023 •

November 2023

What (Or Rather, Who) Got Left Out of MAESTRO

A newsletter about Judy Holliday (which means Patricia Highsmith will show up here somehow)

Nov 27, 2023 •

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…

Nov 22, 2023 •

Crime Lady: Staying Pesky in the Sunshine

Q&A with Mandy Matney, Author of BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS

Nov 16, 2023 •

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

Nov 2, 2023 •

October 2023

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

Oct 19, 2023 •

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…

Oct 12, 2023 •

September 2023

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…

Sep 13, 2023 •

July 2023

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…

Jul 28, 2023 •

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