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Sarah Weinman on Helen Garner and the Ongoing Conversations of True Crime

Sarah Weinman on Helen Garner and the Ongoing Conversations of True Crime

In This House of Grief Garner "takes the act of bearing witness to new levels."

By Sarah Weinman | October 10, 2023

Who Was Victoria Zielinski? And Who Would She Have Become, If Not For Her Murder?

Who Was Victoria Zielinski? And Who Would She Have Become, If Not For Her Murder?

Read from the new book by Sarah Weinman, Scoundrel.

By Sarah Weinman | March 1, 2022

Linda, Interrupted

Linda, Interrupted

Linda Millar's brief life was full of tragedy. Her secrets found their way into novels thanks to her celebrated parents, Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar. It's time to see who she really was.

By Sarah Weinman | November 24, 2020

True Crime Has Been Having a Moment for Three Centuries. But the New Era Is Different.

True Crime Has Been Having a Moment for Three Centuries. But the New Era Is Different.

Sarah Weinman takes stock of true crime, post-Serial.

By Sarah Weinman | July 28, 2020

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Can You Really Separate Edgar Allan Poe's Work from His Life?

Sarah Weinman on "the Gordian knot holding together Poe's tumultuous life and fragmented personality with his body of work"—and an audacious biography.

By Sarah Weinman | June 19, 2020

The Women Who Edited Crime Fiction

The Women Who Edited Crime Fiction

For decades, four women were at the center of the mystery world. They built careers, discovered legends, and shaped a genre.

By Sarah Weinman | April 16, 2020

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Rediscovering Dorothy B. Hughes' Brutal Hollywood Take-Down, Dread Journey

By Sarah Weinman | December 3, 2019

How Mary Roberts Rinehart, Queen of the Mystery Novel, Was Very Nearly Murdered

By Sarah Weinman | October 3, 2019

Edna Buchanan's Miami

By Sarah Weinman | July 16, 2019

Sandy Fawkes: The Reporter and The Serial Killer

Sandy Fawkes: The Reporter and The Serial Killer

In 1974, a British journalist met a stranger at a hotel bar and agreed to a road trip. She wanted to see America.

By Sarah Weinman | April 4, 2019

Nedra Tyre: A Sweet Southern Lady's Guide to Murder

Nedra Tyre: A Sweet Southern Lady's Guide to Murder

Venomous Mysteries Where Kindness is the Greatest Weapon of All

By Sarah Weinman | February 7, 2019

David Maurer, the Dean of Criminal Language

David Maurer, the Dean of Criminal Language

Why 'The Big Con' and Its Scammers Still Have Us On the Hook

By Sarah Weinman | January 4, 2019

Merriam Modell: Domestic Suspense's Reluctant Pioneer

Merriam Modell: Domestic Suspense's Reluctant Pioneer

How Bunny Lake Is Missing—and Success—Haunted the Author

By Sarah Weinman | November 28, 2018

Did Nabokov Really Hate Crime Fiction?

Did Nabokov Really Hate Crime Fiction?

That's What He Claimed. But the Record Suggests Otherwise.

By Sarah Weinman | September 19, 2018

A Preacher, a Scam, and a Massacre in Brooklyn

A Preacher, a Scam, and a Massacre in Brooklyn

For Years, Women Vanished. A Brooklyn Church Hid the Secret.

By Sarah Weinman | July 26, 2018

The Drowning of Holly Roth

The Drowning of Holly Roth

50 Years Later, a Spy Novelist's Death Is Still a Mystery

By Sarah Weinman | May 17, 2018