THIS WEEK: In 1880, the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was shot and captured following the Siege of Glenrowan. He was hanged on November 11th. His final words were reportedly, “Ah, well, I suppose it has come to this.”
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- “I think there’s a deep societal fear of female rage, partly because it hasn’t been experienced a lot.” Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott on strong women and gothic mystery. | Vanity Fair
- “Bikram yoga is not a cult, but its story has cultish contours.” Sarah Larson on the yoga phenomenon that ended in scandal, and a new podcast that goes inside the movement. | The New Yorker
- President Clinton and James Patterson discuss their favorite crime authors and the books that first hooked them on the genre. | Crime by the Book
- Reevaluating the cases of Casey Anthony, Darlie Routier, and the “bad mom” narrative that’s become a staple of true crime and cable news coverage. |Buzzfeed News
- Alex Segura and Steph Cha discuss Florida strangeness, modern Miami, and private eyes who become inextricably linked to their cities. | CrimeReads
- The Crime Readers Guide to Growing Up Gay in the South. A reading list for anyone who looked to crime fiction for comfort, strength, or escape. From Matthew Turbeville. | CrimeReads
- Borderland Noir. CrimeReads editor Molly Odintz explores crime fiction set in disputed territories, border regions, and divided cities. | CrimeReads
- “We are all complicit in consuming the Dead Girl.” Kristen Martin examines Alice Bolin’s new book and the tropes of “dead girls” in fiction and true crime. | Lit Hub
- Debut fiction is great, but how about some love for the sophomore novel? We look at 9 of the season’s most promising second novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers. | CrimeReads
- Crime and the City goes to Manchester, where a thriving noir tradition has earned England’s second city a world-class reputation for grit and mystery. |CrimeReads
- “Contemplating the possibility of evil in familiar settings”—Ruth Franklin profiles Megan Abbott and her subversive, fully realized femmes fatales. | Vulture
- “Not all crimes spawn corpses or murderers.” Ana Simo on reading Kafka’sAmerika as queer crime fiction. |CrimeReads
- Gregory Rossi argues that today’s crime podcasts are the evolution of a documentary tradition that captures humanity at the extreme. | CrimeReads
- Authors Owen Hill and Rio Youers on Jim Jones, Charles Manson, domestic terrorism, and imagining a new kind of cult leader. | Criminal Element
- Margalit Fox explains how Arthur Conan Doyle helped exonerate an immigrant everyman, and why his story matters now, more than ever. | CrimeReads
- Mark Billingham on the affinity between country music and crime fiction, and 12 country classics that capture the true spirit of noir. | CrimeReads
- Behind the famous Brady Rule is the bizarre story of a botched robbery, a brutal murder, and a long legal fight. | The Marshall Project
- Paddy Hirsch looks at 10 great historical crime novels that explore the Age of Empire and show how social change finally came about. | CrimeReads
- Alex Segura and Steph Cha discuss Miami, hurricanes, cults, Florida weirdness, and all the complexity that goes into a modern, urban PI novel. |CrimeReads
- Eleanor Herman details Russia’s long history of poisoning political enemies, from the first labs in the early 20th century to today’s brazen assassinations. | New York Post
- Why is sex harder to write than violence? Amanda Robson weighs in on crime fiction’s comfort and discomfort with risqué scenes. | CrimeReads
- Rediscovering Clarence Cooper, Jr., lost poet of noir, and a midcentury African-American writer who captured the powerful truth about life on the margins. |CrimeReads
- If you’re a true Inspector Adam Dalgliesh fanatic and also have a few million extra pounds lying around, considering buying the old PD James place. | Homes & Property
