THIS WEEK: In 1928, The Case of Jonathan Drew / The Lodger—regarded as the first “true Hitchcock film”—premiered in the US.
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- Tina Jordan takes a day-by-day look at what really happened during Agatha Christie’s infamous infamous 11-day disappearance in 1926. | The New York Times
- Dutton cuts ties with author and former prosecutor Linda Fairstein following public outcry over her role in the Central Park Five case, depicted in Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us. | NPR
- James Ellroy sits down with Adrian McKinty to talk heavyweight boxing, fascism, Irish surnames, Don DeLillo, modern crime flicks and all the best far-flung topics fit to print. | CrimeReads
- Peter Houlahan looks at the rise and fall of Los Angeles as the “bank robbery capital of the world,” when bandit culture was on the rise and banks were hit every hour of the day. | CrimeReads
- What do folk tales and crime novels have in common? Sandra Ireland looks at how folklore and crime fiction both address our basic need to tell it like it is. | CrimeReads
- Big Little Lies is finally back and we have book recommendations based on your favorite part of the show: seaside backdrops, school rivalries, women teaming up in a crisis… | CrimeReads
- “[T]he more that politics come into these books, the more black humor there is: in 2019 that’s the only way.” Mick Herron, master of misfit spy thrillers, talks with Daneet Steffens. | CrimeReads
- The long and contentious history of federal food crimes began with margarine. Mike Chase investigates the war on pseudo-dairy at the turn of the century. | CrimeReads
- Randall Silvis on writing the screenplay for his crime novel and finding his vision at odds with the director’s…and then getting kicked off set. | CrimeReads
