THIS WEEK: In 1905, Lillian Hellman was born in New Orleans. Pictured here with trademark glint in her eyes, and with longtime companion, Dashiell Hammett.
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- “Maybe Ocean’s 8 is really about just watching women steal stuff, but we’re in Trump’s America.” Heist novelist Aya de Leon on the small successes and larger failures of Ocean’s 8. | Bitch Media
- After you’re done watching The Staircase, Leah Carroll has a guide to your next true crime obsession: Netflix’s four-part docu-series, Evil Genius. | Refinery29
- Police announce a break—and a suspect—in a 40 year old case of “The Doodler,” a serial killer who targeted San Francisco’s gay community in the 1970s. |CNN
- Gary Phillips, Christa Faust, and Max Allan collins discuss noir’s pulp roots, and the latest developments in neo-noir across TV, films, novels and comics. |Crixeo
- Scott Graham on environmental justice, and crime fiction set in the national parks.| The Revelator
- Megan Abbott says that true crime, like crime fiction, is a place where women can “read about the dark, messy stuff of their lives that they’re not supposed to talk about.” | The Los Angeles Times
- Diversifying crime fiction: Steph Cha, Alex Segura, AA Dhand, and other authors discuss how they’re bringing new perspectives to the detective novel. | The Guardian
- The Summer’s Most Anticipated Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers. We’re rounding up all the best and most anticipated fiction of summer 2018, to keep you thrilled, intrigued, and disturbed all season long. | CrimeReads
- Cara Black on 5 books that reveal hidden aspects of Paris. | Book Marks
- Sarah J. Harris on mysteries that leave us with an indelible image, one that often haunts us long after we’ve turned the last page. | CrimeReads
- Martin Walker on crime fiction’s best (and worst) meals. From Mme Maigret’s coq au vin to Philip Marlowe’s BBQ. |CrimeReads
- Carsten Stroud on classic thrillers that explore the strange, the unexplained, and the supernatural. | CrimeReads
- Edgar Cantero on teaching children to love mystery, one comic at a time, and how Scooby Doo made him a believer in the power of genre fiction. | CrimeReads
- Caroline Kepnes on Providence, social media, and monsters among us. | CrimeReads
- Who poisoned the King’s mistress? A 500 year old cold case heats up. | CrimeReads
- JG Hetherton on the long, proud tradition of reporters writing and starring in crime fiction. | CrimeReads
- International Crime Fiction: Jordan Foster rounds up five of the best new mysteries coming Stateside this month. |CrimeReads
- Raymond A. Villareal explains how a career of defending persecuted groups in court led him to write a vampire novel…as a legal thriller. | CrimeReads
- Lisa Levy visits New York’s new spy museum, where visitors are run through the gauntlet of decryption and evasion, then finish the day in a well-stocked bookstore. | CrimeReads
