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  • The women's touch — hardboiled and cold-blooded
    In Sarah Weinman's 'Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives' collection, early female crime writers spin tales of suspense with nerve and complexity. Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Ross Macdonald are often considered the ne plus ultra of 20th century crime writers. But assuming the most noteworthy crime fiction begins and ends down those writers' mean streets ignores the labor of an equally ...
    Aug. 24, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

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