Just started reading this incredible book!

If this awful world has room for a petty gripe: I'm blown away by the streaming success of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN. But! Streaming's "shrink the movie the moment the closing credits start" means that most viewers have no idea it's based on a novel. And I, personally, would like it better if they did know.

I did like that old Andy Rooney piece about zippers they ran instead.

Listed some books I loved this year in my newsletter: (Subscribe here: buttondown.com/thecrimelady)

THE COLLECTIVE is super-cheap today! bookriot.com/book-riots-d...

Thrilled to see WE ARE WATCHING on this amazing list -- and in excellent company!

Happy publication day to the tremendously talented @aceatkins.bsky.social, whose 80s-set thriller, EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD is out today! Great title, great writer... I can't wait to read this book! www.libraryjournal.com/review/every...

"I promise there will be a vote in December to extend healthcare subsidies. I mean it this time."

Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com! And get your hands on her brilliant and urgently important new book. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

Big congratulations to the great @sarahweinman.com whose much-lauded WITHOUT CONSENT comes out today! I can't wait to read it! www.harpercollins.com/products/wit...

Scrolling through ThredUp and using clearance graphic t-shirts as writing prompts.

Good morning, here are all my tour dates (so far) for WITHOUT CONSENT— now with a Manhattan event added! The book is out on November 11 and all pre-order details are here: www.harpercollins.com/products/wit...

Cannot WAIT to read this book!

This is an outstanding book (I was lucky enough to read an advance copy). I just wish it weren’t so timely, but Sarah’s particular gift seems to be matching stories from the past with Our Current Moment.

The fact that he couldn't pronounce acetaminophen isn't what disturbs me. What disturbs me is that he couldn't be bothered to read something even once before proclaiming it to reporters and the world.

Took five minutes. May not have done any good, but is sure felt good.

Upcoming must-read!

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Has anyone else experienced terrible anxiety over whether it's affect or effect?

The evil that men do lives after them

oh my god?????

This made me super happy. @lauralippman.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/b...

Happy pub date to the brilliant @meganabbott.bsky.social, whose much lauded EL DORADO DRIVE is out TODAY!! I'm so excited to read it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611567...

Big congrats to the excellent @kellyekell.bsky.social, Ivy Pochoda -- and all the wonderful ITW Awards winners! mailchi.mp/thrillerwrit...

Thank you, @jeffabbott.bsky.social for putting me in such excellent company! (And I always love your books. I can't wait to read your next, whenever it comes out.)

You can’t go wrong reading any of these books and reading them all is right

Happiest of pub days to the supremely talented @lauralippman.bsky.social! MURDER TAKES A VACATION comes out today and I cannot WAIT to read it! www.harpercollins.com/products/mur...

Thinking that maybe when Musk said he'd "gone too far," it wasn't about the Epstein post, but the "without me, you wouldn't have won the election" one. Just throwing that out there...

Reporting this story, by the way, is why I can never watch the Kubrick version ever again.

Get your dose of female rage -- and get it CHEAP! The audiobook version of THE COLLECTIVE is just $6.99 for the whole rest of the month.

It's the first Tuesday of the month, time for me to natter about myself again. Come for the tour dates, stay for the pretty dress with the rude nickname that I will not reveal. lauramlippman.substack.com/p/murder-tak...

This interview was incredibly fun (and a great excuse to live out my film noir dreams with the photo shoot) Big thanks to Sophia Nguyen (and to Amir Hamja) www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Giddy to see EL DORADO DRIVE in the NYT Summer Book Preview with so many of my own favorites, including @blacktopkid.bsky.social @danielkraus.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/b...

For a limited time, THE COLLECTIVE is cheaper than a gallon of gas! There are other great deals here too. bookriot.com/book-riots-d...

A terrific book!

Happy Independent Bookstore Day. Please give your local indies the love they deserve!

Big excitement for and congrats to @lauralippman.bsky.social and @meganabbott.bsky.social!

I was delighted to write the introduction to a new edition of Josephine Tey’s THE DAUGHTER OF TIME, which you can read today at @crimereads.bsky.social:

This is a great book -- and you can buy it NOW!

Feeling kind of guillotineish.

You mean I have to tell you all to pre-order my book? In this economy?

A thing that made me happy: The great @alafairburke.bsky.social discusses WHAT REMAINS OF ME with Polly Stewart in @crimereads.bsky.social -- and makes me think, "Hey, that sounds like a book I would like!" crimereads.com/backlist-ala...

Why do I feel like I'm living in this Twilight Zone episode every goddamn day?

Last day! Bid on a 30-minute chat with me, character names in books by amazing authors, signed books, chats with other incredible authors. The possibilities are limitless. But again, time to bid is not... www.32auctions.com/writers4tran...

Big congrats to the incredibly talented @wendycorsistaub.bsky.social, whose excellent and suspenseful THE FOURTH GIRL is out TODAY! It's such a great book! www.amazon.com/Fourth-Girl-...

I can't wait!! Congratulations, @alafairburke.bsky.social, on seeing your excellent book brought to the screen!

Bid on my zoom chat -- or on one of the many wonderful items a whole slew of great authors are auctioning off!

Wanna chat with one of your favorite authors--say, @meggardiner.bsky.social @alisongaylin.bsky.social or @sherrythomas.com? A writing critique from #WilliamKentKrueger or @arttaylorwriter.bsky.social? Bidding is open, NOW IS THE TIME! #crimewritersfortransrights www.32auctions.com/organization...

Happy pub date (one day late) to the amazingly talented @martynwaites.bsky.social, whose ultra-suspenseful and mind-bending THE OTHER PEOPLE is out today. I could not put this book down and was utterly shocked by the ending! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ot...