Sarah Weinman is the author of The Real Lolita. She’s the editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin). She has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, the Guardian, and Buzzfeed, among other outlets.

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The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

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Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

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