Queen of Crime

I hate it when daily newspapers shut off their free access to stories within a week or less, but that’s exactly what the Boston Herald has done with its June 1 rundown of “hot summer reads.” Nonetheless, Patti Abbott, mother of novelist and Rap Sheet contributor Megan Abbott, alerts us to the fact that Megan’s new novel, Queenpin (reviewed here), was No. 7 on the Herald’s list. It’s right behind Carl Bernstein’s new biography, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton.