An NPR Best Book of the Year
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New & Noteworthy Book
A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of
The Real Lolita
The appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like
My Favorite Murder
and
In the Dark
, bestsellers like
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Furious Hours
, and TV hits like
American Crime Story
Wild Wild Countr
y, the cultural appetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable.
Acclaimed author of
and editor of
Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s
(Library of America) and
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives
(Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today.  Michelle Dean’s “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick” went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV show
The Act and
Pamela Colloff’s “The Reckoning,” is the gold standard for forensic journalism.  There are 13 pieces in all and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader.