Tag: True Crime

Read an excerpt from Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson

We spoke with Becky Cooper, author of We Keep the Dead Close, to learn how a murder...becomes a myth.

In season two of The Murder Book podcast, we go behind the headlines and track the investigation that uncovered the man the FBI has called the most prolific serial killer in American history.

From Jeffrey Epstein to Doris Day, these are the true stories of when white collar crimes leave the pages of fiction and become a reality

In 1969, Jane Britton, an ambitious twenty-three-year-old Harvard graduate student was found murdered in her Cambridge, Massachusetts apartment. In We Keep the Dead Close, Becky Cooper unfolds this complex tale of gender inequality in academia, the silencing effect of institutions, and our compulsion to rewrite the stories of female victims.

These seven true crime books include unputdownable titles by Emma Copley Eisenberg, Joe Kenda, Tom O'Neill, and more! Add them to your TBR today!

Explore historical heists and violent true crime in our list of the best books about organized crime! Robert Mazur, Dick Lehr, and more feature.

Fans of gritty true crime and unsolved mysteries will love these these books by Michael Connelly, Becky Cooper, and more.

Read these true crime books after watching I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, the new HBO series based on the true crime memoir by Michelle McNamara.

Discover our reading group guide for THE COLD VANISH: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Bilman and the author questionnaire.

Which famous mystery novel was actually inspired by a true crime? Discover the backstories for books by Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and more!

These very different nonfiction titles run the gamut from bizarre to unbelievable to downright chilling.