This glut makes it hard to identify the best true crime, which harnesses the instinct for titillation in the service of empathy, justice, and maybe even systemic change. These eight books are some ...
True crime accounts once focused on the crime and the perpetrator—typically a man—while marginalizing the victim, usually a woman. That’s begun to change in recent years, and PW spoke with three ...
Our columnists on new books by John Banville, Kate Christensen under a pseudonym and more. By Sarah Weinman Our crime columnist on books by Kate Atkinson, Nicholas Meyer, Marcie R. Rendon and ...