Originally published in 1942, The Widening Stain is a mystery that flirts heavily with satire. […]
Unspeakable Acts, edited by Sara Weinman
Unspeakable Acts, edited by Sara Weinman, contains articles from print and online publications on three […]
The Case of the Vanishing Blonde and Other True Crime Stories, by Mark Bowden
Journalist Mark Bowden pulls articles he has written over the years for newspapers and magazines […]
Darling Rose Gold, by Stephanie Wrobel
There are many stories out there in fiction of characters who atone for their wrong […]
Nothing Can Hurt You, by Nicola Maye Goldberg
Nicola Maye Goldberg’s Nothing Can Hurt You is another novel in a growing subgenre I’ve […]
You Exist Too Much, by Zaina Arafat
The narrator of Zaina Arafat’s You Exist Too Much is the kind of person who […]
Broken People, by Sam Lansky
One-hit-wonder writer Sam lives a life of twenty-first century of cynicism and mental malaise. He’s […]
The Heavens, by Sandra Newman
A while back—I’m not sure when exactly—a student asked me why Shakespeare was such a […]
The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles
Being a teenager sucks. I certainly wasn’t fond of it. Like Lily, one of the […]
The Sun Down Motel, by Simone St. James
For me, a big part of the attraction of true crime is seeing the killer […]