True Crime

4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1620+ words) When discussing Kathleen Hale’s book, it's important to approach the subject with sensitivity and care. This book delves into the complex interplay of online obsession, mental illness, and violent crime, focusing on a case that shook the nation. It specifically…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (91+ words) WASHINGTON — Bestselling mystery author Harlan Coben has sold more than 100 million books with twists you never see coming. Now, Coben is bringing that storytelling to real crimes in "Harlan Coben's Final Twist," back for a second season. Season 1 consisted of…...

11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (132+ words) Yet the question of whether Helen will succumb to Pablo’s advances provides the merest soupçon of suspense in a book whose greater delights lie in Drexler’s wordplay, her razor-sharp one-liners, and her vivid evocation of a lost New York—at…...

18+ hour, 1+ min ago   (968+ words) I read the “Godfather” novel while still at school in Mussoorie, sometime in 1972-73. In those days of prudery, this popular thrilling novel was perceived by teachers as somewhat inappropriate for school going children, due to its graphic descriptions. So we…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1058+ words) How the self-proclaimed 'slickest sleuth in the Maritimes' arrested a man on the wrong side of an international border. Peter Owen “Peachie” Carroll — “the slickest sleuth in the Maritimes,” as the larger-than-life detective called himself — returned to Moncton early in…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (371+ words) Inés Gómez Mont's first novel follows a Mexican lawyer drawn into a criminal case involving a powerful businessman, family rivalries, and the country's highest circles of influence. Its author, meanwhile, remains wanted in Mexico in a financial crime investigation that…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (245+ words) The Trap is a German series on Netflix based on Melanie Rabbe’s 2015 novel. An author writes about her sister’s murder and relives her guilt and experience through her imaginary characters. A journalist uncovers unsettling facts about the author and a…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (321+ words) But one story stands out from the rest of his body of work, due to both its disturbing content and how intimately it is told. According to King’s website, Pet Sematary is the scariest story he ever wrote, and it…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (149+ words) The Happy Face killer had many names, one being Happy Face, two being Keith Hunter Jefferson, and the third being Just Dad. We talked to the serial killer's daughter, Melissa Moore. Does she still talk to her dad after his…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (295+ words) Author Jack el-Hai is a master at identifying lost historical moments and turning them into fascinating nonfiction books. The Minneapolis-based author did it with "The Psychiatrist and the Nazi," which was adapted into the film "Nuremberg,” which starred Russell Crowe…...