True-crime books, featuring gaudy covers and blurbs touting “ravenous sexual violation” and the like, regularly top best-seller lists and somehow “have a grip on the American imagination ...

Something about true crime just hits differently than fictional psychological thriller books. Maybe it's because true crime books reveal the darkness that can lurk in the human spirit, maybe it's ...

Reading to escape is one thing, but the best true crime books take us on a deep dive into the darkness of the criminal mind Strange but true stories Whether you’re an avid amateur investigator ...

Her writing is remarkably evocative and taut with suspense, with a level of nuance that sets the book apart from other true crime accounts. Marzano-Lesnevich picks her 10 favorite true crime books.

When Kim Andrews was in high school, she learned for the first time about a literally explosive family story — one that she ...

Unlike the fictional stories where the good guy almost always wins out, true-crime books often feature crimes that remain unsolved or criminals whose true motivations are scarily unclear.

If like me, you're the kind of person who likes nothing more than scaring yourself before bed, here are the seven best true crime books written by women.

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