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    Queer True Crime: <br>A Reading List

    Queer True Crime:
    A Reading List

    "Queer people have always had a relationship to crime—often by force rather than choice. Our very existence has been outlawed, criminalized, medicalized."

    By James Polchin | June 18, 2020

    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    The High Seas Murder That Shocked—And Baffled—The World

    In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller left Boston for Buenos Aires. Two weeks later, it was in Halifax with three brutally murdered. What happened on board was a deeply unsettling mystery.

    By Gerard Koeppel | June 16, 2020

    5 True Crime Books to Read This June

    5 True Crime Books to Read This June

    A look at the month's best crime nonfiction.

    By CrimeReads | June 12, 2020

    Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

    Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'

    A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.

    By Michael Gonzales | June 11, 2020

    The True Crime Bond

    The True Crime Bond

    On Inheriting My Mother's Obsession with Murder

    By Marcia Trahan | June 11, 2020

    Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

    Is Sydney Australia's Capital of Noir?

    Crime and the City explores the crime literature of Australia's biggest metropolis.

    By Paul French | June 8, 2020

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
    • Queen of Lombard Street
    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    One day, my husband disappeared. It was only the start of a larger mystery.

    By Aspen Matis | June 8, 2020

    The Classics of Boxing Literature

    By David Albertyn | June 5, 2020

    A Conversation with a Serial Killer About the First Time He Killed a Taxi Driver

    By Carlos Busqued | June 3, 2020

    SciFi Tech Is Here—And Criminals Can (and Will) Use It

    SciFi Tech Is Here—And Criminals Can (and Will) Use It

    Autonomous vehicles and augmented reality are ripe for illegal exploitation.

    By Drew Murray | June 2, 2020

    How a Pandemic and an Earthquake Shaped the Mafia’s Coldest Killer

    How a Pandemic and an Earthquake Shaped the Mafia’s Coldest Killer

    On the tumultuous youth of Umberto Anastasia, the "Lord High Executioner" of Murder, Inc.

    By Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson | June 1, 2020

    About That Time Whitey Bulger

    About That Time Whitey Bulger "Won" the Mass Millions Lottery

    In 1991, a winning lotto ticket was sold at a South Boston Liquor Mart. The city's most notorious gangster claimed it was his.

    By Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge | May 27, 2020

    How the Disappearance of Etan Patz Changed the Face of New York City Forever

    How the Disappearance of Etan Patz Changed the Face of New York City Forever

    Stranger danger and the specter of childhood.

    By Paul Renfro | May 26, 2020

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020: Summer Reading Edition

    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020: Summer Reading Edition

    80+ crime novels, mysteries, thrillers, and true crime books for the long summer days and nights ahead.

    By CrimeReads | May 20, 2020

    Five Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This May

    Five Nonfiction Crime Books to Read This May

    Journeys in Scandinavian Noir and Hunting Whitey Bulger

    By CrimeReads | May 18, 2020

    11 True Crime Podcasts About Sports You Should Be Listening to Now

    11 True Crime Podcasts About Sports You Should Be Listening to Now

    Live sports are on hold. Sports and crime podcasts are helping to fill the void.

    By Lizzy Steiner | May 18, 2020

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