CrimeReads Brief: Week of March 16, 2019
THIS WEEK: In 1953, author Carl Hiaasen was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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- Leah Carroll goes deep in the world of amateur true crime Facebook sleuths, and asks why online investigators are so concerned with finding the “truth” about Chris Watts. | Refinery 29
- Read an excerpt from The Trial of Lizzie Borden, by Cara Robertson, in which we learn of many suspicious activities in the days leading up to the Borden murders. | Flavorwire
- Sarah Weinman on the rapid rise of forensic genealogy and how amateur genealogists and seasoned professionals can work in tandem to resolve cold cases. | Topic
- Tori Telfer on female serial killers and the apparently divisive theory (among “Ripperologists”) that Jack the Ripper was actually a woman. | Longreads
- Michael Connelly on murder books, cold cases, and how writing the Harry Bosch series led to his latest project, a true crime podcast. | CrimeReads
- Get your fix of all things international in our monthly roundup of the best new releases from around the world, from Calcutta to Calabria. | CrimeReads
- “The world moves on. But shards of these broken places remain.” Glen Erik Hamilton on exploring the ghost towns of central Oregon with his 9-year-old daughter. | CrimeReads
- Brad Parks looks at 8 books that make compelling use of their prison settings, from The Count of Monte Cristo to The Green Mile. | CrimeReads
- We pulled together the best of Carl Hiaasen’s opening lines to celebrate the Florida maestro’s birthday this week. | CrimeReads
- Don’t miss March’s best thrillers: Ryan Steck provides a handy guide, with new works from Harlan Coben, C.J. Box, Sara Blaedel, and more! | CrimeReads
- Charles Cumming on MI6’s long history of recruiting crime novelists (Graham Greene! Frederick Forsyth! And more!) to do clandestine work on their behalf. | CrimeReads
- C.J. Box on drones, cowboy mythology, the independent spirit in the American West, and where game wardens fit into modern-day crime fiction. | CrimeReads
- T.J. Martinson looks at how superheroes are killed and resurrected in comics, and how private eyes and crime fiction tap into that same search for moral justice. | CrimeReads
- Elly Griffiths on abandoned estates, empty hotels, isolated schools, and other “civic landscapes” that have ignited our passion for gothic stories across the ages. | CrimeReads
- When seducers turn into stalkers and admirers become abductors: K.L. Slater recommends 10 thrillers about all-consuming obsession. | CrimeReads
- From the liquid Missouri heat to collegiate New England, slip into another world with these 9 atmospheric thrillers, recommended by Fran Dorricott. | CrimeReads
- Tim Clayton on the Brits’ (first) failed attempt to assassinate Napoleon and the violent episode that introduced a new form of warfare: the IED. | CrimeReads
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