The Podcast Voice Has Reached the Books
There is a way of talking about murder that podcasts invented: chatty, intimate, slightly thrilled. It has started turning up in books, and the books are worse for it.
Genre
True Crime
Real cases, careful sourcing, and a locked front door.
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How to Read True Crime Responsibly, Then Check the Locks Anyway
True crime is the only genre on this site where the body count is not a joke. Here is how we read it in this house: with the sourcing checked, the victims named, and the deadbolt turned, in that order.
I Have Become the Neighbour Who Notices Things
Every true crime book has a neighbour who noticed something and didn't say. I have read enough of them to have become her. I now notice everything. I am not sure the street is better for it.