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內容簡介 An NPR Best Book ofthe Year A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book A brilliant anthologyof modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful andpopular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author ofThe Real Lolita Theappeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder and In the Dark, bestsellers like I'llBe Gone in the Dark and Furious Hours, and TV hits like American Crime Storyand Wild Wild Country, the culturalappetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable. Acclaimed author ofThe Real Lolita and editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick" went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV showThe Act and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader.
