Reviews of true crime, investigative primers, and crime fiction
Reviews
Book Review: A Flawed Hero in Tumultuous Times
Preston Lauterbach’s Bluff City looks at the strange legacy of a civil-rights figure who worked as an FBI spy. Read More
Book Review: City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Holly Tucker’s City of Light, City of Poison is a nonfiction thriller of Parisian intrigue, murder, poisonings, and spies—and one policeman's efforts to illuminate the city's darkest corners. Read More
A Sleuth’s 2018 Detective Novel Recommendations
Denver private investigator and author Colleen Collins (@writingPIs) shares her picks for best detective fiction of the year. Read More
Book Review: What Truths We Can Stomach
The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist, by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington, tells the story of two flawed trial experts. Read More
Book Review: Men Falling from the Sky
In Erica Wright’s new Kat Stone mystery, death hits a little too close to home: a book review by Tina Chambers and Chapter16.org Read More
Pursuit Picks: Holiday Reads for Sleuths
For your year's end reading pleasure, here are our recommendations in recent true-crime narrative nonfiction and detective fiction. Read More
Review: "Forensic Testimonial Evidence Recovery – The FTER Method" by Brandon Perron
Interviewing is one of the fundamental skills required of almost every public and private sector investigator. Brandon Perron has produced an... Read More