Books by PIs, reviews of true crime and detective fiction, roundups of books we love
The Literature
Review: “Those We Thought We Knew,” by David Joy
A small town is shaken by racial turmoil in David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew. by Abby N. Lewis & Chapter16.org... Read More
Review: “Devil Makes Three,” by Ben Fountain
Blood and Gold: Power, desire, and survival collide in Ben Fountain’s Devil Makes Three. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org Devil Makes... Read More
Human Drama: Q&A with Novelist Chris Offutt
By Bradley Sides and Chapter16.org Chris Offutt on small towns, homesickness, and whether “bad guys” exist Code of the Hills By Chris Offutt. Grove Press. 288 pages. $27. Chris Offutt introduced readers to Army CID investigator Mick Hardin and his rural... Read More
Review: “I’ll Stop the World”
Time’s Bridge: Teens work against the clock to save lives in a time-twisty murder mystery. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org I’ll... Read More
Excerpt: “The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story That Shocked America”
A British journalist reexamines a cold-case murder from Fairbanks, Alaska in 1953 and uncovers new evidence about the crime. The... Read More
Review: “He Called Me Sister”
Ministering to the Least of These: A family learns about grace from a death row prisoner. by Jim Patterson & Chapter16.org He Called Me Sister: A True Story of Finding Humanity on Death Row By Suzanne Craig Robertson. Morehouse Publishing. 240... Read More
Review & Interview: “Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System”
M. Chris Fabricant, an Innocence Project attorney, has written a damning indictment of how bite mark evidence and other debunked... Read More
Review: “It’s One of Us,” by J.T. Ellison
Heartbreak and Betrayal: J.T. Ellison pens a deeply personal, compelling thriller with It’s One of Us. by G. Robert Frazier... Read More