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Books by PIs, reviews of true crime and detective fiction, roundups of books we love
A storied criminal justice reporter’s first book tracks how a serial liar conned the courts — and sent dozens of people to prison — by telling prosecutors exactly what they wanted to hear. Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast By Pamela Colloff. Knopf. 320 pages. $32.
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A Haunted Town: Archer Sullivan’s debut novel is a story of missing children and much more. by Faye Jones & Chapter16.org The Witch’s Orchard By Archer Sullivan. Minotaur Books. 320 pages. $28. When we meet private investigator Annie Gore, the narrator and protagonist of Archer Sullivan’s The Witch’s Orchard, she’s desperate for work. Her laundry
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Hell’s Kitchen: W.M. Akers’ To Kill a Cook serves up a mystery set in the restaurants of 1972 New York. by Sean Kinch & Chapter16.org To Kill a Cook By W.M. Akers. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 353 pages. $30. The pleasures of reading W.M. Akers’ new mystery To Kill a Cook are similar to the joys
Nancy Lemann’s The Ritz of the Bayou finds the heart of a 1980s political scandal. by Maria Browning & Chapter16.org The Ritz of the Bayou By Nancy Lemann. Hub City Press. 184 pages. $24. “There is a lot of human frailty floating around,” observes Nancy Lemann in The Ritz of the Bayou, her account of
Murder overshadows a caving expedition at a unique tourist attraction in the 1930s. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org Ruby Falls By Gin Phillips. Atlantic Crime. 368 pages. $28.00. The latest novel by Gin Phillips, Ruby Falls, opens with a brief scene of a corpse in a cavern deep underground in Chattanooga. “He is not alone. …
Kathy Bingham Turner and co-author Leon Alligood tug at loose threads to deconstruct a Depression-era lie. by Liz Garrigan & Chapter16.org Boss Brooks: A True Story of Fraud, Family, and Forgiveness from Tennessee to Texas By Kathy Bingham Turner and Leon Alligood. University of Tennessee Press. 232 pages. $24.95. Boss Brooks belongs firmly in the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction
Southern Spies: Ace Atkins dials it back to 1985 for a Cold War thriller set in Atlanta. by Michael Ray Taylor & Chapter16.org Everybody Wants to Rule the World By Ace Atkins. William Morrow. 368 pages. $27. With multiple arrests of Americans spying for the Soviet Union and other countries, the press dubbed 1985 “The
Buried Secrets: A murder mystery from a fine storyteller with a poet’s sensibility. by Sarah Norris & Chapter16.org Dead Man Blues By S.D. House. Crooked Lane Books. 288 pages. $29.99. Dead Man Blues, a crime novel by S.D. House (pen name of bestselling author Silas House), combines a nail-biting whodunit with the tale a man
Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben team up to create a thriller with a gritty, grief-stricken heroine. by Sara Beth West & Chapter16.org Gone Before Goodbye By Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben. Grand Central Publishing. 352 pages. $32. Judging by vibes alone, one might conclude that Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben have little in common. Witherspoon’s
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