Tag Archives: true crime

Scoundrel by Sarah Weinman

Posted on March 19, 2022 by ubu507

The legendary figure of the trickster has been part of English and American literature from the beginning. Ever since works like Defoe’s Moll Flanders and Melville’s The Confidence Man, readers have been perennially fascinated by tales of the pompous and … Continue reading →

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The Unusual Suspect: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Day Outlaw by Ben Machell

Posted on March 5, 2021 by ubu507

Character is key in almost any kind of book. This was brought home to me recently when I read and really enjoyed The Unlikely Suspect by Ben Machell after having encountered several other true crime books that simply didn’t satisfy. … Continue reading →

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Casey Cep: Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Posted on June 11, 2019 by ubu507

As evidenced by its extended title Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee is really three interrelated stories. The first, and impetus for the rest, is the murky tale of a murky man, the Reverend Willie … Continue reading →

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In Plain Sight, Kathryn Casey. William Morrow, $7.99.

Posted on April 23, 2018 by ubu507

Kathryn Casey is America’s greatest living True Crime writer, period. The reason for this is simple — Casey has a firm grasp of the most important ingredients for any writing, fiction or non. First and foremost is character, and her … Continue reading →

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True Crime

Posted on May 11, 2017 by ubu507

True Crime The body of a young woman lying beneath a power line At 10:45 on the 27th day of January 1980 Two boys out dirt-dogging in a remote area Off Bellvue Avenue thought they had discovered A dead animal … Continue reading →

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Kathryn Casey: Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder

Posted on December 27, 2016 by ubu507

Ever since the loss of Ann Rule, the True Crime world has been in a bit of a funk. To some extent the books that used to come out by the dozens have been replaced by semi-documentaries that proliferate on … Continue reading →

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“The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial” by Maggie Nelson, Graywolf, $16 and “Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search For Truth and Justice” by Emily Winslow, Morrow, $29.99.

Posted on June 21, 2016 by ubu507

  I recently read two great true crime narratives, The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson and Jane Doe January: My Twenty Year Search For  Truth and Justice by Emily Winslow, that started me thinking about the … Continue reading →

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