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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

April 27, 2018

gone

I finally joined the hordes of readers I know who have been held hostage by Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, a true crime ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, California, debut, Harper, true crime

It’s Monday, April 2nd: What Are You Reading?

April 1, 2018

Monday

Good morning, lovely readers! A new week and a new month. Monday is usually the day I post a review of a book I loved but last week I was stuck with reading that left me either riled or meh—not what I ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: lists, political intrigue, pop culture, television, true crime, wealth

Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice after Serial

September 19, 2016

adnan's story

  If you were one of the millions of people like me who were addicted to the podcast Serial then you may remember Rabia Chaudry. A family friend of the Syeds she is also a lawyer and has been a ... Read More...

11 Comments
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: American life, book clubs, murder, St. Martin's Press, true crime

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest

April 30, 2014

starvation heights

Claire and Dora Williamson are wealthy British women using their inheritance to travel the world in the early 1900s. Like many people of the time they are convinced that they could be in better health ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: 20th century, history, Pacific Northwest, true crime

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