When I saw that Peter Vronsky had published another book, I couldn’t wait to read it. I had read his previous book Sons of Cain (2018) and found its overall argument compelling and original. Sons of Cain did an excellent job of not only drawing a thread between some of the earliest serial killings known …
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The Hot One by Carolyn Murnick
Here at True Crime Index, we are especially interested in the intersection of true crime and memoir. The Hot One by Carolyn Murnick (Simon and Schuster, 2018) is a text I was drawn to because it is so interested in combining these two genres. The Hot One is so much more than its salacious tagline, …
Cold Case North by Deanna Reder, Eric Bell and Michael Nest
The synopsis for Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett (University of Regina Press, 2020) captured me immediately. Two prospectors, Jim Brady and Abbie Halkett disappeared from the Northern Saskatchewan bush in 1967. After an extensive ground, water, and air search, nothing of note was found and the RCMP assumed they …
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The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg
In Emma Copley Eisenberg’s The Third Rainbow Girl (Hachette Books, 2020), Eisenberg vividly describes the mountains of West Virginia. She explains that, on some mornings, the mountains would be partially obstructed by a dense kind of fog that is particular to the area. Little by little, as the day wears on, more and more of …
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The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
I have read many true crime books. I have consumed the good, the bad, and the ugly of this genre. I have been totally unaffected by some books, and unable to sleep because of others. The reaction I had to Alex Marzano-Lesnevich’s The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir (Flatiron Books, 2017) …
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The Forest City Killer by Vanessa Brown
This week on True Crime Index, our hometown reviews continue with Jesyka's review of Vanessa Brown's The Forest City Killer. The Place It’s hard for me to say that I grew up in London, ON, because really, I only spent my teenage and young adult years there. My father was in the military and as …
Top Ten True Crime (Jesyka)
Welcome to True Crime Index! Rachel and I are excited you are here, and we are so excited to share some book reviews with you in the coming weeks. For now, we wanted you to get to know us a little better by presenting lists of our top ten true crime books. First up is …
