True Crime Book Club (2025)
Here's what we read in 2025
Lay Them to Rest by Laurah Norton
A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
A Killer by Design by Dr. Ann Burgess
A Murder in Hollywood by Casey Sherman
Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
Hell's Half-Acre by Susan Jonusas
The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Sickened by Julie Gregory
College Girl, Missing by Shawn Cohen
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You've got quite a list of books here. I've read a few true crime ones myself. "The Stranger Beside Me" was really something. Ann Rule's writing made it so easy to get drawn in. It's crazy how some of these stories play out. Makes you wonder what goes through people's minds. Have you read any of these and which one was your favorite?