Looking for a book without holds to help you make your Book Bingo? Check out one of these Peak Pick titles that fit the True Crime or Crime Fiction category! Pro tip: Click on "Availability by Location" to see what branches have that title on hand.
In S.A. Crosby's All the Sinners Bleed, Sherriff Titus Crown, the first Black person in that role, is tasked with investigating a school shooting that leaves two dead, including a beloved history teacher. His probing leads him down a disturbing road, uncovering videos of both of the deceased and their involvement in the ritualistic killings of seven Black children. But who is the third party in the videos, masked and mysterious?
The tiny town of Port Mettier, Alaska, where all of the residents live in one
high-rise, serves as the dramatic backdrop of screenwriter Iris Yamashita's debut murder mystery City Under One Roof. Detective Cara Kennedy comes to Port Mettier to investigate after teens find body parts in a cove; she's also hoping for a resolution to the recent disappearance of her own family members. When her efforts seem fruitless, she's all set to leave, only to be shut in by an avalanche sealing the only tunnel out of town. The discovery of a severed head and a missing family indicate there's more in this small town than Cara anticipated.
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai interrogates the entire idea of true crime, the societal fascination with death, and the demand for women's voices in the #MeToo era. Bodie Kane returns to her New Hampshire boarding school to teach podcasting to high schoolers, some of whom decide to dig into the killing of Bodie's former roommate in a Serial-style show. Bodie shares the students' suspicion that the Black athletic trainer convicted of the murder was not responsible, but the path forward is murky.
~Posted by Jane S.
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