Unspeakable acts : true tales of crime, murder, deceit, and obsession

“Moves the needle closer to a version of the genre where crime is systemic abuse, baked into the work of institutions designed to protect us.” — Jezebel°°° A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful & popular genre, edited & curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of The Real LolitaThe appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder & In the Dark, bestsellers like I'll Be Gone in the Dark & Furious Hours, & TV hits like American Crime Story & Wild Wild Country, the cultural appetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable.Acclaimed author of The Real Lolita & editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) & Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing & exciting contemporary journalists & chroniclers of crime working today.Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick" went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV show The Act & Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all & as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing & irresistible to the modern reader.°°° Sarah Weinman is the author of Scoundrel & The Real Lolita & the editor, most recently, of Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit & Obsession. She was a 2020 National Magazine Award finalist for reporting & a Calderwood Journalism Fellow at MacDowell, & her work has appeared in New York magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair,... A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of The Real Lolita The appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder and In the Dark , bestsellers like I'll Be Gone in the Dark and Furious Hours , and TV hits like American Crime Story and Wild Wild Countr y, the cultural appetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable. Acclaimed author of The Real Lolita and editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick" went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV show The Act and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader. **A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of __The Real Lolita__**__My Favorite Murder__ __In the Dark____I’ll Be Gone in the Dark____Furious Hours____American Crime Story____Wild Wild Countr____The Real Lolita____Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s____Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives____The Act and__ "Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of thirteen recent true crime tales by some of the most exciting journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe, this collection showcases true crime writing across the broadest possible spectrum and reflects on why crime stories are so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader" -- from publisher Curated by the award-winning author of The Real Lolita, this anthology of recent true-crime tales includes Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick" and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning."