Artist and academic Lisa Perrin’s first book is a gorgeously illustrated and designed collection of biographies of that most romantic and maligned of villainesses: the poisoner. In black and gold and a bright arsenic green, this is undeniably one of the best-looking books about true crime to ever grace my desk. Professor Perrin’s drawings throughout…

Tangled Vines by John Glatt: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

August 29, 2023

Prologue Labor Day Weekend 2021 Alex Murdaugh’s world was falling apart. The highly respected attorney, heir to a powerful legal dynasty that had ruled South Carolina’s Lowcountry for more than a century, had run out of places to hide. The day before, his family’s illustrious law firm, founded in 1910 by his great-grandfather, Randolph Murdaugh…

The Madam and the Spymaster by Urs Brunner, Nigel Jones and Julia Schrammel: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

June 14, 2023

AUTHORS’ FOREWORD The legend of Salon Kitty is well known to historians, filmmakers, cinema goers, and indeed to anyone taking more than a passing interest in Nazi Germany. But until now, verifiable facts have been few, and myths, rumours and legends have accumulated. The bare bones of the story go something like this: Salon Kitty…

Memoirs and Murder

By Stephanie Kane

April 28, 2023

True Crime Redux is really two stories. The first is a true account of the brutal murder of Denver-area housewife Betty Frye in her suburban garage. The second is a memoir of my involvement in the crime and the cold case decades later. To top it off, the cold case was ignited by a short-lived…