Tori Telfer If there is anything I love more than learning about serial killers it is learning about female serial killers! Shows like Criminal Minds, Dateline, and Mindhunter enthrall me — I seriously cannot get enough of true crime. Though I read mostly fiction, especially fantasy, I think the core of my bookish heart might… Continue reading Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
Tag: nonfiction
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson Unless you have a direct connection to the justice system, I don't think it is entirely possible to understand just how unfair and corrupt it can be. Sure, there are some really great and positive things to come from it sometimes, but there are also so many terrible injustices that come from a… Continue reading Just Mercy
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote I should know better by now than to read books about murder before bed, yet here I find myself again, unable to sleep. In Cold Blood is a nonfiction novel that recounts the heinous murders of the Clutter family who were well-known around town as decent and respectable people. Things like this never… Continue reading In Cold Blood
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit
John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker Murder, murder, and more murder. What more do you want! (Less death obviously, but then how would the true crime sliver of my heart be fulfilled?) Mindhunter has just that, giving insight into the minds and methods of the most notorious criminals, known for committing some of the most… Continue reading Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit