Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning
Edited by Sarah Weinman Overall: This collection of previously published essays and articles provides an overview of what’s on the minds of writers who engage with crime and the criminal justice system in America. As someone who reads the occasional non-fiction book about crime (The Art Thief, We Keep the Dead Close, The Trial of…
The Art Thief
by Michael Finkel Overall: I love a good true crime tale, and The Art Thief falls into an interesting niche: the notorious but non-violent crime. Stéphane Breitwieser managed to steal hundreds of paintings, sculptures, and historic and decorative objects across Europe – many of them priceless – over eight years. He never sold any of…
We Keep the Dead Close
by Becky Cooper Overall: I picked up this book because I attended Harvard and was curious about this cold case. In 1969, Jane Britton, a graduate student in anthropology, was found murdered in her apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Becky Cooper first heard the story as a kind of legend when she was an undergrad; her…
Liz Helfrich 