Susan Howard

Susan Howard on perennial Best Fact Crime nominee Gregg Olsen’s “collaboration” with abduction survivor Shasta Groene.

Susan Howard wraps up her look back at 1999’s Best Fact Crime nominees with Timothy Dumas’s book on Martha Moxley’s murder.

Yes, at least a couple dozen true-crime tomes bear that title, but today Susan Howard is reviewing Jerry Bledsoe’s book on poisoner Velma Barfield. Should you grab it from the library?

Rich Cohen looked back at the romanticized gangsters of his father’s youth; Susan Howard tells you whether to add this generational crimoir to your TBR.

Richard Serrano takes readers through the Oklahoma City bombing and its aftermath. Is this earlier take on Timothy McVeigh’s crimes worth a look?

Our Edgars correspondent Susan Howard on who will win Best Fact Crime; who SHOULD win; and overlooked books.

Susan Howard wraps this year’s Best Fact Crime overview with a look at a Tammany Hall story that may have overreached.

Earl Swift’s history of an infamous Georgia massacre, with ties to an equally infamous wrongful conviction.

Prolific genre author Gregg Olsen returns to the subject of his FIRST book: the murder of Ida Stutzman. Is it a case worth revisiting?

Deb Miller Landau covered Lita McClinton’s murder for Atlanta Magazine; 20 years later, she returned to the case. Is the book worth your time?

Steven Johnson’s book braids together Alfred Nobel’s explosive invention, early-20th-century anarchist schemes, and innovations in policing. Does it work?

Susan Howard’s look at the 2025 Edgar nominees for Best Fact Crime begins with Frank Figliuzzi’s investigation of highway serial killings.