2026 Edgar Awards round-up: Story of a Murder
the true crime that's worth your time
The last Best Fact Crime nominee on Susan Howard's list aims to separate the myth of Dr. Crippen from the reality.
Subscribe nowOnce again this year, Best Evidence is tackling the 2026 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award nominees for Best Fact Crime book.
Our final selection is Story of a Murder: The Wives, The Mistress, and Dr. Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold.
The crime
In 1910, Belle Elmore, an American-born music-hall performer living in London, disappeared. Her husband, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, offered a cascade of malleable and curious explanations regarding Belle’s whereabouts, of which Elmore’s colleagues and friends were immediately suspicious.
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