Come with us now to another 2020 timeline, one in which workplace Secret Santa/Hidden Hanukkah Harriet gift-giving is still a pressing concern. You’ve drawn the name of a true-crime naysayer, a co-worker who thinks the entire genre is “trashy” or “overrated” or “too scary/depressing.” This individual is not entirely off-base if we’re being real about things BUT the point is, you have three (3) “gifts” in which to convince them to like true crime. Price is no object; availability is no object (i.e., assume old miniserieses or OOP books can be tracked down). But you only have three.

And: go! — SDB

(Part 2 is coming next Friday, so stay tuned!)