Did you get a crime-related gift this year?
the true crime that's worth your time
If you’re like me, you spent the morning picking up errant shreds of wrapping paper, looking contentedly at a fridge of leftovers, and mulling your gift haul. I flew to Indiana to be with my family late Saturday night, which meant I left one of my favorite Christmas gifts of this year n San Francisco (sorry, Tony Bennett): a vintage Stop Thief game Sarah sent me, a Parker Brothers period delight I can’t wait to play.
Sarah know what I like and what tickles me, so she can always be relied on for a crime-related gift. My dad was similar: over the years, he gave me books like Death’s Acre and House of Evil, which meant I spent the days after the holiday with untimely deaths and the lessons learned from decomp. Cozy Christmas reading, indeed.
I’m hopeful that many of you also have folks in your life who know that the best gift to get can be crime, and who acted accordingly. So, let’s hear you holler about your haul — what crime-related gifts did you find under the tree yesterday? — EB