Read-Handed: The Big Apple, the White House, and the frozen north
the true crime that's worth your time
Read-Handed is an occasional feature updating you on true-crime books, listens, research etc. that we're in the middle of right now. We hope you'll add YOUR recent reads -- whether you dug the book or DNF'd it partway through -- and what you're looking forward to, too.
new section! ...what's on sale at Exhibit B. Books rn
"New 'n' notables" -- stuff I've recently added to inventory -- are 15% off until January 10. Additions daily, including a whack of Manson-iana and a big stack of aughts Vanity Fairs
Every year, there's a themed section at the bottom of the homepage; for 2025, it's prolific genre authors -- and the fortnight's featured author is 20% off. Right now it's Vincent Bugliosi, with Kathryn Casey and Wensley Clarkson coming up.
And finally, 'tis the season to feel skint and try to sell off some stuff, so if you've got a box of reasonably well-kept true crime you'd like me to look at, here's how you do that.
just finished
The Elissas, Samantha Leach // Didn't quite work for me, as noted. Dumb Celebrity Memoir Club is tackling Paris next, so we'll see how that compares.