Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min listen · Last updated October 9, 2026
From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Here are today's top 5 true crime stories. Let's get into it. First, from CrimeReads (Literary Hub). The Best True Crime of the Month: October 2026. 5 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors.
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The Best True Crime of the Month: October 2026
5 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. Matt Kessler, The Wiregrass: A Tale of Murder and Retribution in the Deep South “[A] searing look at the intersection of race and criminal justice in America.” –Publishers Weekly Lindsey Fitzharris, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes Fans of the great detective and of the history of criminology will enjoy this gripping and grisly narrative.” –Library Journal Jack El-Hai, The Case of the Autographed Corpse: A Medicine Man and a Mystery Writer in Pursuit of Justice “El-Hai digs…
Rosie Sycamore on Horror, Female Rage, and Feminist Critiques of Animal Exploitation
Horror is huge right now. We’re seeing it in the furious surge of female rage in books, and we’re seeing it on the screen, too, such as Curry Barker’s Obsession. But what if this rabid hunger for horror in fiction claws beyond the page or the screen? What if our artistic expression itself becomes composed of cruelty? Agustina Bazterrica drew a poignant and visceral spotlight onto a similarly stranger-than-fiction state of reality in her novel, Tender Is the Flesh: what if we lived in a world where humans became the food source? Bazterrica refers to her work as a “meditation on what capitalism…
5 Revenge and Eat-the-Rich Thrillers About the 1 Percent
You’ll often find me in my pajamas, a mug of lukewarm coffee in one hand and a book about Dom Perignon and Dior in the other. But the reason I’m speeding through the pages is because I know that before the book is over, someone on that superyacht is going to end up dead. Thrillers about the super-rich meeting sticky ends are having a moment. I think it’s because we almost never see what really goes on behind the gated communities and NDAs, but for a few hundred pages, we get a sneak peek over the hedges into a world of private jets and designer clothes.
Amy Bloom on the Imperfect Protagonist and the Wabi-Sabi of Us All
Is there any other kind? Depending on how you like your protagonist and your humans, there are faults enough for every reader. To enjoy the Golden Age of mysteries and the princely protagonists therein (which shaped me and which I still love), you gotta kiss an awful lot of politely (and less so) racist and antisemitic frogs, whose smallest sin is their contempt for all oily foreigners and the working class.
Tom Ryan on Nostalgia, Audiences, and Writing Coming-of-Age Crime Capers
If books have all the makings of a treasure (and of course they do!), the prospect of a new story from Tom Ryan is as good as X marks the spot…. This is an indisputable truth that readers young and old(er) know. Before making the transition to adult suspense with the USA Today bestselling The Treasure Hunters Club (2024), Ryan—also a screenwriter and producer—endeared himself to YA audiences with two queer-centric coming-of-age stories that doubled as crime capers.