The Best True Crime Stories of the Year 2025

by Douglas Preston

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Pub Date Oct 14 2025 | Archive Date Sep 30 2025

Penzler Publishers | Crime Ink

Nonfiction (Adult) | True Crime

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Description

This inaugural edition of what will be a yearly collection offers a fascinating variety of essays and crime reporting, taken from regional, national, and international publications. The stories range from reports of homicide at a Toronto massage parlor to blackmail and murder-for-hire in Austin, Texas to an unusual murder weapon in rural Minnesota. Other stories examine controversial rehabilitation techniques for sexual criminals and explore the phenomenon of victims’ relatives appearing as guests at true crime conventions.

A must-read for anyone interested in true crime, The Best True Crime Stories of the Year 2025 takes the pulse of this increasingly popular genre.