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The Best True Crime Novels of 2021
I’ve saved the best for last with the must-read true crime novels from 2021. But then they find her bones. Suddenly, the neighbors aren’t so smug about their opinions regarding what really happened to Nina. How did her body end up in the woods? If you’ve read The Girl on The Train, something tells me you’ll be excited for another opportunity for Hawkins to mess with your head. When Sophie O’Neill left Chicago with her family for a small town in Texas, it was to leave the excitement and whiplash of her corporate America behind. She was looking forward to settling into a slower pace of life until she realized just how quiet and monotonous the daily grind of rural life would get. When she joins a mysterious group called the Hunting Wives and a dead body is found near where they conduct target practice, Sophie finds far more excitement than she bargained for. If you like your crime novels with sweet tea and a hint of Southern twang, add this to your TBR. Fred and Sheila Merton are one of the richest couples in wildly affluent Brecken Hill. Or they were, at least, until being murdered the night after Easter. Their adult children all seem distraught, but could it be possible one of them was seeking out early access to their sizable inheritance? Need even more crime novel suggestions to add to Goodreads? Check out this list of must-read crime novels from 2019, or this post on the best detectives from crime novels.