The Best American Crime Reporting 2010 (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
All the volumes in this series are good. Non-fiction crime from a variety of sources, and covering a multitude of sins. I was very sorry to see this series end. I enjoyed them all. Well, except for the 2009 volume. This is an improvement over that book. Two articles giving different perspectives on the arrest of Roman Polanski (Calvin Trillin, who is represented by two pieces, and one by Jeffrey Toobin), the classic "What Happened to Etan Patz?" by Lisa R. Cohen, and an unusually interesting introduction by editor Stephen J. Dubner. An unusually interesting introduction, that is. Mr. Dubner himself is always interesting. These collections are almost always great. Not a bad piece in this set. (I was pissed because halfway through I swore I'd already purchased and read this one -- turned out I just happened to have read three of the articles that made it into this collection from their original magazine sources. Phew.) I don't know of any other series (or individual author's work, except maybe that of Reginald Hill) where I eagerly await the coming year's output so intensely.
What do You think about The Best American Crime Reporting 2010 (2010)?
Overall a strong collection of crime reporting that exceeded my expectations.
—ramu
This is a great series of books. You should read them all.
—Bree
"Trial by fire" by David Grann should be required reading.
—tiara
