Expert Picks: The Top True Crime Books for Maximum Suspense

True crime books are a popular genre that explores real-life crimes, often including accounts of investigations and legal proceedings. If you're looking for true crime books that will keep you on the edge of your seat, here are ten expert picks:

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson: This book tells the story of a journalist and a computer hacker who team up to solve a decades-old mystery in Sweden.
"The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides: This book is a psychological thriller about a woman who is found guilty of murdering her husband, but refuses to speak about the crime.
"In the Woods" by Tana French: This book is the first in a series of mysteries set in Ireland and follows a detective who must confront his own past while investigating a murder.
"The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah: This book, while not a true crime book, tells the story of two sisters in Nazi-occupied France, one of whom is accused of collaborating with the enemy and must clear her name.
"The Confession Killer" by John Grisham: This book tells the story of Henry Lee Lucas, a serial killer who confessed to hundreds of murders, but many of his confessions were later found to be false.
"The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton: This book, while not a true crime book, is a mystery novel about a woman whose death is investigated over and over again by different characters in different bodies.
"The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead: This book, while not a true crime book, tells the story of two young boys who are sent to a reform school in the 1960s and the horrors they experience there.
"The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides: This book is a psychological thriller about a woman who is found guilty of murdering her husband, but refuses to speak about the crime.
"The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah: This book, while not a true crime book, tells the story of two sisters in Nazi-occupied France, one of whom is accused of collaborating with the enemy and must clear her name.
"The Confession Killer" by John Grisham: This book tells the story of Henry Lee Lucas, a serial killer who confessed to hundreds of murders, but many of his confessions were later found to be false.

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