The Best American Crime Writing

A riveting new anthology seriesƒ??a yearƒ??s worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the most astute and smartest, in short, the best crime journalism.

Included in this first volume are Mark Singerƒ??s ƒ??The Chicken Warriorsƒ? from The New Yorker: an up-close look at the tawdry, wildly popular, illegal world of cock-fighting; E. Jean Carrolƒ??s ƒ??The Cheerleadersƒ? from Spin: the story of how an idyllic townƒ??the model for Bedford Falls in Itƒ??s a Wonderful Lifeƒ??was ravaged by murders, rapes, and suicides; and David McClintickƒ??s ƒ??Fatal Bondageƒ? from Vanity Fair: the tale of a grifter with an attraction to sado-masochistic sex and serial killing. Intriguing, entertaining, compelling reading, The Best American Crime Writing is sure to become a much-anticipated annual.