As I’ve become more immersed in true crime, there’s a particular niche that one author has generally held reign over- and that’s legal thrillers- and John Grisham. Now if you’re like me, it may have taken you a while to deign to read a John Grisham- nothing personal, John, but my PARENTS read every one of your books. As a teen, that meant I couldn’t like them. But you know, maybe that’s for the best.
Side note, my beautiful and smart sister IS a lawyer- and that just makes these even more interesting to me.
Some of the parts of a legal thriller that I may have found boring when reading in high school are now the most interesting bits- specifically due process and what happens when the justice system fails us. Sadly, there is very much a racial bias within our Justice system. It’s awful and sad, but our system gets it wrong frequently.
That being said, there are a lot of books in this genre that are fun and exciting- but my first recommendation is going to be nonfiction. You’ve probably heard of it, especially with the movie that just came out. I’ll leave links below if you want to donate to the organization the book is about… I truly believe it is doing excellent work.