She Kills

"I love Skip Hollandsworth. I love his extraordinary stories, I love his rabid curiosity, and I love that as a writer, he personifiestoeing the line between horror, humor, and absurdity. I am inspired by every single character he has introduced us to."—Laura DernA superb collection of true-crime stories—written byTexas Monthly’slegendary feature writer Skip Hollandsworth—thatreminds us why America is perennially obsessed with the genre. Skip Hollandsworth has been covering true crime since long before the podcasts, networks, and television shows discovered it. Raised in Texas, the revered journalist joinedTexas Monthlyin 1989, and the stories he has written over three-plus decades have helped define a locale and a culture. Curated by Hollandsworth,She Killsbrings together beloved stories that focus in particular on female perpetrators—from the high schooler who was so desperate to move back in with Momthat she had no choice but to poison her father’s refried beans,to the wallflower nurse in small-town Texas who one day started killing off her patients, to the lovelorn dental hygienist who ordered a hit on her rival. These are expertly crafted tales that will stop readers in their tracks and leave them gasping with shock and pleasure. Each story is updated by Hollandsworth, who provides background on his original storytelling and new information on the perpetrators and victims, where available. She Killsisajaw-dropping, addictively readable compendium ofwomen whose often sensational crimes and circumstances put them on the wrong side of the law.She Killsis illustrated with 44 black-and-white photos throughout.