International True Crime Books You Don’t Want to Miss

The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro (India)Now, let’s travel all the way to India with Sonia Faleiro’s The Good Girls. This work of true crime follows the murder of two teenage girls named Padma and Lalli. They lived in a village in western Uttar Pradesh when they disappeared, only to be found dead hours later. The investigation into their deaths sparked a national conversation, one that’s covered by Faleiro in this expertly-researched and detailed account of the whole case. Did This Hand Kill? by Cezary Łazarewicz, translated by Sean Bye (Poland)In the 1930s, a governess named Rita Gorgonowa was accused of murdering her employer’s 17-year-old daughter. She claimed she was innocent, but she was eventually convicted. The case became so famous, it is considered the most notorious murder trial of the Second Polish Republic. There are many questions surrounding this case, as well as Rita’s fate. She was released from prison when Germany invaded Poland, but there are very few records of what happened to her after that. Which is why Łazarewicz revisits the entire case through a more contemporary lens. Dead Girls by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott (Argentina)L...