Small Town Charm With Deadly Consequences "In her new true crime book, and the second in her original series, acclaimed author and anthology editor Mitzi Szereto shows us that the real monsters aren't hiding in the woods: they're in our towns." January Magazine
#1 Bestseller in Heists & Robberies and Forensic Psychology
A collection of non-fiction accounts by international writers and experts on small town true crime shows readers that the real monsters aren't hiding in the woods, they're inside our towns.
Small towns aren't always what they seem. We've been told nothing bad happens in small towns. You can leave your doors unlocked, and your windows wide open. We picture peaceful hamlets with a strong sense of community, and everyone knows each other. But what if this wholesome idyllic image doesn't always square with reality? Small towns might look and feel safe, but statistics show this isn't really true.
Tiny town, big crime. Whether in Truman Capote's detailed murder of the Clutter family or Ted Bundy's small-town charm, criminals have always roamed rural America and towns worldwide. Featuring murder stories, criminal case studies, and more,The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Townscontains all-new accounts from writers of true crime, crime journalism, and crime fiction. And these entries are not based on a true story they are true stories. Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, the stories in this volume span the globe. Discover how unsolved murders, kidnapping, shooting sprees, violent robbery, and other bad things can and do happen in small towns all over the world.
If you enjoyed Mitzi's last book in the series, The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers, and true crime books like In Cold Blood, Murder in the Bayou, and The Innocent Man, then you'll love The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns.
THE BEST NEW TRUE CRIME STORIES: SMALL TOWNS
Contributors include Alexandra Burt, Christian Cipollini, Edward Butts, Deirdre Pirro, and Tom Larsen.
Small Town Charm With Deadly Consequences "In her new true crime book, and the second in her original series, acclaimed author and anthology editor Mitzi Szereto shows us that the real monsters aren't hiding in the woods: they're in our towns." January Magazine
#1 Bestseller in Heists & Robberies and Forensic Psychology
A collection of non-fiction accounts by international writers and experts on small town true crime shows readers that the real monsters aren't hiding in the woods, they're inside our towns.
Small towns aren't always what they seem. We've been told nothing bad happens in small towns. You can leave your doors unlocked, and your windows wide open. We picture peaceful hamlets with a strong sense of community, and everyone knows each other. But what if this wholesome idyllic image doesn't always square with reality? Small towns might look and feel safe, but statistics show this isn't really true.
Tiny town, big crime. Whether in Truman Capote's detailed murder of the Clutter family or Ted Bundy's small-town charm, criminals have always roamed rural America and towns worldwide. Featuring murder stories, criminal case studies, and more,The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Townscontains all-new accounts from writers of true crime, crime journalism, and crime fiction. And these entries are not based on a true story they are true stories. Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, the stories in this volume span the globe. Discover how unsolved murders, kidnapping, shooting sprees, violent robbery, and other bad things can and do happen in small towns all over the world.
If you enjoyed Mitzi's last book in the series, The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers, and true crime books like In Cold Blood, Murder in the Bayou, and The Innocent Man, then you'll love The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns.
THE BEST NEW TRUE CRIME STORIES: SMALL TOWNS
Contributors include Alexandra Burt, Christian Cipollini, Edward Butts, Deirdre Pirro, and Tom Larsen.
Her titles, which have sold in the region of 300,000 copies, have
been published in print, digital, audio and CD formats as well as
book club editions.
Her books and short fiction have been translated into multiple
languages.
Mitzi has appeared at literature festivals worldwide including
Miami Book Fair International, Wordplay Book Festival (Scotland),
Cambridge Literary Festival (England) and The Cheltenham Festival
of Literature (England).
She has an aggregate social media following of 55,000, encompassing
multiple presences on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,
Goodreads, LinkedIn, Crimespace etc. plus newsletter
subscribers.
She maintains a blog of personal essays at Errant Ramblings: Mitzi
Szereto’s Weblog and created/presented the London-based Web TV
channel Mitzi TV.
She’s lectured in creative writing at several British universities
and teaches writing from Europe to the Pacific Northwest.
Her anthology Erotic Travel Tales 2 is the first anthology of
erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
A story from her crime anthology Getting Even: Revenge Stories
received a “Highly Commended” from the UK Crime Writers
Association’s Silver Dagger Awards.
Mitzi Szereto is a bestselling author and anthology editor of
multi-genre fiction and non-fiction. She has her own blog "Errant
Ramblings: Mitzi Szereto's Weblog," and is the creator/presenter of
the Web TV channel "Mitzi TV," which covers the "quirky" side of
London, England. Her books include The Best New True Crime
Stories: Serial Killers, Ladies of Gothic Horror (A Collection
of Classic Stories), Florida Gothic, Oysters and Pearls:
Collected Stories, Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear
Chronicles), and more. Her anthology Erotic Travel Tales 2 is the
first anthology of erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Literature.
Mitzi's Web TV channel, Mitzi TV, has attracted an international
audience. Segments have ranged from prowling the streets of London
in search of jellied eel and chatting about classic cars with
Formula 1 race-car driver/BBC TV presenter Tiff Needell and couture
shoe designer Jimmy Choo, to joining in a lively pub singalong,
being recruited into dance by a troupe of Morris dancing software
geeks, hanging out with a chapter of Harley Davidson riders, and
covering a teddy bear festival with her ursine sidekick, Teddy
Tedaloo. She also plays herself in the pseudo-documentary British
film Lint: The Movie.
Mitzi divides her time between the UK and the Pacific Northwest.
Follow her on Twitter @mitziszereto
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