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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1241846.The_Best_American_Crime_Reporting_2007?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Best American Crime Reporting 2007" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1212636785m/1241846.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1241846.The_Best_American_Crime_Reporting_2007?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Best American Crime Reporting 2007</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48895.Linda_Fairstein">Linda Fairstein</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17003595?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>An anthology of true crime reports culled from various magazines, so obviously the results of the choices made are uneven. I am fascinated by true stories of flawed people and the lengths that they go to in order to keep coping with life. True tragicomedy, and at times, horrific. Standouts include "The Case of the Killer Priest" by Sean Flynn, "The Inside Job" by Neil Swidey, "Fatal Connection" by David Bernstein. I can go on and on. There are only a couple of duds. Wow. Glancing at these titles is so 1940s Cornell Woolrich-like. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/966363?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>