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My First Murder

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This is a teaser for his book where he presumably finishes the story. I will read it when my queue is shorter. It already has a nine week wait list at my local library.

The subheading says:

> An exclusive excerpt from Skip Hollandsworth’s new book, She Kills.

So I imagine it's an actual book chapter from the book (probably the first chapter), rather than a teaser to be continued: the ending here seems like a conclusion (“Finally, I sighed, put the car into drive, and made my way back down the hill. The story that had launched my lifelong obsession, I realized, was one I might never be able to tell.”)

"I've thought long and hard about the Texas problem", as John Steinbeck says.

One of the biggest mysteries to me is how a place that somehow prides itself on anti-intellectualism has the Texas Monthly, an enduring source of really interesting writing.

Thank you, Texas, for continuing to confound me.

Is it really a mystery? Perhaps stereotypes and political majorities don't accurately describe anywhere near 100% of the people they're applied to?

By a similar standard, the US as a whole is anti-intellectual. And yet...

I mean, Texas is the second largest state by population.

Also, California has more republicans/conservatives than Texas and it's a blue state. So yea, that's how population statistics work.

That title gave me a mini heart attack for a second — turns out it’s just a preview from his upcoming book.

My country has a law which says that rape and murder will not be punished if the perpetrator has managed to evade getting caught for 20 years. Recently, a case which involved both offenses passed the 20 years mark.

So I can totally imagine somebody bragging about crimes he has committed 20+ years ago, especially on the internet where reasonable anonymity can be achieved quite easily.

It would still be unwise. They can pass a law prohibiting people from hating you for what you did 20 years ago, but they can't enforce it.

If they pass a law to avoid punishment, they can later pass a law to allow punishment.

Same here, I imagined some remorseful ex-killer confessing some dark deed from way back in their youth. I guess it's related, but not quite the same thing. Good story though.

I don't usually read articles and just only take the clickbait headline but this one seemed interesting enough to read after my jog and I enjoyed it.

Also, Texas Monthly is a first rate outfit. I have read a few long form articles from them. All excellent.

I wonder what the Next Thing will be after “true crime”?

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