She Kills, Skip Hollandsworth
She Kills, Skip Hollandsworth
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She Kills
The Murderous Socialite, the Cross-Dressing Bank Robber, and Other True Crime Tales

Author: Skip Hollandsworth

Narrator: Skip Hollandsworth, Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 10/14/2025


Synopsis

A superb collection of true-crime stories—written by Texas Monthly’s legendary feature writer Skip Hollandsworth—that reminds 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. Texas born and bred, the revered journalist joined Texas Monthly in 1989, and the stories he has written over three-plus decades have helped define a locale and a culture.Curated by Hollandsworth, She Kills brings together beloved stories that focus in particular on female perpetrators—from the high schooler who was so desperate to move back in with Mom that 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 Kills is a jaw-dropping, addictively readable compendium of women whose often sensational crimes and circumstances put them on the wrong side of the law. 

About Skip Hollandsworth

Skip Hollandsworth is an award-winning journalist, a screenwriter, and a distinguished writer of Texas Monthly. He has won a National Magazine Award for feature writing, and his 2016 book, The Midnight Assassin, was a New York Times bestseller. He also cowrote the acclaimed screenplay Bernie with director Richard Linklater. The film was based on Hollandsworth’s 1998 Texas Monthly article “Midnight in the Garden of East Texas.” Linklater recently adapted Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly article “Hit Man” for a 2024 feature with Glen Powell. Hollandsworth lives in Texas, where he and his wife have raised two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Celine on August 22, 2025

This is exceptional. A rare piece of journalism which manages to be ethical, addictive, and truly, deeply empathetic. I didn't know this was what was "missing" for me within the True Crime realm until I read it! Reading the essays felt like sitting around a campfire and listening to someone spin me a......more

Goodreads review by Evelyn on July 18, 2025

I lived in Dallas for a a couple of years and during my time there I discovered Texas Monthly magazine. What drew me to was the superb writing of Skip Hollandsworth who specialized in true crime features. Texas is a big state and therefore there is a lot of crime there. And like everything else, eve......more

Goodreads review by readwithmichele on September 09, 2025

BOOK: 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜-𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚁𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚛 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 AUTHOR: Skip Hollandsworth PUB DATE: October 14, 2025, by @harperbooks PAGES: 272 RATING: EASY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! GENRE: True Crime/Anthology/Thriller/Suspense 🙏🏼 𝕋ℍ𝔸ℕ𝕂 𝕐𝕆𝕌𝕤: BIG thanks you to @harperbooks, @netg......more

Goodreads review by Heather~ Nature.books.and.coffee on October 14, 2025

This collection of True Crime cases was so fascinating. These cases cover women who committed crimes in Texas. It's a quick read, and addictive. Definitely a must read for any true crime fan. Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own.......more

Goodreads review by Kate’s Case: on August 20, 2025

A must read for true crime fans! Highly recommended! We’ve all heard the saying “truth is stranger (better) than fiction” and this book is the epitome of that phrase. The book is compromised of various crime tales covered by Skip Hollandsworth throughout his career. Each story has photos, drawings a......more