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Ben Crump says 'Worse Than a Lie' is a legal thriller wrapped in Black culture

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Jun 3, 20269:45Arts

In his debut novel, the civil rights attorney Ben Crump imagines a horrific crime that feels all too real. In Worse Than a Lie , a Black ex-police officer is shot 10 times by white officers in Chicago. The book’s hero At...

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Ben Crump says 'Worse Than a Lie' is a legal thriller wrapped in Black culture is an episode from NPR's Book of the Day by NPR. In his debut novel, the civil rights attorney Ben Crump imagines a horrific crime that feels all too real. In Wo...

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Published Jun 3, 2026, 9:45 long, audio available.

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