In Suspense

True crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable?

November 30, 2023 Lesley Kara, Lauren North & Nikki Smith Season 10 Episode 8
In Suspense
True crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable?
Show Notes

Welcome to series 10, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting to Eleni Kyriacou & Emma Flint on the topic of true crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable? 

Here are the books we recommend on today’s show:

 

Eleni’s recommendations:

House on Rye Lane by Susan Allott

Antarctica by Claire Keegan

 

Emma’s recommendations: 

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

 

 

Nikki’s recommendations:

The Final Act of Juliet Willoughby by Ellory Llyod

 

 

Lesley’s recommendations:

City on Fire by Graham Bartlett

The Escape Room by LD Smithson