True Crime Fiction

Fictionalized crime story written in the chilling, investigative style of narrative nonfiction.

1. The Executioner's Ghost

2. Author: Emma Kendrick
3. Case Prototype: Christopher v. United States of America
4. Story Tags: Legal Thriller;Psychological Suspense;True Crime Fiction;Redemption and Ruin

1. Inmate 1

2. Author: Lawrence Mercer
3. Case Prototype: Green v. State of Alabama (INMATE 1)
4. Story Tags: Psychological Thriller;Social Alienation;True Crime Fiction;Obedience Experiment

1. The Gilchrist Echo

2. Author: Florence Oakley
3. Case Prototype: Gilchrist v. United States of America et al
4. Story Tags: Psychological Thriller;True Crime Fiction;Identity Dissolution;Unreliable Narrator

1. The Mercy of Knives

2. Author: Rachel Walton
3. Case Prototype: Brewer v. Brown et al
4. Story Tags: Media Manipulation Thriller;True Crime Fiction;Social Justice Dystopia;Investigative Journalism Noir

1. Venom in Silk

2. Author: Barbara Newton
3. Case Prototype: Thornton v. Baker et al
4. Story Tags: Psychological Suspense;Feminist Noir;Medical Thriller;True Crime Fiction

1. Sketching God's Lost Shadows

2. Author: Dorothy Oakley
3. Case Prototype: McKenzie v. Broton
4. Story Tags: True Crime Fiction;Literary Noir;Group Psychology;Carnival Gothic

1. The Mercy Cut

2. Author: Wallace Carmichael
3. Case Prototype: Farmers Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Carter
4. Story Tags: Psychological Thriller;True Crime Fiction;Forensic Noir;Class Warfare