True Crime

The novel explores the role between consumers and writers of true crime and their subject matter. While many novels have been written about true crime, and our pop culture is full of true crime documentaries, films, and television shows, and even songs—the role between true crime and its creators and readers is one that Phoebe is studying for her doctorate in North Carolina.

Phoebe’s dissertation is on the relationship between author and subject in true crime, and she spends her whole life thinking about this question. She looks at classic true crime novels like The True Story of the Manson Murders, which was written by the lead prosecutor in the case: “As the lead prosecutor, Bugliosi had practically been there, after all. It was still an amazing book, but you gotta think about the inherent bias of a dude writing a book literally...