This historical novel is loosely based on one of the most famous unsolved murders in history. On January 15, 1947, a woman’s mutilated body is found in a vacant lot. Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, two rival cops, become obsessed with this woman’s murder, a woman who is known in the headlines as “The Black Dahlia.” The more they look into the case, the more they become entangled in the dark underbelly of postwar Hollywood. Whether it’s because they’re inspired by actual events or because the authors go out of their way to give their narratives that true crime vibe, these novels are the perfect way to get your true crime fix and your fiction fix in one go. In that case, these ten novels should help bridge the gap between your two loves. So you love true crime, but you also love fiction. Gripping, complex, unforgettable, Chase Darkness with Me is an examination of the evil forces that walk among us, illustrating a novel way to catch those killers, and a true-crime narrative unlike any you’ve read before. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops had given up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer and author of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara, Billy got fed up. Every story he wrote had one thing in common-they didn’t have an ending. Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. This list of novels for true crime fans is sponsored by Sourcebooks.
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