True crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable?

Update: 2023-11-30

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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

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