Reading Ann Rule: Landmarks in True Crime

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Points of Comparison and Differences
	Crime and Its Golden Era
	True Crime and Its Lack of Golden Era
	References
Chapter 2: A Life Stranger Than Fiction
	Prior to the Writing Life
	Fact-Based Detective Stories Written by …
	The Stranger Beside Me: A Gateway Publication
	The Intersection of Personal and Professional
	One Final True Crime Story
	References
Chapter 3: A Critical Interrogation of Ann Rule
	The Stranger Beside Me
	The I-5 Killer
	Small Sacrifices
	If You Really Loved Me
	Green River Running Red
	Practice to Deceive
	Critical Discussion
		Narrative Perspectives: First-Person, Third-Person, and Autobiographical Input
		Characterisation and Voice
		Literary Techniques and Language Use
		Establishing a Landscape, or Scene of the Crime
		Employment of Research Materials
		Concluding Remarks: Consistency Across a Body of Work
	References
Chapter 4: Ann Rule’s Writing as a True Crime Landmark for Genre Conventions
	Critical Discussion of Supporting Authors
		Katherine Ellison’s Mothers and Murderers
		Sheila Isenberg’s Women Who Love Men Who Kill
		Caitlin Rother’s Death on Ocean Boulevard
		Alia Trabucco Zerán’s When Women Kill
	References
Chapter 5: Conclusion
	Narrative Perspectives
	Characterisation and Voice
	Literary Techniques
	Research Materials
	In Conclusion
	References
Index