The Nuts and Bolts of Writing True Crime: An Interview with Black Bird’s Dennis Lehane
(Warning: Spoilers included) Edgar Allan Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue was the genesis of detective fiction, which is also known as the ‘whodunit.’ His short story was published in 1841, with private detective Monsieur C. Auguste Lupin as the protagonist. Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction, which also includes legal thrillers, […]
5 Ways “Mindhunter” Expounds on Narrative Control
One of the fascinating aspects of the second season of Netflix’s drama series Mindhunter concerned its themes of narrative control. The series created by Joe Penhall, based on the true-crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, is now in year two. The sophomore year was even more intriguing than the first. While the […]
